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Why you should use the Warm Water Therapy Pool?
Frequently, land based exercise or activities are not as manageable and often
inaccessible for those with physical or cognitive challenges. Easter Seals facility is
equipped with a lift for those who use a wheelchair or have limited mobility. Water
exercise, in particular develops and enhances cardiovascular fitness, muscular
strength, endurance, and flexibility. With regular participation water exercise can
help reduce body fat and is extremely beneficial in the prevention and treatment of
heart disease, strokes, and orthopedic conditions. It improves circulation,
strengthens muscles, reduces pain, and enables participants to gain maximum
benefits from exercise while substantially reducing risk of injury.
Watsu is a passive form of aquatic body work/therapy that supports and gently
moves a person through warm water. Watsu promotes a deep state of relaxation with
dramatic changes in the autonomic nervous system. Through quieting the
sympathetic and enhancing the parasympathetic nervous system
Through the use of Watsu we have are able to have measurable and positive outcomes.
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Immediate Benefits
Increased range of motions
Increased muscle relaxation while
Increased tone, strength, and endurance
Decreased muscle spasm
Decreased spasticity
Decreases in pain (with potential reduction in medications)
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Long term benefits
Decreased muscle and joint,pain
Improved sleep patterns
Improved digestion
Improved healing and immune system response
Decreased anxiety
Unlike many other community activities the benefits of Easter Seals Warm Water Pool
and Watsu specifically are measurable and may lead to increasing ones physical
fitness, which may also result in maintaining or reducing health care costs.
We realize that in this challenging time, everyone is looking for ways to trim costs.
The cost associated with the benefits of warm water therapy is minimal when
considering the benefits. We would appreciate the opportunity to speak with you and
share with you many of the very positive outcomes that have resulted from the use of
the pool.
Please call to discuss your concerns regarding funding, prior to discontinuing use of the
pool. In same cases we can assist with reducing payments and fïnd other alternatives
for funding. Please to speak to Martâ or Tracie 303 233-1666x248.
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