AQUATIC THERAPY IS AN EXCELLENT therapeutic, low-impact activity for people of all ages and abilities. Aquatic therapy uses the physical properties of water to assist in patient healing and exercise performance and is excellent for a variety of medical conditions. Experience a feeling of weightlessness and freedom immersed in a pool installed just steps away  Read More

There are many swimming strokes with the most common and most efficient being freestyle. Freestyle swimming uses all large muscles in the body and elevates the heart rate to produce a great cardiovascular workout. Swimming is a challenging exercise to get started with. You will need to learn proper form and how to move smoothly  Read More

Marine biologists recently unlocked the mystery to their speed: The stream of bubbles left in a penguin’s wake as it jet through the water is the key to its speed. Penguins can decrease the water resistance surrounding them with their coat of feathers. Birds can hold air in their feathers, but penguins specifically can trap  Read More

The Dartmouth University swim team has purchased a swim spa to enhance training in anticipation of their upcoming season, which opens November 10. Inside a compact swimming area, a powerful, custom-made 24” wide and 21” deep current tests Big Green head coach Jim Wilson’s team. With the help of underwater cameras and mirrors, Wilson and  Read More

Coast Guardsmen conduct training during a public viewing of the new Rescue Swimmer Training Facility on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, in Elizabeth City, N.C. The new building includes a 164-by-82-foot training pool measuring 12 feet deep and holding more than one million gallons of water.

One of the nice things about swimming is that it’s a lifelong skill. So, even if all of the 100 or so kids who took part in a clinic Friday taught by Olympic swimmers Josh Davis, Peter Vanderkay, and Davis Tarwater at Monroe Community College, never reach the Olympics, they’ll know how to stay afloat.

This October, Physical therapists everywhere are excited to celebrate a profession that has helped millions of people feel better and live stronger by decreasing pain, improving mobility and restoring function. National Physical Therapy month aims to educate and inform the public on the importance of physical therapy as a tool for improving the quality of  Read More

As well as having obvious uses for studying the performance of swimmers, swim spas provide a low-impact environment for distance runners to train in. This is particularly useful in biomechanics and physiology-based research, as well as in the coaching and rehabilitation of athletes returning from injury. “Endless pools are increasingly being used in the rehabilitation  Read More

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