Stay in Shape During your Football Off-Season
Posted on January 17, 2014 | Posted in: Aquatic Conditioning, Athletic Training, Sports Stories, Training Tips, Water TreadmillThe football season is slowly wrapping up with Superbowl Sunday right around the corner. Most colleges and high schools have already ended their seasons and are looking forward to the 2014 season. The question is, how will you stay in shape? For those of you who are looking for new ideas for your off-season workout, […]
Read MoreHow to Get the Most Out of Your Aquatic Exercise
Posted on December 31, 2013 | Posted in: Aquatic Conditioning, Athletic Training, Health & Wellness Stories, HydroWorx, Training TipsWe, at HydroWorx, are big proponents of aquatic exercise! There are so many benefits to taking your workouts underwater: increased strength, less perceived effort, decreased risk of injury and improved blood pressure, to name a few. But, as is true with any workout, there are good things to do in the water and even better […]
Read More3 Things You Need to Know About Active Recovery
Posted on November 27, 2013 | Posted in: Aquatic Therapy, HydroWorx, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Tips, Sports Medicine Resources, Sports Stories, Training Tips, Uncategorized, Water Therapy, Water TreadmillActive recovery is a very valuable tool that can be used to improve performance. Performance specialists are starting to find that keeping muscles and joints moving after intense training days keeps their athletes better equipped to handle subsequent intense training days. There are many ways to keep the body in motion on a “rest” day, […]
Read MoreAquatic Fitness Can Provide Relief for Pregnant Women
Posted on November 8, 2013 | Posted in: Aquatic Therapy, Training Tips, Water Therapy, Water TreadmillPregnancy can really wreak havoc on the female body. Most women, no matter their previous fitness levels, feel some form of frustration from their physical limitations, especially in the later weeks of pregnancy. Whenever feet start swelling, backs start hurting, or breathing becomes difficult, exercise gets more difficult to maintain. Aquatic fitness can offer a […]
Read MoreHappy Active Aging Week!
Posted on September 23, 2013 | Posted in: Aquatic Therapy, HydroWorx, Rehabilitation Tips, Aquatic Therapy Research, Training Tips, Uncategorized, Water Therapy, Water TreadmillHappy 2013 Active Aging Week. Many of you may be wondering what Active Aging Week is and actually that question ranked #1 on the most frequently asked question for this campaign. Here is what the ICAA (initiators of Active Aging Week) had to say: What is Active Aging Week? Active Aging Week was initiated by […]
Read MoreAn Exciting Track and Field Weekend Coming Up
Posted on August 9, 2013 | Posted in: HydroWorx, Oregon Project, Running, Sports Stories, Training Tips, Uncategorized, Water TreadmillIf you follow track and field at all, you know the upcoming IAAF World Championships starting tomorrow are the next best thing to the Olympics. And we’re plenty excited to see how Mo Farah, Galen Rupp and the rest of the Oregon Project team do in their races. BUT we, at HydroWorx, are equally excited […]
Read MoreWork smarter, not harder: A lesson for the therapist and the athlete, found underwater.
Posted on August 7, 2013 | Posted in: Guest Bloggers, HydroWorx, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Tips, Sports Medicine Resources, Sports Stories, Training Tips, Uncategorized, Water Therapy, Water TreadmillThe following is a post written by, Mike Studer, PT, MHS, NCS, CEEAA, and President and co-owner of Northwest Rehabilitation Associates, in Oregon. Are you fully utilizing the clinical and economic benefits of marketing your aquatic program to local high school athletes, triathletes, competitive runners? Are you potentially missing clients that are engaged in athletics for the […]
Read MoreMarathon Training: From Rehabilitation to Performance
Posted on July 19, 2013 | Posted in: Aquatic Therapy, HydroWorx, Running, Training Tips, Uncategorized, Water Therapy, Water TreadmillNicole is an avid runner who has participated in multiple half-marathons and marathons. While training for a half marathon last year, she developed a painful injury with a pretty technical name: posterior tibialis tendonitis. This basically means she couldn’t walk for more than 5 minutes without extreme pain in her foot and ankle. She went […]
Read MoreWhy Water Worx for Elite Runners and Athletes
Posted on July 18, 2013 | Posted in: Aquatic Conditioning, HydroWorx, Nike Oregon Project Tracker, Oregon Project, Running, Sports Stories, Training Tips, Uncategorized, Water TreadmillWe know that water is extremely beneficial for rehabilitation, pain management, conditioning while injured, etc. These uses get the majority of the attention, for good reason: they give us all hope, encouragement and excitement as we see visible improvements in people’s lives. But, it is also important to note, and no less amazing, what water […]
Read MoreFree Hydrotherapy Course at St. George's Park
Posted on June 7, 2013 | Posted in: Aquatic Therapy, HydroWorx, Physical Therapy, Sports Medicine Resources, Sports Stories, Training Tips, Uncategorized, Water Therapy, Water TreadmillJoin us Monday, June 24, 2013 from 9:00-14:00 at St. George’s Park National Training Centre for, An Introduction to HydroWorx for the Sports Injury Rehabilitation Professional From the Perspective of a Premier League PhysioTherapist and the Professionals at St. George’s Park Learn how Premier League clubs and elite physiotherapists and performance coaches utilize advanced hydrotherapy to keep […]
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