Aquatic therapy - indications, techniques, reasons.

Aquatic therapy or pool therapy consists of an exercise program that is performed in the water. That is for several reasons:

• Water provides buoyancy and support for the body. When you are neck-deep in water, you only have to support 10% of your actual body weight.
• In the pool, injured people can exercise with a greater range of motion without hurting joints or re-injuring themselves.
• The workout gets blood moving faster through the injured area, so it heals faster.
• Water pressure helps keep down the swelling that often accompanies injury.
• Aquatic therapy use the resistance of water instead of weights and improves fitness.

Indications for aquatic therapy are plenty:

• Sensory Disorders
• Limited Range of Motion
• Weakness
• Poor Motor Coordination
• Pain
• Spasticity
• Perceptual/Spatial Problems
• Balance Deficits
• Respiratory Problems
• Circulatory Problems
• Depression/Poor Self-Esteem
• Cardiac Diseases
• Joint Replacement
• Motor Learning
• Orthopedic Injuries / Trauma
• Obesity
• Prenatal
• Neurological (MS)
• Osteoporosis
• Rheumatology (Arthritis / Fibromyalgia)

And techniques are numerous:

• Ai Chi
• Ai Chi Ne
• BackHab
• Bad Ragaz
• The Burdenko Method
• Feldenkrais
• Halliwick
• Lyu Ki Dou
• Massage
• Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF)
• Water Pilates
• Unpredictable Command Technique (UCT)
• Wassertanzen
• Water Yoga
• Watsu
• Yogalates

I remembered all this just because saw very beautiful pictures of an underwater treadmill for these perposes (along this post). Called HYDRO PHYSIO™ /you can find the Internet site by yourself if you are curious enough/.

I wonder what kind of flood one gets opening the door like on the last photo. Sure, the developers and testers have a lot to tell about it.