Changing the Face of Senior Living Communities
Posted on February 12, 2013 | Posted in: Aquatic Therapy, HydroWorx, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Tips, Uncategorized, Water Therapy, Water TreadmillNo longer is a stay at a retirement community necessarily permanent. Adults are carefully choosing skilled facilities that will enable them to physically and emotionally come back after an accident or health issue… and then send them home again. It’s a mid-level solution for Baby Boomers who want to remain active as long as possible. Truly, the […]
Read MoreHigh School Athlete Uses Hydro Pool for Ankle Sprain Rehab
Posted on February 1, 2013 | Posted in: Aquatic Therapy, HydroWorx, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Tips, Sports Medicine Resources, Sports Stories, Uncategorized, Underwater Marathon, Water Therapy, Water TreadmillAnkle sprains are common injuries and can affect patients’ lives for weeks and even months. Although a sprain can happen when individuals stumble or turn their ankle, serious sprains are usually the result of falling or a sports injury. It takes time for a patient’s ligaments to heal so that it’s safe to put weight on their ankle again. As every […]
Read MoreVisit HydroWorx at the PBATS Conference in Baltimore!
Posted on January 3, 2013 | Posted in: Aquatic Therapy, HydroWorx, Sports Stories, Training Tips, Water Therapy, Water TreadmillToday is the opening day of the Annual PBATS (Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society) Baseball Medicine Conference, in Baltimore, Maryland! Be sure to stop by HydroWorx’s booth, #112, in the Baltimore Hilton, to learn how baseball players can benefit from aquatic therapy too! About the conference: “The program has been designed for athletic trainers and […]
Read MoreAquatics and Whole-Person Wellness: A Perfect Fit
Posted on December 12, 2012 | Posted in: Aquatic Therapy, HydroWorx, Physical Therapy, Running, Uncategorized, Water Therapy, Water TreadmillJan Montague, President of Whole Person Wellness International, presented at an exclusive after hour event during the LeadingAge Conference in Denver, CO. Her passionate and energetic presentation was titled, “Aquatics and Whole-Person Wellness: A Perfect Fit”, where she discussed her model of whole-person wellness and her belief that warm water pools can greatly enhance wellness programs for […]
Read MoreLife Enriching Communities Resident shares Why Water Worx for Him
Posted on November 27, 2012 | Posted in: Aquatic Therapy, HydroWorx, Uncategorized, Water Therapy, Water TreadmillAs many of you know, we made a special visit to Life Enriching Communities last month in Cincinnati, OH, where we interviewed a number of residents who use the HydroWorx pool. Our third and final interview was with Karl Taybor, who also enjoys using the pool for therapy and group fitness classes. Karl makes use of […]
Read MoreFor one Facility, HydroWorx is a Necessity
Posted on October 8, 2012 | Posted in: Aquatic Therapy, HydroWorx, Physical Therapy, Water Therapy, Water TreadmillExecutive director of Country Meadows Retirement Communities, Kim Eichinger, speaks very highly of the HydroWorx pool. For her facility, the HydroWorx aquatic therapy pool and underwater treadmill is something they could not live without. They are a great form of exercise for a broad range of residents. From the McKnight’s article, I couldn’t live […]
Read MoreHydrotherapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Posted on July 17, 2012 | Posted in: Aquatic Therapy, HydroWorx, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Tips, Uncategorized, Water Therapy, Water TreadmillRheumatoid arthritis is a frequently misunderstood condition. Many people — even professional physical therapists — confuse it with osteoarthritis (OA), a similar condition that stems from different causes and demands a separate treatment approach. Unlike OA, rheumatoid arthritis can affect patients at any age and is not caused by the deterioration of joints. Instead, rheumatoid […]
Read MoreAnnouncing the First Ever HydroWorx Underwater Marathon!
Posted on April 25, 2012 | Posted in: Aquatic Therapy, HydroWorx, In the News, Rehabilitation Tips, Sports Medicine Resources, Sports Stories, UncategorizedJames R. Andrews, M.D., Athlete’s Performance & HydroWorx join together to raise money for Eagle Fund with the first ever Underwater Marathon on September 9, 2012. The Eagle Fund, a designated fund within the Andrews Institute Foundation, enables wounded warriors to rehabilitate at the Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine and Athletes’ Performance using […]
Read MoreImproving Posture With Water
Posted on April 12, 2012 | Posted in: Aquatic Therapy, Health & Wellness Stories, HydroWorx, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Tips, Training Tips, Water Therapy, Water TreadmillKim Eichinger, Executive Director of fitness at Country Meadows Retirement Community, and author of the ADVANCE article, Better Posture Through Aquatics, speaks about the benefits of aquatics for aging adults in improving posture. For the many aging adults who use walkers or other assistive devices, maintaining proper posture is a huge challenge. But, fortunately with the advancement of […]
Read MoreHow To Boost Profit Margin with Aquatic Therapy
Posted on January 24, 2012 | Posted in: Aquatic Therapy, Health & Wellness Stories, HydroWorx, Marketing Ideas, Physical Therapy, Uncategorized
For wellness, recreational and physical therapy centers looking to increase profit margin and their client base, adding aquatic therapy to your facility seems like the perfect thing to do. ‘But how do I know it will be a worthwhile investment? How can I increase our facilities profit margin?’ These are the questions that Executive Director […]
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