Aquatic therapy is a fun and engaging type of therapy that uses water to achieve therapeutic goals.  Our staff will work with you, your child and his/her physician to establish goals of treatment.  This type of therapy uses the properties of water (buoyancy, resistance, hydrostatic pressure and temperature) to provide your child with specific benefits that cannot be acquired on land.  

Aquatic therapy offers a number of therapeutic benefits including:

• normalization of muscle tone
• improved strength
• improved range of motion
• improved balance and coordination
• decreased weight bearing through painful joints
• improved circulation  
• improved cardiovascular endurance
• improved

A number of different special populations can benefit from aquatic therapy include but are not limited to:

• neurological impairments
• orthopedic injuries
• neuromuscular disorders
• cardiopulmonary disorders
• chronic pain