1019 – Immersion Responses

Beginner / Lecture

Required course for new practitioners who have not taken Intro to Aquatic Therapy and Rehab (1200).

 

Fort Myers, FL / Tuesday, July 1, 2008 – 3:10-4:10 pm – 1.0 credit hour equal to 1.0 CEC/.1 CEU

(Classroom: 3:10-4:10 pm)

 

Faculty: Connie Jasinskas, MSc

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION: 

This course is a prerequisite for all other courses. If you have taken this course or Intro to Aquatic Therapy and Rehab (#1200), you can skip this offering. This active theory session will explore the effects of immersion on the body. Participants will learn how and why immersion has such profound and beneficial effects on our cardio-vascular, pulmonary, renal, nervous, and musculo-skeletal systems. Consideration will be given to the benefits and possible contraindications of immersion for a variety of rehab populations.

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

1.   Describe the properties of water relevant to immersion, and their effects on the human body.

2.   Examine the benefits and possible contraindications of immersion for a variety of rehab populations.

 

FACULTY: Connie Jasinskas, MSc, is an international educator through her company: For the Love of Fit.  She is the author and trainer of numerous aquatic post-rehab workshops and courses, including Aquanatal, Back Splash and Aqua Arthritis.  She is currently providing aquatic rehabilitation for the Canadian Back Institute Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Centre.