There are many benefits of using an underwater treadmill, some of which include:

• Promotes early range of motion.
• Initiates gait training in a low‑impact environment.
• Improves cardiovascular stamina.
• Accelerates healing and strengthening of injured tissues.
• Enhances muscle strengthening and endurance.
• Provides deep tissue massage via hydro‑jets for faster recovery from soreness.

These are some of the ways that water’s natural properties create an ideal therapeutic environment:

• Warm water relaxes joints and muscles.
• Viscosity aids muscle strengthening.
• Buoyancy reduces gravity’s impact, easing pain.
• Turbulence & wave propagation allow therapists to guide movement safely.
• Respiratory muscles work harder in water, naturally strengthening breathing.

Another important advantage of aquatic therapy is that it can often begin before land-based therapy. For athletes looking to get back into competition, or busy professionals who want to recover from surgery as quickly as possible, this makes a water-based program the natural choice.

• Orthopedic recovery (fractures, joint replacements, ACL rehab).
• Neurological conditions (stroke, Parkinson’s, spinal cord injuries).
• Sports medicine (athletes returning to competition).
• Senior wellness (safe exercise for aging adults).

Compared to other forms of physical therapy, aquatic therapy results in a higher client compliance rate and less pain throughout the recovery process. Opportunities to significantly minimize the pain a client experiences should be taken seriously because with less pain, a client can enjoy a higher quality of life.