Hydrotherapy.

Hydrotherapy involves performing movements and activities in water to assist rehabilitation. You can build your strength, recover from injury, improve your balance or gait, and assist with reducing pain and inflammation. Our hydrotherapy sessions are done at Milne Bay Aquatic Centre under the care of our Rehab & Conditioning Coach in Toowoomba. Don’t worry – the pool has easy access in and out, is not deep, and has warm water – so you feel comfortable every step of the way.

Hydrotherapy is a great form of rehabilitation because when you’re standing in water up to your chest, you are only taking 30% of your body weight, making movement much more manageable for a variety of people. If you find movement, exercise and rehabilitation on solid ground difficult, we will evaluate if hydrotherapy is a good alternative until you have gained the needed improvements to continue out of water.

Your movements in the water can be done unassisted, or using devices like water-based weights. Water already provides great resistance, working to gently improve your strength from the moment you enter the water. More than any of the therapeutic benefits, we love hydrotherapy because our patients find it fun and look forward to their sessions!

At Optimise Health, we currently do a group class on Mondays from 1pm – 2pm.