The Purpose:
Educating occupational therapists & patients on the benefits of aquatic therapy within brain injury rehab.
Increase the quality of life of people who have experienced a brain injury.
Overview
Occupational therapy (OT) encourages independence through therapeutic interventions that address a persons daily occupations to increase overall quality of life.
Neurorehabilitation or brain injury rehab provides therapy to individuals that experienced nervous system injuries. This includes traumatic brain injuries (TBI), strokes (CVA), or other neurodegenerative disorders.
Aquatic therapy (AT) consists of using water to perform different movements to strengthen/exercise the body. AT can be utilized in many different therapies such as physical therapy or occupational therapy.Â