L3 Vertebral Damage and Paralysis
Ken Evans awoke from a nine-hour spinal fusion surgery unable to move or feel his legs from the hips down. A blood clot at his L3 vertebra had caused his parapalegia. After 42 days in the hospital, he was able to show progress by gingerly using a walker for locomotion. Striving for further rehabilitation, Ken […]
68 Years Old — Laminectomy, Kyphoplasty & Total Knee Replacement
68 year old Patricia of Findlay, Ohio has had her fair share of surgery and rehab cycles. After her total knee replacement surgery, severe lower back pain led her doctor’s to discover she needed a laminectomy and kyphoplasty. With both her lower body and back needing rehab, it was decided the best bet for a […]
Rotator Cuff Repair Surgery
For Charles, age 69, a patient at Peak Performance in Lynbrook, NY, wear and tear of his rotator cuff required him to undergo surgery. Luckily for Charles, 4 weeks after his surgery he was able to start his rehabilitation by participating in aqua therapy with an Aquatic Therapist from Peak Performance, Olmer Cruz in the […]
Rotator Cuff Repair
Patient tore the rotator cuff in three places. Rehab takes place following surgery in a HydroWorx pool at Every Woman Physical Therapy in Burlington, Vermont. Page Updated on: March 31, 2020
Labral Repair of the Shoulder
This patient injured the right shoulder and had Labral Repair of the Shoulder which resulted in “frozen shoulder” like symptoms. Rehabilitation took place under the direction of Veronica Paquette, Physical Therapist, in a HydroWorx pool at Essex Aquatics & Rehab Center, in Essex, Vermont.
Acute AC Joint Sprain
Learn techniques to rehabilitate an Anterior Cruciate Joint Sprain in a HydroWorx pool. Kevin Morris, ATC is the treating athletic trainer at Brigham Young University in Provo, UT.
Pitching Back from Broken Femur
Sarah Weaver, an athletic trainer at NCAA Division II Alderson-Broaddus college in West Virginia details the rehabilitation of a 19-year-old baseball pitcher who suffered a comminuted fracture of his femur in a car accident. After an open internal fixation surgery, the athlete is returning to action, aided by his rehabilitation in the HydroWorx pool located […]
Houston Rockets Lower Leg Injury
The Houston Rockets’ assistant athletic trainer and rehab coordinator, Keith Garnett allows us to view some of the exercises he uses to rehab his basketball athletes. The 2007-2008 season led to lower leg injuries for three of the Rockets’ stars, so Garnett has plently of experience utilizing his HydroWorx pool for sport-specific aquatic therapy.
Hematoma
A young patient in the new aquatic addition at Cox Rehab and Sports Medicine, in Monett, MO was not seeing results from rest and was at risk for developing something more serious. Justice incurred a deep contusion during recreational basketball and was having pain and a significant decrease in muscle strength. With hopes of participating […]
College Track Sprinters — Grade 1 Hamstring Strain
College track sprinters are continuously putting their muscles to the test. Watch as Jason Coleman form the University of Akron goes through the pool session of two track and field sprinters who have a history of grade one hamstring strains.