Hydrotherapy is great for treating patients with a wide range of conditions:
- Orthopaedic Conditions – early mobilisation of joints with the support of water and decreased affect of gravity.
- Compacted fractures and stress fractures
- Post plaster mobilisations
- Dislocations
- Muscle and tendon injuries
- Joint reconstruction and arthroscopies
- Subacute sporting injuries
- Spinal Conditions – may help prevent weakness or loss of mobility without any stress on the back.
- Acute back pain
- Disc injuries with referred pain
- Osteoporosis and crush fractures
- Chronic back pain and spinal stenosis
- Post laminectomies
- Arthritic Conditions – exercising on land is often difficult due to pain, age, motivation, deformity and obesity. Water enables them to exercise with little stress on their joints.
- Neurological Disorders – greater ease of handling patients without fear of them falling, to improve balance and coordination, to re-educate functional activities and patterns of movement, to improve their cardiovascular fitness and to enable the patients to be motivated and gain a sense of achievement.
- Pregnant Patients– the effect of buoyancy helps relieve painful symptoms such as back pain or pubic symphysis problems. Suitable for antenatal classes or post-natal conditioning.
- Aging Patients – can be taught to swim and given an exercise program suitable for their condition. This allows the patient to continue physical activity for fitness, rehabilitation and enjoyment.
- Obesity- aquaerobic programs to increase fitness
Hydrotherapy has many benefits to patients including:
- Pain reduction
- Increase muscle tone and strength
- Decrease muscle spasm and guarding
- Decrease swelling and improve circulation
- Increase range of movement and flexibility
- Decrease weight bearing forces
- Facilitates head righting and balance reactions
- Improves coordination and movement initiation without the fear of falling
- Re-education of functional activities
- Improves fitness and endurance
- Relaxation
- Improves psychological well being and motivation
Sessions are held by appointment.