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Child and Therapist in a pool during a therapy session.

Aquatic Therapy

Exercise in water can be used to strengthen weak muscles, relax tight muscles and improve body awareness, coordination and control of movement for daily tasks.

Using the physical properties of water, our physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists work to improve the body’s function.

Our comprehensive Aquatic Therapy program allows the choice of multiple locations and schedules.
Aquatic therapy sessions are offered year-round and are scheduled as weekly 1-on-1 therapy sessions lasting 30-45 minutes.

* Summer 2025 Aquatic Therapy sessions currently has a waitlist *

Our current schedule includes the following:

  • Lifetime Burr Ridge (ST/OT/PT) -Tuesdays 2:00-6:00 PM
  • Lifetime Bloomingdale (PT/OT) – Tuesdays 2:00-6:00 PM
  • Lifetime Warrenville (PT) – Thursdays 2:00-6:00 PM

Who Can Benefit?

  • Early Intervention: begin early with work on trunk and head control, breath support, functional movements, even advanced gross motor skills in a buoyancy-supported, natural community environment.
  • Post-Surgery: get weak limbs moving sooner after surgery and develop new patterns of movement for improved functional outcomes.
  • School-age Children: use a new environment to increase motivation and keep strengthening during growth spurts.
  • Adolescents: work with the partial body weight support of water at varying depths to transition functional independence into land-based skills.
  • All Ages: The water can be a calming and organizing environment that may help increase attention and functional interactions.

Why Begin Here?

Our highly experienced Aquatic Therapy team consists of physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, and therapy aides. At Easterseals DuPage & Fox Valley, we routinely host and attend continuing education courses in the study of Aquatic Therapy and make it our priority to blend newly learned techniques with our knowledge of effective strategies in and out of the pool.  We are focused on your child’s functional daily goals and use aquatic treatment to help him or her to achieve them.

How Do I Get Started?

Getting started is easy! Contact Admissions Coordinator, Jenni at 630.357.9699 or jmoses@eastersealsdfvr.org to ask questions or schedule an appointment.
 

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