Currently there is a lot of information on the internet about swimming pool exercises, hydrotherapy and/or aquatic therapy, but it should be considered which recommendations are based on scientific evidence.
Below we will show our readers the 6 current trends in hydrotherapy and with simple language, professional and attractive.
1) Directed by a specialist in aquatic therapy and prescription of physical exercise in swimming pool.
At present many professionals want to prescribe hydrotherapy or aquatic therapy, but in some cases their professional training, does not give them the minimum resources necessary to approach it in the best way, since it is necessary to know about the physical principles of water, physiological effects to the immersion during physical exercise, biomechanics, training principles and their clinical approach.
2) In hydrotherapy, a health, rehabilitation and fitness approach should be integrated.
It is not enough to only use hydrotherapy, to reduce body pain or to relax the mind, it is necessary to integrate fitness, health and rehabilitation approaches, since cardiometabolic diseases are on the rise, Incidence of stroke and acute myocardial infarction (AMI), becoming aquatic therapy, an excellent alternative for neuro rehabilitation and cardiac rehabilitation.
3) Personalized therapy sessions in small groups.
4) Incorporate people who can not swim or have a water phobia.
5) Sessions adapted to the objectives and needs of each user.
It is already obsolete, to perform the same exercises to all people within a hydrotherapy session, because within the group of 20 users, there may be people with body aches, hypertensive, diabetic, osteoarthritis, hip prosthesis, cardiopaths, among others.
6) Quantify the results obtained by hydrotherapy.
To determine the success of the therapies, the results obtained should be quantified, so it is extremely important to evaluate the initial health condition, which for the person are more relevant, according to their objectives, for example reducing doses of pain medication, reduce cholesterol levels, regulate glycemia, increase gait.
