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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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Aquafit
exercise is a total body workout. You are working your heart through cardio
movements and strengthening your muscles with each move. It is like being in the
weight room at the same time you are doing an aerobic class while going for a
run. At the end of each Aquafit class you are regenerated but don't feel like
you have done anything yet you have done as much and in some cases more than you
would have in multiple land sessions without the pain.
