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Water-way of therapy and relaxing

Water, a soothing component for everyday living, makes us feel better in many ways a warm bath, a refreshing swim, a cool drink.

The pool is being provided for its value as the setting for more and more medical procedures.

Water therapy is recommended for using the water-beneficial effects on the body heal from various injuries and operations.

In particular, water the rapy sessions are recommended for adults and children with special needs.

As well as water therapy classe s also help children with the natural psychoemotional disorders, speech di sorders, because the water releases and invigorates.

Water therapy is frequently recommended as one form of exercise therapy to treat those with diabetes as well as individuals with high blood pressure.

Characteristics of Water:

* Buoyancy decreases body weight and strain on joints when standing. * Viscosity applies resistance when moving, increasing the challenge. * Hydrostatic Pressure of water reduces edema and swelling allowing movement to body parts that would be impossible or painful on land.

Why water?
Aquatic therapy can build selfesteem and body image as it builds strength and coordination. Children are challenged physically, developmentally, emotionally and functionally, while having fun in the water. The benefits of aquatic therapy go beyond the basics of physical therapy and the properties of water.

Water characteristics helps for:


* Increasing flexibility, strength and movement of painful joints * Increasing cardiovascular endurance * Increasing balance, trunk alignment and stability * Decreasing abnormal tone and rigidity of muscles * Gait training * Recovering from surgery.

Aquatic therapy takes advantage of all the properties of water so children can strengthen muscles, learn new movement patterns and become more independent.

On the water you can leave behind the thoughts and worries of the land and enjoy the fresh, ever-changing natural environment. You cant fail to unwind as you go with the tides or work with the waves.

The massaging action of a spa is created by sending a mixture of warm water and air through jet nozzles.

Immersion in hot water raises the body temperature and causes the blood vessels to dilate, increasing circulation.

A Hot Spring spa is the ultimate way to soothe stiff, sore muscles and joints through state-of-the-art hydromassage.

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