Part of my PT was to get in the pool at the hospital with the therapist. It was when I was first able to put one foot in front of the other. It really helped me a lot. Then the OT met my husband and I at a heated pool near the hospital and showed me exercises to do. Unfortunately I have not done water therapy except those few times. I am thinking I would like to try it again now 5 1/2 yrs later. But I want to try it in the warmer times like now since it feels too cold to go outside to a car after being in a pool and the temps are cold here in winter.
Heather in Calgary ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Pall To: Trudy Ogilvie ; Janice Cc: tmic Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 12:45 PM Subject: RE: [TMIC] Swimming According to Dr. Kerr swimming or even just walking in the pool is the best exercise we can do. It has the least impact on our body....at the Rec Ctr at the hospital in my neighborhood they even have underwater treadmills. For me and probably most of you the water temp. is very important...but most pools are heated to over 80 degrees. It takes my body a couple of minutes to adjust but after that the temp does not botther me...finally because I do laps in the pool for 45 minutes I purchased a swimmers MP3 player...now I listen to my "doo wop" music and the time flies. Rob in New Jersey ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Trudy Ogilvie [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 1:30 PM To: Janice Cc: tmic Subject: Re: [TMIC] Swimming All of my Physical Therapists put swimming at the top of the charts for excellent rehab!! I am 62 and still continuing with Physical Therapy. As soon as the new year comes around and Medicare gives me my 15 PT workouts for the year I go to a therapist. But again, I think it's swimming, walking, biking....... The hard part is getting into the water! ARGH!!! But once in I love it. If you wear flipppers it's easier, they help keep my legs up. When done with laps I will take a walk around the pool also.. I go from the deep end to the shallow... usually not too good in the shallow end. But any water exercise is really good for you. At least that's what I have been told. Trudy On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 8:32 AM, lynne myers <[email protected]> wrote: Most of the strength returned in my legs. I just have some residual weakness on my right side. I walk around the house and the yard fine without any assistive devices, only use cane when I go out because I do fall frequently, and use electric carts in stores when I will be shopping for more than a few items because of fatigue. We have steps going into the pool with handrails so I don't have any problems getting in and out of the water. I don't do alot of actual swimming anymore because it hurts my legs, just float or walk around, I will be 47 in a couple of months. --- On Thu, 4/9/09, Janice <[email protected]> wrote: From: Janice <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TMIC] Re: over heating To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, April 9, 2009, 9:32 PM How strong are your legs that you can get into a pool? How does it feel? Is it easier to move around in water? I used to do water aerobics, in fact, that was when I first noticed something strange with my legs. All of a sudden one week I would come home from aerobics and my legs would feel really tired. I just thought that I was working harder in the water. Wrong. By the end of the week my legs gave out and that was that! I really miss walking in the water. How old are you? Janice
