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Pool Therapy for the Female Client Feb 4-5, 2012 |
Aquatic Therapy for Total Hip/ Knee Feb 10-11, 2012 |
Hands-On Aquatic Therapy Techniques March 9-10, 2012 |
| Water-Based Interventions for the Neuro Client April 13-14, 2012 |
Marketing Strategies for the Aquatic Therapy Manager Sept 7-8, 2012 |
Function in Water: Closed-Chain Progressions Oct 12-13, 2012 |
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.
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.
| Aquatic Shoulder Sept 9-10, 2011 |
Geriatric Protocols Oct 7-8, 2011 |
Pediatric EBAT Nov 11-12, 2011 |
Oops, you missed this class. To see pending Aquatic Therapy University seminars, click on the below.
15-16 Apr 2011 |
16-17 April 2011 |
5 more in 2011 |
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Evidence-Based Aquatic Therapy for the Musculoskeletal Client
Taught By: Andrea Salzman, MS, PT; Kim Gordon, MPT
February 11-12, 2011
Minneapolis, MN (ATU Main Campus)
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$595
$495 (for the first 10 registrants)
ABOUT THIS 2 DAY CLINICAL- INTENSIVE SEMINAR
18 hr. training module packed into 2 days (4 hr. Boot Camp plus 14 hr. main course). Includes over 12 hours of pool time.
Stop extolling the virtues of aquatic therapy for the adult musculoskeletal client… without providing tangible evidence-based support. Leave this dynamic course understanding how, when, where and under what circumstances to provide aquatic therapy… and how to justify that choice to the world. Don’t just understand the science; be able to perform the EBAT treatments on Monday morning. Course includes information on integrating aquatic therapy into many post-surgical protocols (rotator cuff tear; ACL tear, total hip and knee replacement). Includes “turn key” inservice and marketing materials to help expand your caseload.
Find out more (hotels, free meals, free travel...)
By True Grimes
When Andrea Salzman began to teach physical therapy students in 1996, they started to ask questions. Their questions kept coming.
"Aquatic therapists are a very small, very specialized field," explained Salzman, who graduated from the University of Alabama in Birmingham with a master of science in physical therapy. "We love the water and truly want to train ourselves in it year after year.""But, honestly, how many times can you sit still on land to hear about the basics? We all longed for more..."
See 7 photos from featured ATU class...
Nearly 5000 aquatic therapists get it every week. So why not you?
Here are just a few of the topics you missed...
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Marty Biondi, PT, CSCS, ATRIC, has been named the recipient
of the 2008 Aquatic Therapy Professional Award. The award was presented at the
16th Aquatic Therapy Symposium, July 3rd in Fort Myers, FL
Tsunami Spirit Awards were presented to Melissa Lewis, MPT,
ATRIC, NCCARD, Mick Nelson, BS, MS, and Sue Nelson, BS, ATRIC.
Aquatic Therapy Dolphin Awards were presented to SFC Vincent
Fanning, US Army Retired, and Bess Maxwell, PhD, PT.
The Aquatic Therapy Professional Award recognizes outstanding professionalism and contributions to the aquatic therapy industry.
Previous
Aquatic Therapy Professional Award winners include:
Gwen
Garrett, MA, OTR/L; Lynette Jamison, MOT, OTR/L; Peggy Schoedinger, PT; Igor
Burdenko, PhD; Alison Osinski, PhD; Andrea Salzman, MS, PT; Johan Lambeck, PT;
Bruce Becker, MD, Paula Briggs, MS, ExPhys, ATRIC; Ann Wieser, MS, PhD, ATRIC;
Dori Maxon, PT, PCS, MEd, ATRIC; Mary Essert, BA, ATRIC; Luis Vargas, PhD, PT,
ATRIC; and Mary Wykle, PhD, ATRIC
What better way to celebrate World Watsu® Week (April 20-26, 2009) than to donate water therapy sessions for children living in orphanages and childcare institutions?
Watsu providers from all over the world (Brazil, Haiti, France, Great Britain, USA, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, Thailand and Africa) are joining in.
Watsu for Orphans was initiated by Basia Szpak Borst, a Watsu practitioner and instructor from the Netherlands, and is supported by an Endowment Fund.
This project is an opportunity for orphanages to learn about this ground-breaking water therapy (Watsu) and to benefit from the installation of mobile pools donated by the Endowment Fund wherever technical possibilities allow their installation.
The long-term objective of the donation is to ensure continuous presence of Watsu practitioners and therefore enable participating institutions to integrate Watsu into their existing therapeutic and pedagogical programs.
But why water for these children?
As just one example, look to Bulgaria where the Ministry of Health is monitoring a 10-year follow-up of babies from an orphanage. They found that these children had a greater chance to be adopted because of a 20-minute a day medical water training.
Quick links for more info:
Watsu for Orphans newsletter update (newsletter is in English)
Website - Watsu for Orphans
Videoclips - Watsu sessions
Watsu for Children book chapter
[First published 3/07]
We are looking for the perfect host locations for seminars in 2009. Are you THE ONE?
One of the major frustrations of my year is tracking down the perfect location to hold all of our aquatic therapy seminars.
You wouldn't think it could be such a headache. There are thousands of pools in the U.S. We know about almost all of them. And yet, I would give my first born child for a warm water (92-94 degree) pool with loads of water in the 3' to 4' depth.
Most of the work that happens in aquatic therapy happens at chest- to waist-level water. So, we need a pool that will fit between 25 and 30 people in the same depth at the same time.
Argghh.
Laurie, our office manager, bless her soul, just wants to cry sometimes. It starts with an innocent comment on my part, say something like "Let's hold Peggy's next seminar in South Carolina."
She smiles (a bit tightly I must say) in my general direction and proceeds to the phone lines. Days later, she calls me with an update. It goes something like this.
"I found a pool in Greenville."
"Great," I exclaim (excitement evident in my voice. I like to be supportive to Laurie so she doesn't make my work world fall apart).
"It's almost functional."
"Umm..."
"The hurricane, you know."
"Ahhh."
"Three sides of the pool are operational. They plan on having the fourth up and running by the time we want to host."
"Uh. Do you think it's smart to plan a seminar in a pool that doesn't -- now, I realize I'm being picky here -- have the capacity to hold water?"
This is the point where Laurie starts getting uppity. Silence ensues until one of us (read: me) caves.
"Sure, sure. Sounds perfect." And voila! We've found our next host site.
Then we bite our nails until the pool is actually up and running.
So take a moment, have mercy on us, and let us know about that perfect pool at your place.
Leave a comment here on the blog about your pool -- or email us at ARN.
Laurie will thank you.
Warm water regards, Andrea Salzman
Thanks to a program at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, disabled soldiers are
learning to scuba dive and explore the wonders of our undersea world. Known as
"SUDS" (Soldiers Undertaking Disabled Scuba), the innovative training and
certification program is helping wounded warriors from Iraq and Afghanistan to
experience life from below sea level.
"It's the most rewarding project I have ever been involved in," says John W. Thompson, president of the SUDS board of directors. He's a certified diving instructor who sees the ocean as a great equalizer.
"Many things are just easier to do in the water with these types of injuries," he says. To prepare himself for the task of teaching severely wounded soldiers how to dive, Thompson enrolled in a training program in Florida offered by the Handicapped Scuba Association.
Thompson describes SUDS, which launched in February 2007, as "part rehabilitation, part confidence-building (and) part adventure for these wounded warriors. I'm really inspired by the soldiers at Walter Reed."
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