For JCC Members and Non Members
Jewish Senior Life Outpatient Rehabilitation offers aquatic physical therapy at the Jewish Community Center.
Aquatic physical therapy has many advantages: It increases mobility, muscle strength, body awareness, relaxation and cardiovascular endurance, improves coordination, balance and respiration. It decreases the frequency of muscle spasms and pain.
Aquatic physical therapy is especially effective for people after surgery or injury because it allows for earlier weight-bearing activities which lead to less pain and a faster recovery.
There are several properties of water that are integral to the effectiveness of aquatic therapy:
Our highly trained physical therapists can help you with:
- Buoyancy - A person submerged to the neck weights 1/10th of their regular body weight, allowing for increased mobility and reducing joint stress
- Hydrostatic pressure - This reduces the swelling of joints and tissues, and is particularly important for minimizing the pain of chronic joint or muscle conditions from recent injuries
- Water surface tension - This creates resistance for limbs partially submerged, allowing an individual to gradually strengthen weak muscles
- Resistance - Water increases resistance against movement by 600-700 times that of air, increasing the potential for muscle strengthening
Aquatic Physical Therapy helps with:
- Orthopedic injuries
- Neurological conditions (MS/Stroke/Parkinson's disease)
- Arthritis
- Limited range of motion
- Weakness
- Poor motor coordination
- Pain
- Balance deficits
- Joint replacements
- Sprains/strains
- Tendonitis/bursitis
- Fractures
We accept most insurance, as well as private payment. A prescription is needed from your physician.
For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 585-784-6539 or 585-784-6530.