1. Get More Out of the Pool
Increase the exercise with a resistive cuff or boots. When you go to the pool and want to maximize the amount of resistance that you get, use these wonderful additions to your program. A resistive cuff on the wrist or the ankles adds buoyancy to the swimmer but adds extra water resistance, builds more muscle and burns more calories.
2. Make Your Physical Therapy More Physical With Hydroboots
Physical therapists often use hydroboots to enhance the workout. Water workout for the legs gives the body natural buoyancy and eliminates some of the stressors that earthbound workouts contain. The use of the hydroboot increases the resistance and makes the workout closer to that on land. It is a controlled method of increasing the work on the muscles. Both cuffs and boots increase the workout for the patient and increase the rapidity of recovery.
3. Buoy Me Up Scotty
Besides being a great addition to the workout, resistive cuffs and boots add buoyancy and a protection for those that cannot swim. They are a great aid to championship swimmers for muscle development and workout. Frequently these are part of an exercise program for swim teams. Use of the cuffs in practice creates a muscle that is stronger for competition. People with extremity problems can develop stronger muscles and those without problems do also.
4. Arthritis and Paralysis Therapy
The cuffs were originally a therapy for those with arthritis and paralysis from brain damage, such as a stroke. Water therapy allows minimal exertion for muscle movement. As the patient gains more strength, the cuffs and boots created a second step in the rehab.
5. Why It Works
The properties of water such as buoyancy and surface tension pressure play a role in why the cuffs and boots work. Buoyancy of water is the most important. A body totally submerged in water only has about a 10 percent force on the lower extremities as one that is on the land. The more body exposed above water, the more pressure exerted. The cuffs add during the in-between. Used in conjunction with shallower exercise, a complete easy therapy cohesively connects the beginning to the final land based exercise. Surface tension is a force that the rehabilitation patient must break when the limbs move up and down through the surface of the water. The cuffs make the extra force necessary to do this step.
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