Patient Education | Water Therapy

Regular exercise helps keep joints moving, restores and preserves flexibility and strength, and protects joints against further damage.   Exercise can also improve your coordination, endurance and ability to perform daily tasks (such as walking), increase energy and reduce fatigue, and lead to an improved sense of self-esteem and accomplishment.

The soothing warmth and buoyancy of warm water make it a safe, ideal environment for relieving arthritis pain and stiffness and improving the range of movement of joints.   Water exercise is a gentle way to exercise joints and muscles.   Water supports joints and lessens stress on them to encourage free movement, and may also act as resistance to help build muscle strength.

Additional advantages of this form of treatment include maintaining flexibility and strength in the joints while healing occurs following injuries or surgery and maintaining or increasing cardiovascular endurance without stressing joints.

KENT COUNTY

Grand Rapids

David D. Hunting YMCA
475 Lake Michigan Drive
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
616.855.9622

East Hills Athletic Club
1640 East Paris SE
616.224.5400

Rockford

Champion Health & Fitness
515 East Division
616.866.6800

Rockford Community Pool
397 E. Division
616.866.1591

Grandville

Visser Family YMCA
3540 Fairlanes SW
616.530.9199

OTTAWA COUNTY

Grand Haven

Grand Haven Aquatic Center
17001 Ferris
616.850.6000

Jenison

Sunset Manor
725 Baldwin
616.457.2770

Zeeland

Zeeland Recreation Department
320 E. Main
616.748.3230