Our number-one concern is your safety, so the therapeutic area is designed to be an access-friendly and obstacle-free environment, with handrails along the aisles, changing rooms, by the toilets and inside the pool. Also, the entire floor is bedded with anti-slip material to prevent injuries.
For those who cannot walk on their own, we have transferring lifts by the poolside to aid entering the water.
When you first enter the pool, you will feel the warmth and buoyancy of the water. The experience will be a relaxing and comfortable one that will also provide you with a sense of security.
The water temperature is usually set between 33 and 36.5 degrees Celsius, which is an important factor to improve blood circulation, relieve pain, provide good nutrition and other benefits to your body’s healing process. Water pressure will help stabilize weak joints by protecting our vulnerable tissue like a corset or a brace when we move. Hydrostatic pressure reinforces our respiratory capacity and cardiac functions. Patients with edema could also be treated well in the aquatic environment.
The hydrotherapy room is open for 3 hours in the morning and 3 hours in the afternoon. However, we recommend each patient to only spend between 40 and 60 minutes in the pool for each hydrotherapy session. At every hour, we will lead a 20-minute group exercise that everyone in the pool will be asked to do. Instructional pictures for the group exercise are posted on the wall around the pool.
We categorize patients into three levels. For the newcomers in level 1, we ask them to simply follow the group exercise and try to walk around in the pool. Once they gradually improve and become accustomed to the aquatic environment, they move on to level 2, where individual exercises will be given based on their different diagnoses and conditions, such as age, sex, and whether they can swim or not. Finally, at level 3, patients will practice therapeutic swimming. We teach specific swimming strokes for patients according to their abilities. This is the highest level and the most difficult one, as it requires most skills and coordination.
Furthermore, we also perform special techniques like Watsu, Ai Chi, Halliwick concepts, spinal mobilization, Bad Ragaz Ring Method etc. and aquatic exercise tailored for patients.
For those who cannot walk on their own, we have transferring lifts by the poolside to aid entering the water.
When you first enter the pool, you will feel the warmth and buoyancy of the water. The experience will be a relaxing and comfortable one that will also provide you with a sense of security.
The water temperature is usually set between 33 and 36.5 degrees Celsius, which is an important factor to improve blood circulation, relieve pain, provide good nutrition and other benefits to your body’s healing process. Water pressure will help stabilize weak joints by protecting our vulnerable tissue like a corset or a brace when we move. Hydrostatic pressure reinforces our respiratory capacity and cardiac functions. Patients with edema could also be treated well in the aquatic environment.
The hydrotherapy room is open for 3 hours in the morning and 3 hours in the afternoon. However, we recommend each patient to only spend between 40 and 60 minutes in the pool for each hydrotherapy session. At every hour, we will lead a 20-minute group exercise that everyone in the pool will be asked to do. Instructional pictures for the group exercise are posted on the wall around the pool.
We categorize patients into three levels. For the newcomers in level 1, we ask them to simply follow the group exercise and try to walk around in the pool. Once they gradually improve and become accustomed to the aquatic environment, they move on to level 2, where individual exercises will be given based on their different diagnoses and conditions, such as age, sex, and whether they can swim or not. Finally, at level 3, patients will practice therapeutic swimming. We teach specific swimming strokes for patients according to their abilities. This is the highest level and the most difficult one, as it requires most skills and coordination.
Furthermore, we also perform special techniques like Watsu, Ai Chi, Halliwick concepts, spinal mobilization, Bad Ragaz Ring Method etc. and aquatic exercise tailored for patients.