Aquatherapy

Aqua-Therapy

Aquatic Therapy or “Aquatherapy” is a therapist-supervised treatment of a wide range of conditions in a heated pool (34 -36˚C). Aquatic Therapy utilises the warmth of the water to relax muscles, the buoyancy to assist or resist movement and the weightlessness to decrease pain and stress on joints. Aquatic exercise in warm water improves the pumping action of the heart,

makes the lungs work harder, reduces pain and unloads the joints. It is suitable for people of all ages and fitness levels and as our pools are at a safe depth you do not need to be able to swim to benefit from Aquatic therapy.

Who can benefit from Aquatic Therapy?

  • Anyone who needs to recover and strengthen after orthopaedic surgery. We treat patients after spinal, knee, hip and shoulder surgery. Once the surgical
    wounds have healed, they are able to mobilise much sooner and more extensively than with only land-based exercises.

  • Athletes, who are injured and unable to train with full forces through their joints, eg. with stress fractures, can maintain their fitness and strengthen by
    exercising in a stress-free environment.

  • Chronic pain sufferers, including those with arthritis and fibromyalgia, have reported huge benefits from light exercises in warm water.

  • Expectant and new Mums enjoy the “weightlessness” and support of exercising in the water which benefits both mother and child.

  • Disabled people find the freedom that the water gives a welcome change from the challenges of moving on land. The warm water aids in the reduction of spasticity and helps them move. The pools have a chair hoist which enables easy transfer in and out of the water.

Why Aquatic Therapy?

Water reduces the effects of gravity on the body and together with buoyancy, hydrostatic pressure and the warmth of the water it allows many people to exercise who would be unable to do so on land. Our physiotherapists offer individual and group aquatic therapy sessions. We also offer regular back rehabilitation and antenatal classes. Contact us for the current schedule.

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