Improve Muscle Strength with Aquatic Therapy
Aquatic therapy is one branch of physiotherapy which focuses in aqueous media as a treatment modality. With the assistance of the media of water,exercise phase on the sick or healthy people with the objective to be achieved can be facilitated. In order to reach maximum results, by avoiding excessive pain.
Aquatic therapy is the greatest way to restore back movement and maintaining strength and exercise is conducted in a swimming pool. This exercise became very famous later this year because many patients who have difficulty in practice be able to when done in the water. The existence of the power to float the water helps the body and also provides backing slowly increasing strength and endurance.
Aquatic therapy can help:
1. increase and maintain muscle strength
2. increase flexibility and muscle mempertahanakan
3. assist Increasing coordination, balance, posture
4. assist and maintain range of motion
5. ease the process of motion exercises or
6. improve cardiovascular endurance, etc.
Complaints that can be helped by the Aquatic Therapy::
1. Neck pain
2. lower back pain
3. shoulder pain
4. knee pain
5. spinal cord injury
6. stroke
7. cerebral palsy
Viscosity of water resources is a source of stretching that can be easily combined with exercise training program in water therapy. Power stretch will help strengthen the muscles without requiring an additional burden.
The combination of the strain and the buoyancy of water will strengthen self-muscular patients. This process will reduce the stress that would not be able to do on land.
Sports therapy in this water, also utilizes hydrostatic pressure to reduce inflammation and improve joint position. This hydrostatic pressure will produce vertical pressure to the body surface. This pressure will improve the position of the joints of patients. As a result, sensors nerve ending in muscles, tendons and joints will improve. With so will improve your posture. It is very important for patients who experience joint problems (sprains).Because at the time of torn ligaments, nerve sensors capability is also reduced.Hydrostatic pressure also helps reduce inflammation in the joints and weak tissue after injury or abnormalities of arthritis.
In addition, the warm water that can be enjoyed throughout the therapy will relax your muscles and dilate blood vessels. This will increase blood flow to injured areas. Therefore, this therapy is also very useful for patients who experience muscle spasms, back pain, and fibromyalgia.
However, before doing therapy, first consider your health condition. Patients who have heart disease, fever, infection, or bladder problems are advised not to follow the therapy.Consult your doctor before doing therapy.
