HYDROTHERAPY | The benefits of exercising in water lie primarily in the buoyancy & resistance offered by the water.
Physiotherapists use the pool to start and progress programs to relieve pain, strengthen and help conditioning.
Sometimes this enables a transition to land based exercise and in other cases can replace land based programs all together.
Buoyancy reduces body weight – the approximate averages are
- immersed to your neck = 10% bodyweight
- chest = 28% in females and 35% in males
- waist = 47% in females and 54% in males (Harrison & Bulstrode, 1987)
We have small group classes guided by a Senior Physiotherapist, Annabelle Marcot. Annabelle will do an individual assessment with each person before they join a hydrotherapy group. Sessions can be tailored to all levels of activity & conditions.
