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CALA Certified
Clearly Qualified
The
Canadian Aquafitness Leaders Alliance
Inc. (CALA), is dedicated to providing a
high quality training, certification and
communication network for aquafitness
leaders and aquatic rehabilitation
specialists. CALA promotes
professionalism and excellence through
thoughtful integration of the mind, body
and spirit
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offered for all CALA Training Events except the initial
taking of the Vertical Waters Training. |
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Meet Charlene
Kopansky and Learn About CALA
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Become a Certified CALA Aquafit
Instructor.
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Upcoming CALA Events and Certification
Schedule
pdf
Oct 18 2018
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Feedback about our exceptional trainers
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CALA Event Pictures
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Water
Works!
A young man suffering
from a serious back injury came to the
pool with his child. He kept a close eye
on the exercises the instructor was
doing with client. He asked can you make
me walk, the doctors said I would never
walk. I’ve been in the wheelchair for 4
years now. No promises the instructor
said but if you want to try we can work
together. After 1.5years a miracle
happened. Up to then the instructor moved
the man’s legs. One day he said, I want
to do it myself. With total commitment
he started to move his legs himself.
With time the instructor would tell him
the exercise and he would do them. When
he went to the doctor, the doctor
noticed major changes. He asked what he
was doing. The man said exercising in
the water. When he told the doctor the
exercises he was able to do, the doctor
said it is not possible, your movements
are spontaneous muscle contractions.
There is no way you will ever be able to
control your movements. The man said to
the doctor, the instructor tells me the
exercise and I do them. The instructors
mixes up the movements so I have no idea
what they are going to make me do. How
can this be spontaneous muscle movement.
The long story short is, he now walks
with braces and has returned to work.
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Another reason to cross train
– Land Meets Water…
Water is
magical - buoyancy unloads the
body, and impact decreases with
increasing depth of immersion.
Athletes and
other fitness enthusiasts who
participate in land based
activities that include a
significant amount of ‘landing’
run the risk of developing a
condition called foot-strike
hemolysis. This may result in
rupturing of red blood cells
affecting the ability of the
body to maintain the iron needed
to carry oxygen.
Runners have
been found to develop hemolysis,
whereas long distance cyclists
have not. Schumacher et al, 2002
suggested that repeated foot
strikes associated with running
destroy red blood cells.
Water works! |
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