Pinnacle Physical Therapy is proud to be able to offer one of the few resistance pools available in the entire state.  Our resistance pool allows you to incorporate a variable speed current into your aquatic program.  You don't have to know how to swim to take advantage of the benefits a water environment can have on your recovery and progression.

 

Aquatic therapy has long been recognized as having some significant and distinct advantages in rehabilitation.

     * Bouyancy reduces or eliminates compressive forces on recovering joints.

     * Bouyancy levels allow easy controlled progression through limited weight bearing stages.

     * Water acts as a positive pressure environment to help control excess edema (swelling)

     * Water resistance can be applied in multiple planes easily, not just one or two planes

     * Increasing effort or resistance is easily and safely determined by the patients tolerance.

     * Aquatic environments usually allow people to work harder, sooner and longer without feeling like they are.

   

We can use the optional current in the pool for even more benefits.

     * The external current forces one to focus on and improve joint and postural stability

     * A greater range of resistive force is available which is not dependent on limb velocity

     * Consistent current speeds allow fearful patients to move through greater ranges of motion without the same apprehension.

     * Swimmers feel like they are in open water without boundaries, instead of being forced to do laps, and yet they are always safely within reach of the side, if a problem arises.

 

We are excited to be able to bring this technology to our patients.  Talk to one of our therapists today, to see if utilization of our therapeutic current pool can help you reach your goals even faster.