Guest guest Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 The amount of space you have is the biggest factor. My clinic bought an Aquacisor which is one of the best underwater treadmills but they are painfully expensive. An Aquacisor is $60-70,000. For half that you could have an inground pool with a treadmill in it plus an underwater camera - such as a Hydroworx which could allow multiple patients or group therapy in the pool. The Aquacisor is great because it is extremely low maintenance but if I had the option of a Hydroworx pool I'd have chosen it. Look at their websites - www.fernoperformancepools.com or www.hyrdroworx.com. Bisesi MPT, COMT Winter Haven, Fl --- jeff nolder wrote: > > > Hello all, does anyone have experience with under > water treadmills and if so what are the good and bad > ones. What should we avoid and look out for? We are > starting a aquatic therapy program and would like > any advice that anyone has. thank you > > Jeff Nolder, PT > Director of Physical Medicine and Rehab > Cherokee Regional Medical Center > jnolder@... > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get the power of Windows + Web with the new Windows > Live. > http://www.windowslive.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_powerofwindows_012008 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 Jeff, We have had the Hydroworx 2000 for 6 years now and have been very pleased with the system and company. We can accommodate a variety of patients from peds to sports injuries as the treadmill has the capacity for up to 6 miles per hour. It also has a variety of " accessories " if you would like to perform water pressure massages, etc. Our constraint is having more than two individuals in at one time. Periodically, there are problems but with the maintenance plan we are never shut down for more than a day, usually less. Your facility must be able to accommodate the underground structure, housing and plumbing, so it is recommended to have it on the ground floor. It can be on a 2nd floor; however, the housing must be built to meet the standards. It is a niche market which can be of benefit. If you are working on building a better relationship with your Orthopods, this is a great tool expediting for post-surg recovery. Many docs are fearful of having patients with post-surg unhealed incision sites get in the pool right away but it can be done. We defer to the doc and begin them as soon as the site is healed. Post-surg knees and hips appear to have a faster, less painful recovery and are more motivated to perform their home program afterwards. Adrienne Adrienne Toubbeh Director of Rehabilitation on Medical Center Bremerton, WA 98310 office pager Administrative Assistant: Wanda Kotte: wandakotte@... on Medical Center Empathy Innovation Accountability >>> jeff nolder 1/14/2008 4:50 PM >>> Hello all, does anyone have experience with under water treadmills and if so what are the good and bad ones. What should we avoid and look out for? We are starting a aquatic therapy program and would like any advice that anyone has. thank you Jeff Nolder, PT Director of Physical Medicine and Rehab Cherokee Regional Medical Center jnolder@... __________________________________________________________ Get the power of Windows + Web with the new Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_powerofwindows_012008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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