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Looking for an authoritative source on what temperature your pool should be for MS patients?
Or, whether or not your instructor should stand on deck?
Or how much time is too much time for therapists to work in the pool?
Turn to the source. Download the Aquatic Exercise Association's white paper "Standards and Guidelines" (updated 2011; 10 page PDF).
Christopher Reeve made us aware of what was possible with aquatic rehab. Before his death, he had experienced some ground-breaking moments in the pool.
So, where do we go from here?
Well, Paula Richley Geigle PT, PhD and Peter Gorman MD (Kernan Rehabilitation Hospital, Baltimore, MD) are leading the way.
The Department of Defense has granted 1.5 million dollars to investigate aquatic therapy vs. land-based rehab for SCI.
Their study will compare the effects of 3 months of 3x/week aquatic therapy to a robotically assisted aerobic locomotor training exercise (Lokomat).
The study will focus on functional ambulatory ability and cardiovascular fitness in individuals with chronic motor incomplete spinal cord injury (MISCI).
Outcome measures include: gait parameters, speed, distance; V02; Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury (WISCI II); Spinal Cord Independence Measure (SCIM); and glucose tolerance.
A second site is Shepherd Center (Atlanta, GA) with Leslie VanHiel BME, MSPT, CCRC, and Keith Tansey MD, PhD as collaborators.
William "the Fridge" Perry finds solace in aquatic therapy... and alcohol. Read about his descent and the pool that offered hope.
He had a tube down him, and I could hear him calling my name,' Valerie said of his [recent] hospital stay.
'He wanted me to stop them from hurting him. He kept calling me, "Help me! Help me!"
I mean, you can't help him. I just could hear him crying and howling and I couldn't do nothing for him.'
Eventually, the real breakthrough was aquatic therapy. Perry's borther Michael Dean would literally lift him into the pool, and Perry's legs began to respond. Life was creeping back into his gaunt face.
Read his story via www.dailymail.co.uk
People drown at swimming pools because they are swimming alone, without a lifeguard present. Or, because they dive into the shallow pool and suffer a traumatic spinal cord fracture. Or, because there are simply too many kids in the water to watch.
Right? Wrong. People drown in pools for even stupider reasons.
Put a stop to it. 2011 National Drowning Prevention Symposium
In 1999, a doctor gave 320-pound Vivian Stancil a stark choice: lose weight or die before her 60th birthday.
She dove into a pool and has been swimming ever since.
Stancil, 63, had a lifelong fear of water, but she feared a premature death even more.
"I didn't want to die before my time," Stancil said.
Stancil, a retired teacher who is legally blind, has been swimming competitively since 2002 and has medaled multiple times in the local and state Senior Games.
Read her compelling story on www.pe.com
Copyright 2011, Andrea Salzman (Reprinted with permission)
Bring Aquatic Therapy University's class "Justifiable Aquatic Therapy for the Total Hip & Knee Replacement Client" to your home pool.
Language like the following can be used in your documentation to support the medical necessity of aquatic therapy for the s/p Total Knee Replacement Patient.
If you decide on aquatic therapy as a treatment option during the initial evaluation, you need to justify your choice of aquatics.
After that, you should make the case for continuing to use aquatic therapy on an ongoing basis (daily or weekly).
Assessment:
PATIENT presents with post-operative lower extremity edema and joint effusion, limb pain, restricted ROM and loss of functional strength.
He is unable to weight-bear on the surgical side without limping. He is reliant on an assistive device which alters his postural relationship with the environment. He is in pain, unwilling to move freely or try novel challenges, and is expressing frustration with rehab.
On the heels of a number of studies linking swimming to respiratory issues, a German agency has become the first to recommend that children younger than 2 years old with a family history of allergies avoid indoor pools.
The warning is based on a number of studies that suggest disinfection byproducts formed from the reaction of chlorine when combined with organic compounds — including human sweat and other body fluids — may contribute to respiratory issues.
Read more in aquaticsintl.com article
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Think post-exercise immersion will help you recover fast from running a marathon?
Well, On Sunday, December 5, 2010, Team Jacuzzi took on the Zappos.com Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas Marathon & 1/2 Marathon to test the results.
Some were first-timers, others veterans, but all finished with flying colors.
Stay tuned in 2011 as Jacuzzi will be selecting new individuals to participate in Team Jacuzzi and train for another great event in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Series. To be a part of Team Jacuzzi, provide your contact information in the space provided on our homepage.
Read more via runrocknroll.competitor.com
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