Aquatic Physiotherapy

Hydrotherapy is aquatic physiotherapy incorporating reduced load & unloaded exercise in water.  Pool Entry is covered in treatment costs.

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Our Hydro Pools

We offer Hydrotherapy in our hydrotherapy pools at Cook+Phillip Aquatic Centre & at Gunyama Park.

Hydro pools are extra warm, chest deep therapy pool. Rehab exercises are personalised, taught and upgraded by a Therapy Max physiotherapist according to the person’s needs & sessions are one to one only.

Confident clients can to return to the pool independently to practice their exercise.  Even non-swimmers will be confident to do so after a few hydrotherapy sessions. Independent sessions require pool entry payment only at each pool.

How Hydrotherapy works:

Warmth

  • Water temperature is 34° C.
  • Provides a soothing environment to exercise.
  • Promotes joint fluid viscosity, muscle and ligament flexibility, and pain relief.
  • This promotes movement into range that may otherwise be painful on land.

Water Properties:

  • Provides buoyancy lowers impact, reduces joint stresses and can assist movement.
  • Gives resistance through movement and aids the return of strength.
  • Provides mild compressive force aiding removal of swelling and pain relief.
  • Provide a confidence building environment to enable exercise for longer

Specialised Physiotherapy Prescribed exercises:

  • Enables effective movement to reduce pain
  • Builds confidence
  • Can be goal specific and improve functional strength, because most exercise is undertaken upright & enables carry-over into everyday life.
  • Is effective because it is based on a thorough assessment and upgraded progressively over time.

Problems which benefit from Hydrotherapy:

  • Acute injury
  • Strong pain
  • physical disability
  • balance disorders
  • Inflammatory conditions
  • Neurological disorders
  • Pregnancy
  • Fractures
  • Post surgery eg joint replacement
  • Tendon injuries
  • Conditions aggravated by and based exercise
  • Joint restrictions eg frozen shoulders, knee flexion deformity
  • Weightless for obesity
  • Peripheral vascular disease
  • Mental health related deconditioning
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Embrace the Health Benefits of Hydrotherapy at Therapy Max. Call
02 9356 3877 or Contact Us Online Today.

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