Frank, I did water aerobics through both pregnancies and absolutely LOVED it! You really don't overheat in the water, like you do on the land. I could not tolerate the "land" aerobics...if I got prescribed water therapy I know I'd be jumping for joy!

Another benefit of water aerobics/therapy is that there are no mirrors in front of you! And if you can't do an exercise too well, no one else knows (accept maybe your immediate neighbors!)

Good luck!

thank you all, I had read about this early on, with my DX, had just forgotten about it

bird odds are the neighbor who sees me fail probably also failed one or two of the exercises, so your right its no biggie

when I goof up I'll just confused them, I will go under water come back up and say I needed a breath of fresh air,

I would imagine after i do that I should have a lot more space to exercise,

see there is a method to my madness

I did it as part of my PT when I was recovering from a shoulder surgery. It was great and yep, you don't overheat! Used to do aqua-aerobics when I was in school and loved it. Not being Ms. Graceful any day, I was able to blend in with everyone and not look stupid.

Good luck with it!

Come on down, Lady. No kiddies in my pool. How warm do you like it?

I don't *go to therapy* but I'll be out there every nice day all summer. I never feel better than that. I can't do an hour of anything - but I can be in the water all afternoon.

My dogs even swim for exercise.

This article, recently written by one of our comrades who's on several of these forums (pen name used), might help motivate you:

http://www.nspf.org/Documents/Water_...Goldstein1.pdf

Cherie

i am actually really starting to look forward to this and if the neuro doesnt write a script deb and i might get a family pass for local park dist rec center, i grew up in chicago and we lived near the lake and then we moved out to the country at age 11 we had ponds all over to swim and then I would swim up in norther ill southern wisc area i lived in the water, i am looking foreward to it I already know I am going to be soar lol cause i will over do it , again thank you for all the encouraging words on this I was hesitant, the more i think about it the more it makes perfect sense

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread40108.html

Here is my article on water therapy.