The pool is ideal for the delivery of post-operative rehabilitation exercises.The buoyancy of water helps support your body weight, taking the pressure off joints.
After having a Hip or Knee replacement, you may expect your lifestyle to be a lot like it was before surgery but without the pain. In many ways you would be right, but returning to your everyday activities will take time.
Exercise is the key to your recovery. The thought of exercising alone at home can be daunting for a number of reasons:
• Fear of falling
• Fear of doing too much
• Fear of doing too little
• Worries about not doing the exercises correctly
• Increased pain
Whatever the reason, we can help. We can provide both swimming and aquatic exercises to aid your recovery. All our instructors are qualified ASA disability teacher trained with lots of experience coaching at all ages and abilities. Your instructor will be in the water with you supporting and encouraging you throughout the session.
The session will be spectator free and the pool is heated to a warm comfortable temperature of 32 degrees. Following your first session which will be an assessment, we will formulate a tailor made plan to suit your individual needs.