Aquatic Therapy

Healing Properties of Water: 

Water has many healing effects on the body, both internally and externally.  Not only does water maintain good health, but it can also restore physical well being to a person weakened by injury or disability. 

Aquatic therapy works specific muscle groups and/or joints without the compressive loading forces present in typical land based therapy programs.  The buoyancy of water facilitates exercise by making movements easier and less painful.  In addition, water’s buoyancy decreases axial vertebral loading, which in turn reduces stress and facilitates pain free movement.  Water also offers an excellent multiaxial resistance to help increase muscle strength and endurance.

Benefits of Outpatient Rehabilitation Aquatic Therapy include: 

• Early intervention

• Reconditioning

• Exercise without compressive force to the joints

• Psychologically rewarded by a speedy recovery

Programs:

Spinal Rehabilitation:

Specifically designed to improve flexibility and mobility throughout the body, this program concentrates on improved back strength and endurance, posture and body mechanics, as well as improved pelvic and shoulder girdle stability, education and training.

General Orthopedic Rehabilitation:

Designed to improve cardiovascular endurance and general strength, this rehabilitation also provides specific flexibility, strength, and stability training to the affected joints. 

Arthritis Conditioning:

Arthritis conditioning develops functional range of motion, strength, and endurance without overstressing sore, stiff, and/or swollen joints. 

Sports Specific Rehabilitation:

This program focuses on strength; agility and coordination needed to prepare an athlete for a given sport.  It also maintains fitness and skills while the athlete is injured. 

Total Hip/Knee Replacement:

This program aids in the recovery due to early intervention and reduced stress to the joint while exercising. 

Development Disabilities:

Our program utilizes the warmth and buoyancy of water to improve coordinated rhythmic movement and restore function.

Patients:

Aquatic therapy provides a wide range of patients with a safe and effective medium for therapy, lessening the physical and mental stress.

• Post-surgical or post-traumatic individuals who have difficulty walking or are crutches/walker.

• Spinal dysfunction which prevent exercises on normal surfaces due to pain, immobility and/or compression.

• Arthritis/Fibromyalgia.

• Extremity injuries which prevent regular conditioning on normal surfaces or in athletic participation.

• Pregnancy-related musculoskelatal pain.

• Developmental Disabilities.

• Total hip/knee replacement.