Buoyancy Provides Safety

The properties of water reduce the gravitational pull on posture, permitting more upright positioning during therapy and assisting limb movement. Water gives you support and eases the stress of exercise on weak and stiff muscles. The natural resistance of water promotes strengthening of your whole body and increases your ability to sit and stand upright.

Thermal Benefits

The therapeutic warm water of the pool provides sensory stimulation to the entire body helping to create kinesthetic awareness. This can help with pain management for those with neuro disorders such as stroke and muscular dystrophy. By localizing the areas of pain, warm water and a spa jet massage can help reduce overall discomfort.

Assistance of Underwater Cameras

One of the difficulties in re-learning how to walk is the inability to see what your legs are doing while you are moving them. The variable speed underwater treadmill facilitates gait training at any water level and the underwater cameras make it easy to watch and adjust movements in real time, which speeds the learning process. Physical therapists can use unique gait training methods via this technology.