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50% Group-Coupon Alert: Aquatic Therapy Insanity on July 4th

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Click here to see the July 4th ATU Groupon

http://tinyurl.com/3jn9x56

Starting at midnight, July 4th, therapists can buy books, equipment, bibliographies, distance-learning DVDs and more for 50% off. Better yet? They can book any of our 18 hour aquatic therapy classes for $300 (a $600 value).

Book early; we plan to cap the classes before the 24 hours is over!

--
Andrea Salzman, MS, PT
Director of Programming
Aquatic Resources Network/ Aquatic Therapy University
3500 Vicksburg Ln #250 Plymouth, MN 55447
800-680-8624 Main 888-514-6133 Fax
www.swimatu.com
"Therapist Founded. Therapist Grounded."

Comprehensive Aquatic Therapy, 3rd edition (May 2011 release)

 

Hot off the presses!

 

Comprehensive Aquatic Therapy (CAT) authors just got their first-eyes copies of this 3rd edition. 

 

Over 8 years in the making.... It's HUGE.

 

At 560 pages and 1.5" thick, it's 140 pages bigger than the 2nd edition. It's truly the quintessential guide to aquatic therapy. 

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Comprehensive Aquatic Therapy remains the acknowledged reference text for aquatic therapists the world over. Featuring extensive updates from the 2nd edition, in this edition the editors have included extensive case studies, with multiple choice questions and answers as didactic content.New chapters have been added, covering the entire scope of aquatic therapy practice, including innovative new techniques with material for program development, including staff training and marketing.

Standards and Guidelines for Aquatic Fitness at Your Therapeutic Pool

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).

 

Read eSPLASH, the Aquatic Therapy Industry hotsheet

 
Nearly 5000 aquatic therapists get it every week. So why not you?

Here are just a few of the topics you missed...

12 Oct 2009: Billing for groups, WaterWay Babies, Multiple sclerosis and More!

21 Sept 2009: Medicare Denials, Swine Flu, TKR Proof, Adapted Showers and More!

14 Sept 2009: s/p TKR, Free CME, Grants for Pools, Pets vs. People and More!

7 Sept 2009: MRSA transmission, Neonatal hydro, HIV lawsuits and More!

17 Aug 2009: Vomit, Pool Yuck, Baby Asthma and More!

3 Aug 2009: Lower Back Pain, Blind Aquatic Therapy, Preschooler Pool Sessions and More!

Click here to read all the archives... or to sign up to get the hotsheet emailed directly to you every Monday.

Working with the Parkinson's patient in water -- Download the 2008 manual

Looking for new ideas for how to work with the Parkinson's client in the pool? Download this free 35 page Aquatic Exercise manual.

It is 100% aquatic advice... specific to this population. And it is published by the American Parkinson Disease Association so you know it's up to date.

ATRI's Aquatic Therapy Journal is folding

Developing...

The Aquatic Therapy Journal published by ATRI will cease publication after its Sept 2007 issue. There are still two aquatic therapy publications available to the industry:

The Journal of Aquatic Therapy
The Aquatic Therapist Magazine

More to come on why the shut-down of the AT Journal...

The Best Books as Selected by the Team Aquatic Therapy Beta Testers

Hi, Team Aquatic Therapy beta testers!

Your next assignment is simple. Go to www.aquaticnet.com/books.htm. You will find the (very) few books we currently carry. But hey, we are ready to expand.

We need you to let us know what books you think are the best books out there -- the books aquatic therapists should have on their shelves. We do not want to offer over 10-12 books for sale, so we are looking for consensus. We want to be able to tell people "These are the time-tested best of the best aquatic therapy books".

So, please tell us the following:

1. Name of favorite books geared toward the therapy professional (up to 5 if you can)

2. What each book "brings to the table". For instance, if I am looking for a book which outlines (in great detail) how to build a therapeutic pool, I would recommend "How to Successfully Launch an Aquatic Therapy Practice". But that book would be a miserable failure if I was looking for a book on how to do Watsu and Bad Ragaz. Tell us in a sentence or 2 what you like about each book and why you are recommending it to your teammates.

Please post your suggestions in the "Post a Comment" or "Comments" section below this blog. If you have any problems, you can reach me at info@aquaticnet.com

Warm water regards,

Andrea Salzman, MS, PT