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- high impact resulting in jarring of
to joints
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- People who are unable to stand on
land are able to stand in the water
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- People unable to stand are limited
to chair or bed type exercises
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- Everyone is equal in the water. No
limitations bases on age, body size, sex, health related limitations
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- Not everyone can keep up with land
type classes
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- Water supports the body, limited
chance of falling.
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- If you fall, there is potential for
injury from the fall.
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- Moves will help heal injuries
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- Moves can potentially cause injuries
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- Working in the water allows your
heart to work more efficiently without working as hard.
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- Heart has to work overtime to keep
up with body requirements
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- Helps to reduce swelling in joints
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- May irritate joint injuries.
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- All movements use the total body
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- Some moves are specific to a certain
part of the body. The full body does not work with all movements.
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- Muscle pain may result making
movement difficult
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- Turbulence
gives you a body massage as you are working
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- Have to go for a massage after the
class
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- Each movement requires you to push
water. The density of water is about 1000 times that of air so you
must work harder to move your limbs
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- Very easy to move your limbs in the
air
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- Due to the resistance of water you
movements are slow and more precise. This means you are working your
muscles more efficiently.
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- Move quickly and sometime jerky
through the air.
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- Each move is concentric and eccentric.
You have to work to bring your arm down because gravity is absent.
If you don't the limb float.
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- Movements are concentric but gravity
lowers the limb down. Muscles are working in one direction.
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- The therapeutic advantages of water
such as buoyancy, thermal conductivity, and resistance are used to
assist in reaching therapy goals
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- Only work on specific area of body
at a time.
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- For people with back pain, working
out in the water is more tolerable than land-based. Less impact on
spine than with land based exercise.
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- Too much impact that may potentially
cause pain, discomfort and further damage for the person.
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- Deep water exercise is almost like
placing the back in traction
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- Because of gravity there is
compression on the back at all time.
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- Warmth, buoyancy and 3-dimentional
support of water provide a safe environment for someone who has
balance challenges.
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- Air provides no support when doing
land based exercises. Person will have balancing challenges. May
spend more time worry about their balance than exercising.
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- Because of buoyancy, the participant
weighs less thus enabling free movement.
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- Participant's weight may prevent
them from participating full or part in some movements
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