Fort Myers, FL /
Thursday, July 3 – 9:40 am-12:00 pm – 2.0 credit hours equal to 2.0 CECs/.2
CEUs
(Pool: 9:40-10:40 am / Classroom: 11:00
am-12:00 pm)
Faculty: Lexie Cox, MPT, ATRIC
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Discuss the parameters of changing a therapy program by
using the properties of water to progress to the “next” level to meet therapy
goals and challenges. Instruction will include various progression ideas
including equipment application - how, when, what is the effect on the
participant, and anticipated change in action and physiological response.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
· Create
guidelines for progressions in therapy programs.
· Review the
abilities of water to progress treatment programs.
· Experiment
with different types of aquatic equipment and its effect on exercise therapy.
FACULTY: Lexie Cox, MPT, ATRIC, has been an aquatic therapist for 10 years, working with
children-to-geriatrics, neurological-to-orthopedic diagnoses. She has received
awards for outstanding patient care and was nominated as Caregiver of Year. She
is an instructor/trainer for the Arthritis Foundation, and a certified AEA
Instructor.