Hyrotherapy

Water is a fantastic medium to rehabilitate any form of injury, whether a sprain, fracture, or stroke, there are unlimited applications. Water has unique properties which include buoyancy, rythmic wave patterns, therapeutic sound qualities, relaxation, easy progressive muscle resistance and flexibility exercises possible. From a muscular point of view, water allows the patient to exercise a weak injured muscle far earlier than possible on dry land due to it's supportive qualities. Injured athletes can return to cardiovascular training such as aquajogging as an early rehab technique, Stroke and neurological patients have found that the support given by the water greatly reduces muscle tone and spasm allowing normal movement patterns to be practised. Back pain can be reduced using the same techniques. In essence hydrotherapy is a very diverse and useful tool in the physiotherapy toolbox and there are more dedicated pools appearing all the time.