Level 2 - Limited Mobility

Purpose: Your hips will strengthen and your coordination will be challenged with these triple tap foot movements combined with arm circles at your sides. You will be able to do more activities like waiting in line standing stably and carrying a shopping bag. Reduces pain and improves balance.

Muscles: Lower Body-Aerobic, Hips, Cardio

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your upper shoulder and chest will strengthen while your back lengthens with these golf-like pendulum swing movements. You will be able to do more activities like lifting shopping bags. Reduces pain, plus improves hand and wrist flexibility.

Muscles: Upper Body-Aerobic, Shoulders, Cardio

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your inner thighs will strengthen and your outer hips will lengthen with these small crossover movements. You will be able to do more activities like getting in and out of the car. Reduces pain, improves balance and coordination.

Muscles: Hips, Balance, Lower Body-NonAerobic

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your knees, outer hips, inner thighs and leg muscles will strengthen with these balance challenging 4-direction kick movements. Strengthens shoulders by holding upper arms close to body and swinging out only forearms. You will be able to do more activities like getting in and out of the car. Reduces pain, improves balance, flexibility and coordination.

Muscles: Lower Body-Aerobic, Hips, Cardio

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your ankles, shins and calves will strengthen and lengthen simultaneously with these movements. You will be able to do more activities like walking on uneven sidewalks with reduced pain and improved balance.

Muscles: Knees, Balance, Lower Body-NonAerobic

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Cool down with 3 moves for your core and back, using a gentle stretch. Starting with your ribs to hips on your side, followed by your back and shoulder, then your chest & neck will lengthen. Moving through these 3 stretches holding a static torso stretch reduces pain, increases mobility and flexibility. Best when done in warmer water.

Muscles: General Fitness

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your outer hips will strengthen and your inner thighs will lengthen with these wide jog movements. You will be able to do more activities like climbing stairs. The spread palms add resistance to arms and the push downs build coordination. Reduces pain, improves balance, flexibility and coordination.

Muscles: Lower Body-Aerobic, Hips, Cardio

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Ai Chi is best done in warm water for pain relief and to de-stress. You will use deep breathing and slow movements for a body-mind routine that improves balance, range of motion, relaxation, and a full body integration of the nervous system, including diverse sensory perceptions and motor impulses. AI CHI exercises progress gradually through segments to give you time to increase your awareness of what feels best for your body today, activating your parasympathetic nervous system.

Muscles: Pain Relief

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your chest and front of the shoulder will strengthen and your rear shoulder lengthen with these arm movements. You will be able to do more activities like opening doors. Reduces pain, plus improves balance and coordination.

Muscles: Upper Body-Aerobic, Shoulders, Cardio, Balance

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Cool down with 10 moves to stretch your whole body, starting with 5 for legs, hips and back. Then your arms, chest, shoulders and core will stretch and lengthen with the last 5 movements. Reduces pain, returns blood flow and muscles to normal after your water exercise workout.

Muscles: General Fitness

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Cool down with 3 moves for your core and back, using a gentle dynamic stretch. Starting with your ribs to hips on your side, followed by your back and shoulder, then your chest & neck will lengthen. Moving through these 3 stretches repeatedly is a dynamic torso stretch. Reduces pain, increases mobility and flexibility.

Muscles: General Fitness

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your core and inner thighs will strengthen and your outer hips will lengthen with these light jump tuck movements. The Jack arms will build shoulder strength. You will be able to do more activities like standing up from a chair. Reduces pain, improves balance and coordination.

Muscles: Lower Body-Aerobic, Hips, Cardio

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your arms, shoulders and back will strengthen and lengthen with these circle movements. Your back and core strengthen with the stir back and forth circles. You will be able to do more activities like opening doors. Reduces pain, plus improves balance and coordination.

Muscles: Upper Body-Aerobic, Shoulders, Cardio

Equipment: Webbed Gloves, Floating Dumbbells, Floating Cuffs

Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Muscles of the core and back are engaged with these exercises by using your breath, arms and legs in mindful patterns. Shoulder stability is engaged throughout the exercise. Balance and strength are also improved.

Muscles: Core and Back

Equipment: Small Noodle

Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your chest, back and shoulders will strengthen and lengthen with these arm movements. You will be able to do more activities like opening doors. Reduces pain, plus improves balance and coordination.

Muscles: Upper Body-Aerobic, Shoulders, Cardio, Balance

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your rear shoulder will strengthen and your chest and front of the shoulder lengthen with these arm swing side movements. You will be able to do more activities like opening doors. Reduces pain, plus improves hand and wrist flexibility.

Muscles: Upper Body-Aerobic, Shoulders, Cardio

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your inner thighs will strengthen and your outer hips will lengthen with these curtsy movements. You will be able to do more activities like getting in and out of the car. Reduces pain and improves balance and coordination by scooping hands forward during the lunge behind.

Muscles: Lower Body-Aerobic, Hips, Cardio

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your legs, hips, core and arms will strengthen with this coordinated rocking movement. You will be able to do more activities like stepping backward. Reduces pain, improves balance, coordination and flexibility.

Muscles: Lower Body-Aerobic, Hips, Cardio, Balance

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your arms, shoulders, chest and back will strengthen and your balance challenged with this arm and upper body combo . You will be able to do more activities like reaching for items, picking up and carrying bags and opening doors. Reduces pain, improves balance, flexibility and coordination.

Muscles: Shoulders, Upper Body-NonAerobic

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your inner thighs will strengthen and your outer hips will lengthen with these movements. You will be able to do more activities like climbing stairs. The hand taps to the opposite knee will improve coordination. This exercise reduces pain and improves balance.

Muscles: Lower Body-Aerobic, Hips, Cardio

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your legs and hips will strengthen and your hamstrings will lengthen with the jog movements. You will be able to do more activities like climbing stairs. Reduces pain, improves balance and coordination.

Muscles: Lower Body-Aerobic, Cardio

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your outer hips and quadriceps will strengthen with these tuck movements. You will also strengthen your shoulders with these arm movements. You will be able to do more activities like climbing stairs and reaching for objects. Reduces pain, improves balance and coordination.

Muscles: Lower Body-Aerobic, Hips, Cardio

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your inner thighs will strengthen and your outer hips will lengthen with this light intensity jumping jack movement. You will also strengthen your shoulders with the arm movements. You will be able to do more activities like getting in and out of the car and reaching to the side for objects. Reduces pain, improves flexibility and coordination.

Muscles: Lower Body-Aerobic, Knees, Hips, Cardio, General Fitness

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your ankles, shins and calves will strengthen and lengthen simultaneously with the first two directions. Your inner thighs and outer hips will strengthen with the third direction. You will be able to do more activities like walking on uneven sidewalks with reduced pain and improved balance.

Muscles: Knees, Balance, Lower Body-NonAerobic

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your quadriceps will strengthen and your hamstrings will lengthen with these movements. You will be able to do more activities like climbing stairs. Reduces pain and improves balance and coordination by sculling the hands.

Muscles: Lower Body-Aerobic, Knees, Cardio

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your inner thighs and outer hips will strengthen and your coordination will be challenged with these jack diamond movements. You will also strengthen your chest, back and shoulders with the arm moves. You will be able to do more activities like getting in and out of the car and opening doors. Reduces pain, improves balance, flexibility and coordination.

Muscles: Lower Body-Aerobic, Hips, Cardio

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your hamstrings will strengthen and your quadriceps will lengthen with these movements. You will be able to do more activities like climbing stairs. Reduces pain and improves balance.

Muscles: Knees, Lower Body-NonAerobic

Equipment: Small Noodle, Large Noodle

Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your glutes and hamstrings will strengthen while your quadricep and hips lengthen with this kick behind movement. Your upper body will strengthen by rowing a small noodle. You will be able to do more activities like walking backward. Reduces pain, improves balance and coordination.

Muscles: Lower Body-Aerobic, Hips, Cardio

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your core, back, and inner thighs will strengthen and your hips lengthen with these light intensity jump torso twist movements. You will be able to do more activities like turning to get in and out of a car. Reduces pain, improves balance and coordination.

Muscles: Lower Body-Aerobic, Hips, Cardio

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your legs, hips, core and arms will strengthen with these knee strike movements. You will be able to do more activities like climbing stairs while carrying bags. Reduces pain, improves balance, posture and coordination.

Muscles: Lower Body-Aerobic, Hips, Cardio, Balance

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your core, back, glutes, and legs will strengthen and your hips lengthen with these plank flutter kicks. You will be able to do more activities like walking and standing in lines. Reduces pain and improves flexibility.

Muscles: Lower Body-Aerobic, Core and Back, Cardio

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your outer hips, inner thighs, and quadriceps will strengthen with these frog leg movements. You will also strengthen your shoulders with the arm moves. You will be able to do more activities like getting in and out of a car and reaching for objects. Reduces pain, improves balance, flexibility and coordination.

Muscles: Lower Body-Aerobic, Hips, Cardio

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your outer hips and quadriceps will strengthen and your coordination will be challenged with these jack M&M movements. You will also strengthen your shoulders with the arm moves. You will be able to do more activities like climbing stairs and opening doors. Reduces pain, improves balance, flexibility and coordination.

Muscles: Lower Body-Aerobic, Hips, Cardio

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your whole body will strengthen and lengthen with this warm up. You will be able to do your main exercises after these combination moves. Reduces pain, plus improves balance and coordination.

Muscles: General Fitness

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your knees, hips and legs will strengthen these low impact mogul jumps front and back. You will be able to do more activities like climbing stairs. Reduces pain, improves balance and coordination.

Muscles: Lower Body-Aerobic, Hips, Cardio

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your outer hips will strengthen and your inner thighs will lengthen with these side step movements. You will be able to do more activities like getting in and out of the car. Reduces pain and improves balance and coordination with arms mirroring legs.

Muscles: Lower Body-Aerobic, Hips, Cardio

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your arms and shoulders will strengthen and your balance will be challenged with these 3 directional arm movements. You will be able to do more activities like picking up and carrying bags. Reduces pain, flexibility, balance, and coordination.

Muscles: Shoulders, Upper Body-NonAerobic

Equipment: Floating Dumbbells

Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your back and shoulders will strengthen and your chest will lengthen with these punch and swing arm movements. You will be able to do more activities like opening doors. Improves balance and coordination as you stand in a lunge then walk around.

Muscles: Upper Body-Aerobic, Shoulders, Cardio

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your legs and hips will strenthen and lengthen with these ski movements. You will be able to do more activities like walking backward. Reduces pain, improves balance and coordination with opposite arm swings.

Muscles: Lower Body-Aerobic, Hips, Cardio

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your shoulders, chest, and back will strengthen and lengthen with the punch movements. Your hips, knees and legs will strengthen with the knee-strike move. The overall movement of arms and legs will challenge coordination and balance. You will be able to do more activities like climbing stairs while carrying bags. Reduces pain, plus improves balance and coordination.

Muscles: Upper Body-Aerobic, Shoulders, Cardio

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your biceps and back will strengthen and your chest will lengthen with these punch movements. You will be able to do more activities like carrying bags. Reduces pain, plus improves balance and coordination.

Muscles: Upper Body-Aerobic, Shoulders, Cardio, Balance

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your rear shoulder will strengthen and your chest and front of the shoulder lengthen with these circle backward movements. You will be able to do more activities like opening doors. Reduces pain, plus improves balance and coordination.

Muscles: Upper Body-Aerobic, Shoulders, Cardio, Balance

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Cool down while constantly moving with 10 stretches for your whole body, starting with 5 stretches for legs, hips and back. Then your arms, chest, shoulders and core will lengthen with the last 5 movements. Reduces pain, returns blood flow and muscles to normal after your water exercise workout.

Muscles: General Fitness

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your inner thighs will strengthen and your outer hips will lengthen with these kick and pull leg down movements. You will be able to do more activities like getting in and out of the car. Reduces pain and improves balance and coordination with tricep focused arm curls added to your leg exercise.

Muscles: Lower Body-Aerobic, Hips, Cardio

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Cool down while holding 10 stretches, starting with 5 for legs, hips and back. Then your arms, chest, shoulders and core will stretch and lengthen with the last 5 movements. Reduces pain, returns blood flow and muscles to normal after your water exercise workout. Best when done in warmer water.

Muscles: General Fitness

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your arms, shoulders, chest and back will strengthen and your balance challenged with this arm and upper body combo . You will be able to do more activities like reaching for items, picking up and carrying bags and opening doors. Reduces pain, improves balance, flexibility and coordination.

Muscles: Lower Body-Aerobic, Hips, Cardio

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your biceps and back will strengthen and your chest will lengthen with these punch movements. You will be able to do more activities like carrying bags. Reduces pain, plus improves balance and coordination.

Muscles: Upper Body-Aerobic, Shoulders, Cardio, Balance

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your inner thighs will strengthen and your outer hips will lengthen with this challenging arm and leg jack movement. You will also strengthen your shoulders with these arm movements. You will be able to do more activities like getting in and out of the car and reaching to the side for objects. Reduces pain, improves flexibility and coordination.

Muscles: Lower Body-Aerobic, Hips, Cardio

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your core, back, hips and legs will strengthen with this low impact jog plank. You will be able to do more activities like walking, standing in lines and climbing stairs. Reduces pain, improves flexibility and spine stability.

Muscles: Lower Body-Aerobic, Core and Back, Cardio

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your biceps, shoulders and back will strengthen and your chest will lengthen with these punch combo movements. Your hips, knees and glutes will strengthen with these kick forward and lunge back movements. Combining arm and leg movements provides a light to moderate cardio conditioning. Reducing your perceived exertion during your daily activities.

Muscles: Upper Body-Aerobic, Shoulders, Cardio, Balance

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your hips, inner thighs and knees will strengthen with these light side to side mogul jump movements. You will be able to do more activities like getting in and out of the car. Reduces pain, improves balance, flexibility and coordination.

Muscles: Lower Body-Aerobic, Hips, Cardio

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your chest and front of the shoulder will strengthen and your rear shoulder lengthen with these arm movements. You will be able to do more activities like opening doors. Reduces pain, plus improves balance and coordination.

Muscles: Upper Body-Aerobic, Shoulders, Cardio, Balance

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Your back, chest and shoulders will strengthen and lengthen with these arm movements. You will be able to do more activities like opening doors and lifting shopping bags. Reduces pain, plus improves flexibility and coordination.

Muscles: Upper Body-Aerobic, Shoulders, Cardio

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Improve gait, lower limb strength, and functional mobility for children and adolescents with disabilities using the support and resistance of water.

Muscles: quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes, calves, core

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Session Placement: Warm-up, Main set

Purpose: Provide gentle, continuous aerobic conditioning in water for children and adolescents who can perform supported standing and stepping.

Muscles: quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes, calves, core, shoulders, arms

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Session Placement: Warm-up, Main set

Purpose: Improve basic trunk control and rotational mobility in a safe, supported standing position in water.

Muscles: core, back, hips

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Session Placement: Skill development

Purpose: Develop basic vertical power and controlled landing in water for children and adolescents with mild-to-moderate mobility limitations.

Muscles: quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes, calves, core

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Enhance basic diaphragmatic breathing and coordination with slow walking in water for children and adolescents with mild limitations.

Muscles: respiratory muscles, core

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Session Placement: Warm-up, Skill development

Purpose: Develop comfort and basic control with forward and backward body rotation in water for children and adolescents with mild-to-moderate trunk limitations.

Muscles: core, back, neck, hips

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Session Placement: Skill development

Purpose: Use simple copying games in shallow water to develop basic locomotion, attention, and social interaction in children and adolescents.

Muscles: quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes, calves, core, shoulders, arms

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Session Placement: Warm-up, Skill development

Purpose: Teach children to move from a supported back float to the pool wall, building essential water safety and orientation skills.

Muscles: core, back, hips, shoulders, arms

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Session Placement: Skill development

Purpose: Teach children to move from a supported back float to the pool wall, building essential water safety and orientation skills.

Muscles: core, back, hips, shoulders, arms

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Session Placement: Skill development

Purpose: Develop low- to moderate-intensity cardiovascular fitness and leg strength using purposeful walking patterns in chest-deep water.

Muscles: quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes, calves, core

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Session Placement: Warm-up, Main set

Purpose: Strengthen thighs and hips with small, supported squats that control knee load and encourage proper alignment.

Muscles: quadriceps, glutes, hamstrings, core

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Strengthen hip abductors and improve lateral stability using controlled side leg lifts against water resistance.

Muscles: abductors, glutes, core

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Session Placement: Main set, Skill development

Purpose: Reinforce neutral spine posture and gentle core engagement during slow walking in shallow water.

Muscles: core, abdominals, low back, hips

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Session Placement: Warm-up, Main set

Purpose: Gently mobilize the thoracic and lumbar spine in flexion with core support while minimizing load.

Muscles: abdominals, low back, hips

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Session Placement: Warm-up, Cool-down

Purpose: Strengthen the chest and upper back with controlled arm movements under the water while maintaining good alignment.

Muscles: chest, rhomboids, trapezius, shoulders, arms, core

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Strengthen shoulders and upper back with side-to-side arm sweeps kept under the water for safe resistance.

Muscles: shoulders, rhomboids, trapezius, chest, core

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Session Placement: Main set, Skill development

Purpose: Strengthen the chest and upper back with controlled arm movements under the water while maintaining good alignment.

Muscles: chest, rhomboids, trapezius, shoulders, arms, core

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Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Strengthen shoulders and upper back with side-to-side arm sweeps kept under the water for safe resistance.

Muscles: shoulders, rhomboids, trapezius, chest, core

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Session Placement: Main set, Skill development

Purpose: Combine gentle pelvic tilts and supported walking to improve alignment, core activation, and comfort for participants with low-back pain.

Muscles: core, low back, glutes, hamstrings

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Session Placement: Warm-up, Main set

Purpose: Offer a low-impact, alignment-focused walking sequence in water for pregnant participants within guideline-based intensity.

Muscles: core, hips, glutes, legs

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Session Placement: Warm-up, Main set

Purpose: Blend simple balance drills with social interaction in shallow water to support function, confidence, and connection in older adults.

Muscles: hips, legs, core

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Session Placement: Warm-up, Main set

Purpose: Support safe early gait retraining in deep water for rehab participants who cannot tolerate impact on land.

Muscles: quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes, hip flexors, core

Equipment: Flotation Belt

Session Placement: Main set

Purpose: Use deep-water support to train gentle core co-contraction and trunk alignment for rehab clients who cannot tolerate land-based loading.

Muscles: core, abdominals, low back, hips

Equipment: Flotation Belt

Session Placement: Main set, Skill development

Purpose: Use controlled walking patterns in shallow water to train balance, posture, and lower-body coordination.

Muscles: hips, quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes, core

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Session Placement: Warm-up, Main set

Purpose: Challenge static balance and coordination by combining single-leg stance with small reaching movements under water support.

Muscles: ankles, hips, glutes, core

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Session Placement: Skill development, Main set

Purpose: Develop whole-body coordination using an alternating arm–leg ‘cross-crawl’ marching pattern in shallow water.

Muscles: hips, legs, shoulders, core

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Session Placement: Main set, Neuromotor training

Purpose: Combine social circle walking with controlled weight shifts to train balance and coordination in a group setting.

Muscles: hips, legs, core

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Session Placement: Warm-up, Main set