Aquatic Physical Therapy Services
· 92° Aquatic Physical Therapy Pool, as seen above
· Underwater Treadmill, which enables wheel chair individuals to perform walking physical therapy
· Multiple depths to customize the exercise accordingly
· An abundance of aquatic physical therapy equipment
· Easy to use lift that enables us to transfer any patient into the pool
THE BENEFITS
· Psychologically it improves patient morale and confidence by allowing patients to do so much more
· Start Physical Therapy at an earlier time, due to the elimination of weight baring factors,
resulting in quicker and more effective recovery
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Aquatic
PT enables you to perform Physical Therapy that you could not perform in the typical
clinic. i.e. many wheel chair
dependent and/or arthritic individuals, can walk on our underwater treadmill, stimulating muscles
that normally would not be, resulting in recovery that would not be seen in the
traditional clinics of today. (Refer to Note:
Below)
· Reduces pain by reducing sensitivity to nerve endings
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Promotes muscular relaxation
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Increases ease of joint movement
· Reduces muscle spasm and increases muscular strength in cases of excessive
weakness by increasing blood supply to the muscles
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Reduces gravitational forces – early ambulation
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Increases peripheral circulation
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Improves respiratory muscles
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Reduces swelling/ edema
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Improves body awareness, balance and proximal trunk stability
· Fun!
Note:
Aquatic physical therapy has many benefits for the patient. First off, buoyancy works against gravity, allowing patients to perform functional weight bearing exercises with only a fraction of their total body weight exerting pressure on the joints. For example, A 200 pound man standing in water that is waist depth, only weighs 100 lbs, if the water is chest depth – 50 pounds, and if the water is neck depth he weighs 20 lbs. This allows for patients with weight bearing restrictions to begin physical therapy right away, and thus accomplish a more full and rapid recovery. The range of motion that is feasible due to the pool enables patients to use and strengthen muscles that would have normally not been rehabilitated at such an early state of therapy. Secondly, water provides resistance via viscosity to the muscles, which is varied by speed of motion and surface area of the submerged body part moving through the water. Hydrostatic pressure, which increases with the depth of the water reduces swelling in the extremities and improves circulation to the core of the body. The warmth of the water is beneficial for the following reasons and more:
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