Hydrohealth
Physiotherapy in Brisbane

Margaret has worked continuously as a physiotherapist since graduating in 1978 from the University of Queensland. She has experience in a variety of fields, including hospital, domiciliary, therapy center and private practice. She gained postgraduate qualifications in Hydrotherapy in 1989. Latter this she commenced her own private practice. At this time, Hydrohealth was mainly hydrotherapy treatment, with just a trivial land assessment and treatment. The pool is very useful for people with AS to exercise and stretch more fully with less pain. In 2004, following a change of venue, Margaret was capable to expand her land sessions and prosper her labor with people with AS. Margaret has run many educational and exercise weekends in Brisbane and regional Queensland centers and has visited programmed in other states and overseas. She spent a month as a visitor at the RNHRD in Bath, UK, working with the two week fulltime inpatient programmed for people with AS. Through the prescription of an individualized exercise programmed and hand son techniques, with the purpose of mobilizing, stretching, and increasing muscle strength, Hydrohealth is useful for everyone.

Physiotherapy is a physical solution to common problems involving old mobility and function, quality of life and independence. Hydrotherapy or Aquatic Physiotherapy is a physiotherapy treatment carried out in the water, usually a heated pool. The warmth and buoyancy of the water greatly help pain relief and relaxation. Hydrotherapy is an appropriate and effective form of treatment for all age groups and the majority of conditions. It allows the benefits of exercise to be combined with the extra benefits of immersion in water. The physiotherapist is usually in the pool with the patient and is qualified to do a variety of hands on techniques, including joint mobilization, soft tissue techniques, stretching as healthy as guiding and correcting exercise and movement technique. People appreciate the water, feel appropriate in it, and can achieve a great deal. Hydrohealth has a particular interest in treating people in a hot hydrotherapy pool, using manual techniques and exercises. It can also affect other joints, tendons and ligaments and other areas, such as the eyes. For maximum people, AS is not a barrier to employment, raising a family and keeping physically active. You can do a lot to assist yourself, but you need the help of people who know about AS and it’s management to help, guide and encourage you. Keeping active and fit, doing exercises to move, stretch and strengthen are the keys to effective management and living well. Hydrohealth has a special interest in the treatment of AS, and can aid in physical therapy and exercises to aid improve posture, spine mobility and function. The purpose of forming such an association was to provide representation for those health professionals, Australia wide, who shared an interest in or were involved in the area of rheumatic disease.