Water-based therapy and exercising can help those suffering from chronic pain and jump start rehabilitation efforts.

Aquatic therapy, or physical therapy that takes place in a pool or other aquatic environment, offers help for many with chronic pain and other conditions that affect movement. For patients who have had surgeries such as knee and hip replacements, back operations, and other orthopedic procedures, being in the pool enables patients to move more easily as immersion in water relieves body weight, and the heated pool’s warm water soothes achy muscles and joints.

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