Hydrotherapy is a therapy treatment based on the properties of water. (also termed aquatic therapy) Hydrotherapy uses the principles of water to allow exercise and to alter exercise intensity. Increased buoyancy (opposite to gravity) allows for more exercise than is permitted on land. Increased temperature and hydrostatic pressure promote increases in circulation and flexibility and decreases in swelling. Increasing speed, turbulence and surface area can all be used to increase exercise difficulty.

Just some of the benefits of Hydrotherapy are:

• Normalisation of abnormal posture
• Relief of pain, swelling, stiffness & muscle spasms
• Improve maintain & restore joint range of motion & flexability
• Improve maintain & restore muscle strength, strengthen core stability, posture
• Improve maintain & restore balance, stabilisation, co-ordination, agility & endurance
• Non weight bearing exercise, reduce pressure on load bearing joints

As well as general health benefits like:

• Encourages & promotes relaxation.
• Boosting the immune system, allowing it to function more efficiently
• Improves the function of the internal organs by stimulating the blood supply
• The improved circulation dramatically increases the elimination of waste, thus assisting detoxification