I hope this fellow will really help you out. The very warm water is very nice to the muscles, and makes it a lot easier to loosen up for stretches and stuff. Good luck and keep us informed how it works for you.

Thanks, Judy! I'm looking forward to being told just exactly what to do to get the most benefit from the water exercise.

I have an appointment in April with our local PT hospital, where they have a heated pool for water therapy and you can just go and swim or walk or whatever when there are no classes in progress.

I'm looking forward to having the heated pool as another "tool" in my arsenal of ammunition against the pain.

Hope it works out well for you - I'm anxious to hear more when you get started with actual therapy.

It IS working well. I start off in a deep pool with floatation devices on around my trunk. I do "vertical stabilization exercises" which means I maintain my body's vertical position while holding my arms and legs in certain places. I could tell afterwards taht I had worked my core muscles.

Then it's into the shallow, warmer pool for stretches and exercises. It's a good routine that is going to get my muscles stretched and toned back to what it ought to be.

Tomorrow I have my third and possibly final session...

Hi Narey.Of all the interventions I have used,I think Aqua Therapy was the most effective.You have to stick with it,but it is well worth your time and effort.

Thanks for the encouragement! I really must discipline myself and stick to it. I arranged to take one of my college courses at a sattelite campus near the pool, so I can try to incorporate it into my routine.

Forgot to mention, that at the end of my session, I go back into the deep pool with little weights on my ankles and just hang with flotation noodles under my arms. The idea being to relax and stretch with no tension in my body.

I Totally LOVE the Pool...Have Become Addicted to it..Except the Chlorine (Which I am Sensitive to)..but Man I feel good after I have been in the Pool !!

I Could never take the Hot Tub Tho...I Lost Tolerance for Heat a few Years ago...I Love Heat...My Body Hates It. Go Figure.

I wish you the best of luck! I found that I feel wonderful in the heated water, but the same out of the water as I always do. I have never been in a therapy program, though, so I will be looking forward to hearing if it helps you more, as you will be on a schedule of activities.
Best wishes :)

I started aquatherapy in a heated pool a few weeks ago, and it's WONDERFUL. The pool is closed this week for cleaning and I'm much more stiff and sore without it. I did it years ago after knee surgery, and am so glad to be back at it. I'd recommend it to anyone! Hope it helps you, too.

been having mine since june= however he thinks i should actually do exercise other then pool & my DOC keeps writing on script only pt manual passive movement =meaning they are suppose to move my arms torse whatever & iam suppose to just relax muscles! so i have to keep reminding or telling them iam in to much pain to do twist or sit ups! then i go into flare for 1-2days then have therpy again & w/hoildays have missed two seesions & Thorsic & lumbar was out for both hoildays! & today night before new years eve in alot of pain was casted today for TSLO Brace!
The hot tub is great & I have exercise to do in it! the lazy river is great & one spot keeps you in place w/currents -so like on a tread mill, only in the heated water!
i will be getting a Jacczy tub in bathroom this year! Have a homitrics bubbler pad is very good for now!
I did get a membership @ rec center so after insurance won'y pay i have pool therpy when i want & added the KIDS so they will get in shape too!really feels great as long as you don't over do it! limit yourself for first week! so glad you have this in place=is the insurance paying for any of it!?
hope so! oxo paula