In the past few years pools have became much more important for exercising and rehabilitation. Each year there is some new kind of aqua therapy. Let's begin with aqua aerobics which is the most common aqua therapy. This is very useful for especially fragile populations because it takes weigh off of joints and a heated pool will loosen up muscles and joints even more. This allows a participant to maintain muscle tone with out putting unneeded stress on the rest of the body.
Another very new type of rehabilitation is called Watsu. This is a type of stretching and muscle relaxation as seen above. This can be very helpful for people with muscular dystrophy and other muscle disorders. The helps keeps joint flexibility that may not be able to be obtained outside of the water. Watsu has also been found to be helpful for pregnant women.
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