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Comorbidities & Aquatic Therapy
What Is A Comorbidity Arthritis, fibromyalgia, orthopedic conditions, chronic pain, neuromuscular and neurological conditions, obesity. Sometimes, several of these conditions occur simultaneously in a patient. This is known as comorbidity.…
Read MoreImproving Endurance For Patients
For physical therapists, the goals of rehabilitation are often driven by patient desires. Certainly, most would like to get back to their previous function, be able to perform activities of daily…
Read More3 Ways to Build a Robust Aquatics Program without the Cost of New Hires
The phrase “It takes a village to raise a child” is an African proverb that asserts a child has the best opportunity to become a healthy adult if the entire…
Read MoreWhy Baseball Athletic Trainers Love Hydrotherapy
We’ve discussed at length with the top MLB teams why their franchises invested in HydroWorx systems and how they use their pools to develop their teams. Hydrotherapy Benefits For Baseball…
Read More4 Common Objections to Hydrotherapy: How To Address Them with Patients
Most healthcare facilities quickly find that adding aquatics allows them to eliminate some of the barriers that patients face with physical therapy and rehabilitation such as weight-bearing restrictions and pain.…
Read More3 Tips for Adding Aquatic Therapy to Your Practice
Last month, Intermountain Healthcare’s Keith Cook of McKay Dee Hospital in Ogden, UT was featured in APTA’s PT in Motion magazine. In the article, titled “3 Tips for Adding Aquatic…
Read MoreCombatting Drop Foot with Aquatic Therapy
Irene knew she was in the right place as soon as she walked into the doors of Georgia Physical Therapy. After developing drop foot as a result of excessive walking, she…
Read MoreDolphin Pointe is Diving into Aquatics
Dolphin Pointe Health Care located in Jacksonville, Florida decided that they didn’t want to build a typical one story “brick and stick” nursing home behind a shopping center. They wanted…
Read More“How To” Waterproofing a Post-Surgical Wound
Surgeons, physicians, physical therapists and athletic trainers traditionally hesitate to send athletes into aquatic environments immediately after surgery due to the fear of wounds getting infected. However, according to a meta-analysis published in the Archives…
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