Hydrotherapy
Water-based therapy designed to help reduce pain and inflammation in a safe environment.
What Is Hydrotherapy?
A water-based technique used at Premier Physical Therapy.
Hydrotherapy is physical therapy in warm water. The water supports your body weight and takes stress off your joints, so you can move, walk and build strength sooner and with less pain. Premier Physical Therapy offers hydrotherapy for patients in Arlington, TX, at Premier Physical Therapy.
How Water Helps
Water creates a unique setting for guided rehabilitation.
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Buoyancy: water supports part of your weight, so standing, walking and exercising put less load on painful hips, knees and backs.
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Resistance: moving through water gives gentle resistance in every direction, which builds strength without heavy weights.
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Warmth: warm water helps muscles relax and can make stiff joints feel easier to move.
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Support for balance: the water slows you down and supports you, so you can practice balance with less fear of falling.
No Swimming Skills
Most hydrotherapy happens standing in water about waist to chest deep. You won't need to put your face in the water, and your therapist is with you the whole time.
Who Benefits
Hydrotherapy can help people with arthritis and joint pain, back pain, hip pain and knee pain, people recovering from surgery, and people living with fibromyalgia, chronic pain or Parkinson's disease. It also helps people with balance problems.
What to Bring
Bring a swimsuit, a towel and water
shoesif you have them.
Moving from Pool to Land
For most patients, the pool is a starting point. As your pain eases and you get stronger, we gradually move your exercises onto land so you can handle stairs, walking and daily life without the water's support. Many plans mix pool and clinic visits along the way, often with hands-on care such as myofascial release.
Explore Other Treatment Options
Premier Physical Therapy offers a range of outpatient therapy approaches.
Dry Needling
Thin, solid needles placed into tight muscle knots (trigger points) to release them and reduce pain.
Myofascial Release
Slow, sustained pressure on the fascia, the connective tissue around your muscles, to ease tightness and restrictions. This is the center of our treatment approach.
IASTM
Often called "scraping." Smooth tools glide over the skin to loosen scar tissue and restricted muscles and tendons.