Making a splash
Take one look at our hydrotherapy pool and you can see why children love coming here for their therapy sessions.
Our on-site hydrotherapy centre is one of the most used facilities at The Children’s Trust. Children from both the rehabilitation centre and the school have a weekly session to support their physical development, rehabilitation and wellbeing.
The purpose-built pool is warm, colourful and inviting, and music adds to the fun and sensory experience. Children who have lost strength or movement in their limbs enjoy the sensation of being able to move around more freely, which is wonderful for their confidence and wellbeing.
Hydrotherapy maximises children’s ability to move. As the water takes their weight, they can focus on strengthening their muscles, building stamina and improving balance.
Physiotherapist Charlie Williams, who’s based at The Children’s Trust School, loves taking the children for their regular hydrotherapy.
“There are always lots of smiles and laughter at the hydrotherapy sessions. Many of the children are in wheelchairs, so being in the pool gives them a wonderful sense of freedom. We often see them make extraordinary progress with independent movements that they’re just unable to do on dry land.”
Charlie, Physiotherapist
Top 3 benefits of hydrotherapy
1. Buoyancy of the water reduces pressure on muscles and joints and allows for greater freedom of movement.
2. Heat of the water increases circulation and helps ease pain and stiffness.
3. Viscosity of water provides resistance to build muscle strength and supports body weight to improve strength and balance.
Specialist therapy
Our team of physiotherapists and support assistants have specialist aquatic training so they can maximise each child’s potential in the pool with carefully planned activities.
How your donations help
Each child is carefully lowered into the pool by a hoist system. Hoists cost £5,500 and the pool has multiple sizes to cater for different ages. We use your donations to fund our specialist support and equipment like this. Could you help today? thechildrenstrust.org.uk/donate-inspire
