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Underwater Fitness : Hydrotherapy

http://www.physicalhealthconsultants.com/ Swimming as an exercise is much more useful than generally understood.Water provides a maintained resistance during movement, thus helping generalised toning of muscles.Chest is under constant pressure from all sides so it takes a slightly different effort from lungs as compared to lung function in any other exercise.It can be used by sports person to increase body flexibility and endurance.Aqua aerobics may be used to improve agility.Sri Lanka Cricket team used aqua aerobics widely before 1996 World Cup to increase fitness levels and this totally transformed the team which went on to win the tournament.Generally swimming is a very safe exercise when it comes to injury rehabilitation just that your physio or specialised hydro physio therapist needs to help you with quantifying your effort under water.Hydrotherapy as a branch of medical rehabilitation is a widely accepted phenomenon in many parts of the world.Swimming as a leisure activity ...