Water Therapy: Burn Calories Without Hurting Your Joints
Even though you know the good effects of regular exercise – burning calories, increasing circulation, maintaining a healthy heart – sometimes the pain and stress on your joints is too much to bear. If you have problems with weight-bearing exercises, then you might want to think about a workout that incorporates water therapy.
Water therapy is the term for exercising in the water. Water therapy is not swimming; instead, people who engage in water therapy are treated to a non-intensive, low-impact aerobics workout. You may have heard of an Aquarobics™ water therapy class being offered at your local gym, for instance.
Just think back to the last time you were in a pool or the ocean. You felt light as air, yet when you tried to move your arms or legs or run in place, you came across strong resistance. Water Therapy makes use of these two factors to help you get a good workout.
Water therapy treats participants to the following benefits:
- Water therapy increases your range of motion
- Water therapy improves your flexibility.
- Water therapy increases circulation.
- Water therapy improves balance.
- Water therapy can help you strength train without hurting joints.
Who Can Benefit the Most From Water Therapy?
- People who have lower body arthritis can use water therapy to stay in shape and improve circulation without causing further harm to their joints.
- Those recovering from a sports injury, such as an ankle sprain, can benefit from water therapy, as increased circulation promotes healing.
- Older individuals who do not feel strong enough for a grueling gym workout can stay in shape doing low-impact water therapy.
- Pregnant women not up to a fast-paced run or aerobic workout can burn calories and improve circulation (to help with legs veins and swollen feet) doing water therapy.
- People with intense back problems can burn calories doing water therapy and not cause further damage to their back.
If you’re interested in water therapy to improve your health, you may want to check out the following product:
Aquajogger Water Therapy Active Pack: This water therapy pack includes chlorine resistant EVA foam dumbbells to help you strength train in the water, and X-cuffs for arms and ankles to help increase flotation and overall resistance. This water therapy kit even includes a cardiovascular exercise guide for beginners.
Information on foot and lower body health conditions like water therapy provided by The Podiatry Institute, dedicated to advancing the standard of care in podiatric medicine and its effects on muscoskeletal health.