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| High Tech Tools for Aquafitness Pools |
I am a veteran aquatic specialist living in “high tech” Austin, Texas (aka Silicon Hills), surrounded by software engineers, systems analysts, chip designers, and computer geeks. Most of my friends carry cell phones, several use palm pilot personal organizers and a few own digital cameras. Every weekday morning, I overhear the commentators on CNBC discuss advances made in technology, merging media corporations and affects of the internet stocks. Whenever I call the airlines, a credit card company or the phone company, Im amazed at how many numbers I have to punch before speaking with a real person. Being in a “hands-on” profession, I know that computers cannot replace an actual person physically getting into the pool and performing water exercises. So, how has the age of technology revolutionized aquatic exercise? |
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| Posture Matters |
As instructors of group water exercise classes, we give frequent cues for proper posture to our participants. “Abs in”, “chest up”, “heels down”, “shoulders relaxed”, are just a few of the many verbal cues we command during class. In general water exercise groups, these cues are adequate for creating awareness in our participants to perform exercises in an upright posture in the pool. As an aquatic personal trainer, however, we have an opportunity to gather more data and assess the posture of individual clients. Whether the client is a baby boomer, geriatric, new mother, athlete, post-rehab client or beginner exerciser, a quick one-on-one posture assessment can determine strengths and weaknesses in body alignment that can be considered when designing the clients specific water exercise program. |
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| Water Bridges the Gap |
The Aquatic Physical Therapist at a Rehab Center is treating a woman in the pool who has just had her right knee replaced. The patient will be discharged in a few days and wants to know when she will be able to go back to the health club and continue her water exercise class. The patient is knowledgeable about her limitations, and the therapist has done a great job of teaching the patient some functional aquatic exercises. The Physical Therapist, however, is not familiar with the aquatic fitness specialist, nor the type of class the patient wants to attend, and is not sure of an answer. In the meantime, at the health club down the street, the aquatic fitness specialist is preparing for her water aerobics class and a new participant walks in, introduces herself, and explains that her doctor told her to come to water exercise for her arthritic knees to get in shape for a knee replacement in 3 months. The aquatic fitness specialist, however, is cautious about the appropriateness of the class for this participant and requests a written referral from the doctor, and a medical history. The aquatic fitness specialists next decision is whether she wants the responsibility of this person in class with the more experienced, more fit participants, and recommends a gentler water walking class. |
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