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Considering therapy: think you can't offer aquatic therapy because you don't have the right pool? Here are 10 ways you're wrong.
As baby boomers age, more and more of them need physical therapy. Whether it's because of an injury or just to feel better, they're turning increasingly to the water to cure what ails them. Operators who have started offering the programs are amazed at the numbers they generate--not to mention the revenues.
Still, many operators have been slow to offer therapy programs because they've been told, or have come to believe, that their pool isn't properly designed or equipped.
They're wrong. The truth is most facilities can accommodate a number of different types of therapy programs. There are simply different features that will work with different populations. Here are 10 considerations that can help you add aquatic therapy at your pool:
1 Pool Size
If you're using a whirlpool, chances are you'll only work one on one. With a larger pool, you'll be able to offer group programs.
2 Temperature
If the water temperature is cool (low 80s), your pool can be used for therapy and rehab of ambulatory, MS, CP, obese, heart disease and prenatal populations. You'll use an active therapeutic technique, and clients may need thermal wear to help keep core temperature up.
- Bringing new clients to your facility with aquatic therapy and rehab.
- Magazine article from: Parks & Recreation Sova, Ruth November 1, 2000 700+ words
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- Get your feet wet.(Aquatic Therapy & Rehab Institute, Inc.)
- Magazine article from: American Fitness July 1, 2001 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Parks & Recreation Broach, Ellen Datillo, John July 1, 1996 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Parks & Recreation Bintzler, Stacy November 1, 2006 700+ words
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- Ocean Escapes pioneers advances in aquatic therapy.
- Magazine article from: Palaestra September 22, 1993 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Palaestra Stein, Julian U. March 22, 2000 700+ words
...Soya, R. (1999). Essential Principles of Aquatic Therapy and Rehabilitation: A Study Guide for the Aquatic Therapy and Rehabilitation Industry Certification Chassell, MI: Aquatic Therapy & Rehab Institute, Inc. (Route #1...
- Aquatic therapy is South Florida company's liquidity.
- Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) January 10, 2005 700+ words
...and Broward counties. Now Florida Aquatic Therapy & Exercise employs 10 therapists...services. Additional revenues for the aquatic therapy business come through a contract for...seniors in Pompano Beach. Offering aquatic therapy as one of its services gave The Seasons...
- Aquatic Therapy Relieves Patients with Osteoarthritis
- Newspaper article from: The Journal Record May 24, 1995 700+ words
...physicians and patients alike are finding aquatic therapy restores the freedoms of movement...rheumatology at Southwest Medical Center. Aquatic therapy decreases pain while increasing mobility...physical therapy, which includes the aquatic therapy." Accustomed to an active ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Considering therapy: think you can't offer aquatic therapy because...