Aquatic Elbow Exercise Therapy for Arthritis

Series Summary

Aquatic physical therapy exercises are an excellent means of treating rheumatoid arthritis pain. These exercises, done in water to reduce the effects of gravity on your body, allow you to workout your joints and muscles without as great a stress on your body. There are many aquatic exercises for each area of your body that can be used to treat rheumatoid arthritis pain. Many people suffer hand, finger, and elbow pain due to rheumatoid arthritis. Learning aquatic exercise routines for your hands, elbows, and wrists can help you treat the pain you suffer due to arthritis. You can learn aquatic exercises to relieve rheumatoid arthritis pain for free in your own home.

In this free physical therapy how to video series, learn aquatic therapy exercises for treating rheumatoid arthritis knee and hip pain. Aquatic therapist and exercise physiologist Rotem Agame will teach you various water therapy exercises that you can do in your own pool. She will demonstrate rheumatoid arthritis exercises for such as the hand wave, finger curls, cheerios, and elbow circles. Learn also how to do the supination exercise for elbow arthritis, and wrist circles for arthritis pain in the wrists.

Video Transcript

"Hi! My name is Rotem. I'm an Exercise Physiologist and an Aquatic Therapist, and I'm here on behalf of Expert Village. The next exercise is called fingers to shoulder. Now, this exercise we'll start with the starting position as usual but with a twist. You will have to face your palms forward when starting it. Place it and then bring your elbows. Bend them, bring them up, then touch with your fingers at your shoulder, then twist again your palms so they face again forward and then bring it back together next to your body. Again, twist your arms. So you have to pull the water actually when you are getting them up, touch, and down again. Push the water and to the side. Make sure the elbows are next to the body. Don't take them outside of the body."