MS brings water to rest

The power of water

Water has many powerful features: it includes soothing, relaxing, stimulating. These properties can be beneficial for people with multiple sclerosis, although it varies from person to person. Exercise in the water, for example, would soften the pain and reduce spasms. But they can also improve mobility and combat fatigue and depression (1).

There is one major problem: the temperature of the water. Some MS patients are hypersensitive to heat. For example, this treatment is not suitable for those very tired after a session in warm water. Furthermore, the heat a relaxing effect, helping them against the spasticity and relieves her pain.

Better mobility and balance

Water is an important characteristic: people feel it is lighter. You move more easily and oscillations. If someone moves multiple sclerosis worse, he can move smoothly through the water again.

What I have been up to in the pool?

Everything depends from person to person. For example, just swimming. The way of swimming, the number of lengths, etc. can easily be adapted to your type of day.

Aquafit offers several advantages. You can balance your work without risking a fall. But you can also coordinate your body better. Thanks to the power of water can also strengthen your muscles.

Rehabilitation in water

The pool is a great place to rehabilitate. Water is a driving force, making it easier for you to stand straight. Even if your muscles normally the body can not fully support. At the pool activity weakened legs a great advantage.

Improve blood circulation

In a bad tension of the muscles may be fluid accumulate in the tissue. This phenomenon is called edema. Hopes that moisture because the veins draining the tissues is not well. The pressure of the water, especially in depth, helping the drainage through the blood vessels to improve.

Prevent falls in the pool

Undress, attracting swimsuit, into the shower and then walk to the pool: for people with motor and balance disorders is often not so simple. So try these dangerous situations out of the way to go. Although water activities you can perform perfectly unaccompanied, maybe you'd better count on someone to go to the pool. Ask for help to the lifeguard.

(1) Castro-Sánchez AM & al, Hydro Therapy for the treatment of pain in people with multiple sclerosis: a randomized controlled trial., Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2012; 2012:473963. Epub 2011 July 14.