1001 – Hydrodynamics

Beginner / Symposium 1-hour Pool Only

Sanibel, FL / Tuesday, June 29, 2010 – 6:50-7:50 pm – 1.0 credit hour equal to 1.0 CEC/.1 CEU

(Pool: 6:50-7:50 pm)

Faculty: Bess Maxwell, PhD, PT

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This practical pool lab will offer demonstration and experience with various hydrodynamic principles and properties of water including buoyancy, hydrostatic pressure, temperature, turbulence, and currents. The students will be in the water performing various exercises, experiencing different activities and practicing techniques that are unique to therapy in the water. Use of flotation, weight, equipment, positioning, will be demonstrated and practiced. Clinical application scenarios will be presented with opportunity for students to apply an understanding of aquatic physical therapy.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

· Demonstrate use of hydrodynamics and properties of water for adapting exercises and providing healing opportunities for physical impairments.

· Describe the use of water as an environment in which to practice rehab/therapy and be able to compare and contrast the aquatic environment to the land environment.

FACULTY: Bess Maxwell, PhD, PT, is currently working as a full-time physical therapist at La Posada Out-patient Therapies in Green Valley AZ. Her practice is 50% aquatics with an emphasis in geriatrics. She earned her PhD in exercise physiology from the University of Arizona and her master’s degree in physical therapy from Washington University in St. Louis. She is the current President of the APTA Aquatics Section. She also serves on the Board of Directors for ShowMe Aquatics and Fitness, a mission-driven organization in Missouri that she co-founded to provide barrier-free exercise programs for people with disabilities.