Aquatic Therapy Patient Views

I also saw a lot of improvement in spasticity after our aquatherapy sessions. The whole body relaxes in the water and it becomes easier to do more!

I’ve done pool therapy. I love WATSU and water dance. My instructor said that the patient is a “fish in the water!”

The patient is using a walker on land, however, the patient is able to do so many things in the water like walk on their hands, somersaults, walk around, jump, and etc.

For the patient, they are looser on land after being in the pool for a while. The patient highly recommends this if you can find someone to work with you.

Oh yes, I was able to translate movements that were hard for me to do on land with my legs Between physical therapy and hydrotherapy, I learned better balance. It enhance everything I worked on to learn how to walk with with traditional physical therapy. It was easier and less stressful on my legs and it was fun. I don’t do it much anymore because I don’t have access to a pool, but it was well worth it.

Having a trained PT in the water has been amazing for my child gaining confidence in testing his balance and in assisted walking. I always notice that the day after, he is way more likely to let me hold his hands and walk around with me. He also lets go of the couch more and plays with trying to stand. Practicing all this in the water helps him with the mental blocks of being scared to try walking outside of the water. It’s also been great for getting one legged standing in on his affected side since there’s less weight in the water. I’ve also been able to play around with some dmi moves without worrying about hurting him if I “drop” him. Plus…it’s finally a therapy with some fun and normalcy.

A low impact type of physio, I think being in the water is a lot more soothing. We found a magnesium heated pool and a different environment, therefore more beneficial. Noticeably more flexible (a lot quicker to go from tippy toes to flat feet). Very repetitive and learning basics like trying to stand flat-footed and standing tall at the same time. Doing this for 30 minutes weekly, I've noticed a difference in ankle flexibility (dorsiflex especially).

Aqua-therapy is the best! My child was incapable to put his head in water 💦 after his cardiac arrest (6 years training regularly with coach for swimming) - you have to see how he is swimming in open sea now! And he is in swimming sport local handicap-team now!

I love incorporating swimming with physical therapy. It’s the time I feel the freest

Way to go I found out a long time ago that learning to do things in water was easier and translated onto being able to do things on land faster with traditional physical therapy as well

Doing therapy in the water made doing things that were incredibly hard on land possible. Because I did things in the water my body learned after a very long time what to do on land, but swimming is still one of the most relaxing things I can do for myself. I wish I could do it more often, that being said, I am definitely a pool swimmer and not a lake or ocean swimmer

I’ve done therapeutic horseback riding and WATSU pool sessions. With the water dance component from my WATSU instructor, there was definite improvement overall. I love being flipped in different directions and ways under water. I miss it very much.

With therapeutic horseback riding, there was much improvement in vestibular stability over time with vaulting techniques. I miss it very much!