Aqua Treadmill

1. Promotes early range of motion

For those with chronic pain conditions, the natural hydrostatic pressure of water helps with the healing process. Patients can bear as little as 20% of their body weight while chest-deep in the water. Not only does the water reduce swelling and aid relaxation, but it also relaxes joints, improves strength and boosts flexibility.

2. Aqua Treadmill Initiates gait training in a low impact environment

With underwater treadmill therapy, patients can undergo gait training without fear of falling. This helps aging patients feel more successful — and they are less likely to cancel underwater treadmill physical therapy sessions.

3. Replicates the proper biomechanics of land-based movements to improve gait patterns

The underwater treadmill allows a more natural gait pattern to occur in the water as opposed to in a static pool. Those proper biomechanics that are created in the unweighted environment carry over to land movements.

4. Aqua Treadmill Improves cardiovascular stamina

With underwater treadmill physical therapy, lengthier exercise durations are combined with the heightened resistance of the water. This generates greater cardiovascular endurance, which in turn boosts a patient’s on-ground physical stamina.

5. Increased flexibility

Stimulated by the sensory effects of warm water, patients enjoy more joint and muscle relaxation while using an aquatic treadmill. While underwater, a person’s weight is reduced by 80 percent, removing joint stress.

6. Impacts muscle strengthening

When a person runs on an underwater treadmill, his or her body undergoes greater exertion due to the viscosity of the water. This leads to greater hip, leg and foot strength, as well as improvements in core muscle groups throughout the body.

7. Aqua Treadmill Increases healing and strengthening of injured tissue

With the attachable massage hose, physical therapists can combine this training with jet therapy on the stiff muscles of patients. As a result, patients have experienced improvements in mobility and decreases in pain, which has led to increased awareness of underwater treadmill benefits.

8. Increases ability to perform a wide range of plyometrics

Hydrotherapy has also become popular among athletic trainers, who now assign injured athletes to plyometric routines in underwater treadmill pools. According to DeZeeuw, the pool is used for weight-bearing exercises among recovering athletes.

9. Reduces blood pressure levels

While everyone knows that exercise helps reduce hypertension, a recent study found that aquatic treadmill training is more effective than land-based exercise at lowering blood pressure (BP).

10. Reduces joint stiffness

It was found that patients with osteoarthritis (OA) enjoy greater mobility and reduced joint pain with underwater treadmill therapy. With its parallel bars, resistance jets and massage hose, the pool is an essential physical therapy tool for people living with OA.

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