1618 – AquaStretch

Beginner / Land Workshop

 

Las Vegas, NV / Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010 – 6:00-7:00 pm – 1.0 credit hour equal to 1.0 CEC/.1 CEU

(Classroom: 6:00-7:00 pm)

 

Faculty: George Eversaul, MA, APH

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION: 

AquaStretch is a new form of individual and facilitated aquatic exercise, which may be used in wellness programs and also as an aquatic therapy modality. AquaStretch simulates being stretched by an athletic trainer, only with movement in various depths of water (3-5 feet), and with 5-15-pound weights attached to your body. It also functions as a cranial ÒunwindingÓ in water, with verbal psychological encouragement to ÒMove, if you feel the need to moveÓ.

 

AquaStretch is considered a breakthrough in pain management and preventive medicine. It may quickly restore flexibility lost from accidents and surgeries, significantly and immediately reduce chronic pain or pain in movement, and/or create profound relaxation that may help improve sleep. AquaStretch theoretically breaks down fascial adhesions that inhibit flexibility or may cause nerve impingements, muscle tension, vascular insufficiencies, hormonal imbalances, and pain. 

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES: 

1.   View a five-minute excerpt from AquaStretch training video at AquaStretch.com. Please bring a flash drive if youÕd like a free copy of eight AquaStretch training videos.

2.   Describe basic procedure:  Play, Freeze, Pressure, Move (if you feel the need to move).

3.   Review basic AquaStretch theories, i.e. Intuitive Movement, Fascial Adhesions.

4.   Summarize experience of more than 1,000 patients in three groups:  fitness, wellness, health care. Referred by doctors, osteopaths, and numerous advanced practitioners (APN, APH, LMT).

 

FACULTY: George Eversaul, BA, APH, developed the AquaStretch exercise following his own spinal chord injury.  He combines facilitated stretching in various water depths with 5-15-pound weights attached to the body, to more effectively stretch fascia. At the UNLV Wellness Center, he trains AquaStretch facilitators, primarily licensed massage therapists, certified athletic trainers, and fitness instructors.