Aquatic Therapy

Did you know that aquatic (water) therapy can benefit everyone? Some of the best athletes in the world use water as a means to continue an exercise program when they are hurt. People with all sorts of diagnosis and ailments can benefit.

There are many ways to exercise in the water. You can swim for the endurance and cardiovascular benefit. You can use weights to improve upper and lower body strength, as well as use the steps to progress to more weight bearing exercises. And best of all, you can MOVE. This helps your overall mobility.

Some who can benefit from aquatic therapy are those with arthritis, degenerative joint and disc disease, obesity, fractures, low back pain, those who are post surgery, and others.

Water can decrease the stress on your joints by as much as 75%, when you are chest level, 50% waist level and 25% knee level. This is great because even those of you that have the most severe pain are able to unload your joints and still exercise them!. Our bodies are more buoyant in the water meaning that it takes less energy to keep them afloat. So you can swim and not have to work so hard at staying afloat.

Exercising 2-3 times a week in the water for 45 minutes to one hour can help significantly with your quality of life. It may become easier for you to get out of a car, out of bed or out of a chair, go up and down stairs easier or return to your sport quicker. If you belong to a gym that has a pool, try exercising in it once or twice a week to diversify your routine.

If you would like more information about aquatic therapy, contact us. Often one or two sessions are enough to learn a program that you can do on your own. Others may benefit from aquatic therapy to tolerate land based physical therapy. Contact your Doctor to see if this may be appropriate for you.

The Sports & Rehab Clinic offers aquatic physical therapy to patients in the Stowe area.

Where: The Golden Eagle Resort

When: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Monday and Wednesday