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Aquatic Physiotherapy Level 1

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This course is essential to anyone practicing in aquatic physiotherapy. The course is conducted over one or two full days depending on your undergraduate training and work experience. It is designed to provide participants with practical and theoretical knowledge on the physiology of immersion, hydrostatics, hydrodynamics and rotational control in water. It includes evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning skills and also covers the APA guideline document for physiotherapists working in and managing hydrotherapy pools. This course is designed for physiotherapists wishing to update or refine their aquatic skills.

Learning outcomes

  • Describe the hydrostatic and hydrodynamic principles related to relative density, buoyancy, metacentre and turbulence
  • Demonstrate the hydrostatic and hydrodynamic principles related to relative density, buoyancy, metacentre and turbulence utilsed in aquatic management
  • Evaluate the effect of buoyancy and turbulence in the execution of common aquatic exercises
  • Discuss the hydrostatic and hydrodynamic effects of a body in water
  • Explain the rationale for selection of depth for exercise in musculoskeletal restricted weight bearing clients
  • Plan an exercise program of increasing resistence for strengthening or cardiovascular conditioning
  • Design a program that includes rotational control around 3 axes in water for trunk control
  • Outline the major physiological effects of thermo-neutral immersion on the cardiovascular, respiratory,renal, theormoregulatory and autonomic nervous systems
  • Describe the main property of water that cause the major physiological effects of immersion
  • Demonstrate how to modify an aquatic physiotherapy session for a person with cardiac and respiratory comorbidities to reduce the physiological load and risk
  • Evaluate your current pre-pool entry screening process and provide rationale for any changes
  • Evaluate your orientation of clients to aquatic physiotherapy and provide rationale for any changes
  • Plan a cardiovascular fitness or rehabilitation program of increasing challenge
  • Summarise the key principles for minimising client risk when utilising aquatic physiotherapy manual facilitation techniques
  • Discuss risk minimisation techniques and the rationale for selection for an anxious client or a client with reduced motor control
  • Demonstrate safe change of client position in the pool
  • Demonstrate safe application and removal of flotation devices in the pool
  • Demonstrate an effective strengthening exercise using manual resistence
  • Demonstrate an effective technique for joint stretching or mobilising
  • Demonstrate a technique for facilitating rotational whole body movement
  • Demonstrate relaxation technique in the pool
  • Identify common presentations suitable for aquatic physiotherapy and discuss the rationale for selection
  • Demonstrate appropriate exercise selection and exercise progression for a range of common client problems
  • Compare and analyse land and water based exercises, with respect to physiological and physical load , for a range of common client problems
  • Describe the different levels of evidence in research
  • Identify an aquatic research paper of high level of evidence that informs practice
  • Develop an outline for a case study in aquatic management
  • Describe how infection control is maintained in an aquatic physiotherapy service and environment
  • List risk management strategies to limit hazards for clients outside and in the pool
  • Describe risk minimisation procedures undertaken prior to pool entry that reduce the likelihood of a client becoming unconscious in the water
  • List the steps in an emergency rescue procedure

Prerequisites

  • This course is only available to qualified and AHPRA registered physiotherapists.

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Sat 04 - Sun 05
March
09:00AM - 05:00PM AEDT
300 Waterdale Road
Heidelberg West VIC 3081 View map
Price: Early Bird - Non Member: $1,175.00
Early Bird - APA Member: $783.00
Early Bird - Aquatic group: $728.00
Early Bird - Distance Discount: $728.00
 Registration closing date: 06 Feb 2023 Event status: Closed CPD hours: 16.00 * Early bird prices close 4 weeks prior to the course start date
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Price: Early Bird - Non Member: $1,175.00
Early Bird - APA Member: $783.00
Early Bird - Aquatic group: $728.00
Early Bird - Distance Discount: $728.00
 Registration closing date: 06 Feb 2023 Event status: Closed CPD hours: 16.00 * Early bird prices close 4 weeks prior to the course start date
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Learning outcomes
  • Describe the hydrostatic and hydrodynamic principles related to relative density, buoyancy, metacentre and turbulence
  • Demonstrate the hydrostatic and hydrodynamic principles related to relative density, buoyancy, metacentre and turbulence utilsed in aquatic management
  • Evaluate the effect of buoyancy and turbulence in the execution of common aquatic exercises
  • Discuss the hydrostatic and hydrodynamic effects of a body in water
  • Explain the rationale for selection of depth for exercise in musculoskeletal restricted weight bearing clients
  • Plan an exercise program of increasing resistence for strengthening or cardiovascular conditioning
  • Design a program that includes rotational control around 3 axes in water for trunk control
  • Outline the major physiological effects of thermo-neutral immersion on the cardiovascular, respiratory,renal, theormoregulatory and autonomic nervous systems
  • Describe the main property of water that cause the major physiological effects of immersion
  • Demonstrate how to modify an aquatic physiotherapy session for a person with cardiac and respiratory comorbidities to reduce the physiological load and risk
  • Evaluate your current pre-pool entry screening process and provide rationale for any changes
  • Evaluate your orientation of clients to aquatic physiotherapy and provide rationale for any changes
  • Plan a cardiovascular fitness or rehabilitation program of increasing challenge
  • Summarise the key principles for minimising client risk when utilising aquatic physiotherapy manual facilitation techniques
  • Discuss risk minimisation techniques and the rationale for selection for an anxious client or a client with reduced motor control
  • Demonstrate safe change of client position in the pool
  • Demonstrate safe application and removal of flotation devices in the pool
  • Demonstrate an effective strengthening exercise using manual resistence
  • Demonstrate an effective technique for joint stretching or mobilising
  • Demonstrate a technique for facilitating rotational whole body movement
  • Demonstrate relaxation technique in the pool
  • Identify common presentations suitable for aquatic physiotherapy and discuss the rationale for selection
  • Demonstrate appropriate exercise selection and exercise progression for a range of common client problems
  • Compare and analyse land and water based exercises, with respect to physiological and physical load , for a range of common client problems
  • Describe the different levels of evidence in research
  • Identify an aquatic research paper of high level of evidence that informs practice
  • Develop an outline for a case study in aquatic management
  • Describe how infection control is maintained in an aquatic physiotherapy service and environment
  • List risk management strategies to limit hazards for clients outside and in the pool
  • Describe risk minimisation procedures undertaken prior to pool entry that reduce the likelihood of a client becoming unconscious in the water
  • List the steps in an emergency rescue procedure
Prerequisites

Prerequisites

  • This course is only available to qualified and AHPRA registered physiotherapists.
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