Therapeutic Exercise

Therapeutic exercise is a low-impact activity that takes the pressure off your bones, joints and muscles.

Why should I choose therapeutic exercises me/my child/my dependent?

If you experience pain:

• Exercises are easier and less painful because the forces on weight-bearing joints are reduced.
• The warmth of the water helps reduce pain by relaxing tight or spastic muscles and increases blood flow.

If you receive land-based therapy or exercises:

• Water-based therapy provides a change in routine and introduction of new program that complements land-based therapy.

If you want improved well-being, therapeutic exercises:

• Helps manage stress and anxiety
• Reduces depression
• Increases ability to concentrate
• Develops self-esteem

There are certainly many benefits to group therapeutic exercises, including: affordability, camaraderie, a sense of competition that makes you work harder, etc. but if you have conditions that prevent you from keeping up with the group, there are a lot of benefits in having your own therapeutic exercise program:

• The therapeutic exercise program is customized according to your own abilities, your needs and goals, taking into consideration input from your other health providers.
• Private 1:1 means you get personalized attention. The instructor is focused on your own needs.
• You can provide immediate feedback and the instructor can make the necessary adjustments on the fly.
• You won’t have to try and keep up with the group.

Who benefits from therapeutic exercises?

People of any age diagnosed with life-long condition/s that include, but not limited to:

• Apraxia
• Brain Surgery
• Cerebral Palsy
• Cerebral Vascular Accident (CVA)/Stroke
• Depression
• Diabetes
• Dyspraxia
• Fibromyalgia
• Gross Motor Delay

• Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
• Hydrocephalus
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Muscular Dystrophy
• Obesity
• Parkinson’s Disease
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Traumatic Brain Injury