Wednesday Wanderings: Pool Therapy
Hydrotherapy is supposed to be good for joint replacement patients. I don’t have a swimming pool. Nor do I have friends with a swimming pool — at least nowhere near me. Apparently, the VA has a hydrotherapy pool, but my nurse practitioner didn’t offer to refer me to physical therapy, and I didn’t choose to ask as this time. Enter Mr. L. He suggested I check with one of the local hotels to see if they had any provisions for local people to use their pools.
I stopped out at the newer of the two places today and asked. It turns out they will allow me to use the pool in the mornings for a fee of $5 per time. Mornings is their low usage time, which is exactly what I’m looking for. I’m sure the water is coldest then, too. Brrrr.
Swimming and pool-walking are the very best therapy for legs (and bodies in general) in my opinion. If I had had access to a pool…maybe I’d still be a happy pedestrian. 🙂
FYI, swimming is also good therapy for sciatica and herniated disks. Doesn’t cure the disk, but somehow lessens the pain. Your doctor won’t tell you this–at least mine didn’t–but the info came to me via the Gimp Underground, and it’s twoo! It’s twoo!
Glad you found an agreeable solution for your own needs.
No time in my schedule to go before the end of next week, but I got a few pages of exercises from my PT folks to use when I do go. I got an inexpensive splash-proof Bluetooth headset for the phone, and I have an album exactly 60 minutes long. I figure every time the song changes, I change exercises. The phone stays safely dry somewhere away from the poolside, and I can still hear it playing.