Complete Therapies offers Aquatic Therapy services to children and adults affected by Cerebral Palsy, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury, Elder Care Needs, Post-Surgical Rehabilitation Needs, and other medical concerns. Aquatic therapy offers an environmental advantage to clients pursuing a wide variety of physical and psychological goals. Through the use of water’s low-gravity environment clients are able to relax, move, and have fun all while experiencing reduced stress on the body’s muscular-skeletal system.
We incorporate unique manual therapy techniques and exercise equipment designed specifically for rehabilitation in the water. Most importantly, our program involves one-on-one sessions and an individualized physical therapy exercise plan to meet the needs of each patient.
What is aquatic therapy?
Aquatic Therapy treatment consists of exercises performed in water for relaxation, fitness, physical rehabilitation, and other therapeutic benefits. Aquatic Therapy consists of a diverse array of techniques that include physical therapy, aquatic exercises, and movement therapy in water environments and is performed with clients either floating or partially submerged in the water.
Aquatic Therapy promotes the restoration of movement and function in the body, and is especially prominent for treatments where lack of (limited) or non-weight bearing activity is preferred. In addition, when normal movement is hindered by a range of motion, levels of inflammation, pain, or even muscle spasms. With Aquatic Therapy, the support provided by the water is the greatest advantage. This support helps to remove pain and pressure on the joints during movements while administering resistance, which is used to increase circulation and strengthen muscles and tendons in the body. The human body’s weight consists of more than 50 percent of water. When an individual is in the water, this reduces a person’s body weight by nearly 90 percent. This reduction in body weight enables more movement while removing that stress on the body’s muscles and bones.
what are the benefits of aquatic therapy?
Aquatic Therapies Physical Benefits
- Improvement in the movement and physical function of the body
- Increased awareness of your body and physical capabilities
- Fine and gross motor function improvement
- Improved muscle tone and function
- Reinvigorating the circulation and cardiovascular function
- Ease of chronic joint pain and stress in the joints
- Increase the range of motion and flexibility in the body
- Improvement in level endurance
Aquatic Therapies Psychological Benefits
- Increase in confidence
- Stress and pain relief
- Positive reinforcement
- Relaxation focused
- Improvement in Socialization
- Increase in Self-esteem
- Naturally fun
- Increase in body awareness
Support
Buoyancy produces a force that supports 90% of a patient’s body weight in neck deep water.
Assistance
Water exercises can be designed to allow for easier movement than on land. This means that you can generally do more exercises with less pain.
Resistance
Exercises using the forces of water and turbulence allow for more difficult movement than on land. Increased resistance strengthens muscles.
Gravity Reduction
Water eases the stress on joint surfaces to reduce pain and inflammation and allows earlier post-injury or post-surgery intervention.