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The Benefits of Aquatic
Therapy to the AgeingPopulation
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It is also beneficial for medical
conditions that affect joint or
muscle integrity, such asarthritis, amputation, muscle
spasms, chronic pain, post-polio
syndrome, pregnancy, and post-
mastectomy.
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Water provides a gentle way to
exercise your joints, states the
Arthritis Foundation. Exercises thatcaused too much joint stress on land
can be done in water. Lowering your
joint stress level will help lower yourpain level. Aqua therapy helps release
endorphins, a natural pain killer.
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Natural Resistance
Water's natural buoyancy helps you
do resistance exercises. On land, you
would do resistance exercises bylifting or pushing weights, according
to the National Institutes of Aging.
Water provides resistance without thepossibility of falling.
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Falling is a concern of many
patients when exercising on
land, especially if you elderly.Balance becomes a major
concern when dealing with an
ageing population.
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Increase Joint Flexibility
Aqua therapy in warm water canincrease flexibility. On land, your jointsmay be too stiff and painful to move.Aqua therapy lessens your stiffness,
decrease your pain level and make iteasier to move your joints and improveyour joint flexibility, according to the
University of Washington Orthopedicsand Sports Medicine. Warm water isused to help patients deal with arthritis.
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Warm water therapy (WWT) allows
patients to begin therapy as soon as theyare immersed in the water, foregoing theneed for lengthy "warm-up" sessions.
Physical therapy in warm waterenvironments becomes more efficientthan physical therapy on land since there
is less time spent in just gettingcomfortable. In warm water therapy,treatment can begin almost immediately.
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Aquatic therapy also utilizes
hydrostatic pressure to decrease
swelling and improve joint positionawareness. The hydrostatic pressure
produces forces perpendicular to the
bodys surface.
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This pressure provides joint
positional awareness to the patient. As
a result, patient proprioception isimproved. This is important for
patients who have experienced joint
sprains, as when ligaments are torn,our proprioception becomes
decreased.
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The hydrostatic pressure also assists
in decreasing joint and soft tissue
swelling.
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Lastly, the warmth of the water
experience during aquatic therapy
assists in relaxing muscles andvasodilates vessels, increasing blood
flow to injured areas.
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Gravity may be the biggest
stumbling block to proper, sustainedand meaningful exercise regimens for
the elderly and the disabled.
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Proper use of aquatic therapy,
namely rehabilitation, prevention,
health and wellness increases thebenefits it has on these two groups.
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The term aerobic means in the presence
of oxygen and the goal of aerobic exercise
is to train your heart and lungs to utilize
and deliver oxygen more efficiently.
Aerobic exercise is any activity that uses
large muscle groups in a continuous,
rhythmic fashion for sustained periods oftime. A water temperature of 87 degrees is
considered ideal.
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Arm exercise using water
weights
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Resistance exercise
using a kickboard
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Leg exercise using a
noodle
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The variations of Aquatic therapy is
in the thousands, using various types
of equipment and exercises that goalong with one another makes it
useful for every age group and almost
any condition needed to be treated.
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BackHab
This is an integrated program that the individual
can do on his or her own. It was developed for
people with back problems but is now being used
by group programs for people with disabilities.Rather than focusing on healing one part of the
body, all the body parts coordinate to work on
healing and fixing the affected area. BackHab is an
aquatic walking program using various strides toaccomplish a variety of benefits. It is excellent for
gait re-training.
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