Hydrotherapy or aquatic exercising is a unique technique of working in water to help patient perform movements including painful conditions with great ease. Cases like muscular dystrophy suffer from muscle weakness as well as joint stiffness/deformities. Also in conditions where motor Delayed Developmental milestones, cerebral palsy, autism etc conditions where physical weakness is observed hydrotherapy is of great benefit. Buoyancy of water helps release body weight on joints and person finds it easy to perform the movements. Resistance by water while doing movements adds on in maintaining the muscle power. In painful conditions like osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis too hydrotherapy is beneficial by maintaining joint mobility and muscle power.
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