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Aquatic Exercise

DEFINITION OF AQUATIC EXERCISE:  Aquatic exercise  refers to the use of water (in multi-depth immersion pools or tanks) that facilitates the application of established therapeutic interventions, including stretching, strengthening, joint mobilization, balance and gait training, and endurance training.  AQUATIC EXERCISE By Anand Vaghasiya [ Final Year BPT] DEFINITION OF AQUATIC EXERCISE  Aquatic exercise refers to the use of water (in multidepth immersion pools or tanks) that facilitates the application of established therapeutic interventions, including stretching, strengthening, joint mobilization, balance and gait training, and endurance training. The unique properties of the aquatic environment provide clinicians with treatment options that may otherwise be difficult or impossible to implement on land.  Using buoyant devices and varied depths of immersion the practitioner has flexibility in positioning the patient (supin...