ISSN:2165-7025 JNP, an open access journal Ocean Surfing as a Novel Physiotherapy Environment: A Commentary

Aquatic exercise for both fitness and rehabilitation are presently being offered to individuals of various special populations [1]. Pool programs offer physical activity and educational programming that can be particularly helpful for children with disabilities. The physiologic, psychologic, and social benefits of aquatic exercise are often found to be more pronounced in these children [2]. One reason aquatic exercise is of value is that the buoyancy provided allows the individual with land-based activity limitations to function in an independent fashion in the water. Some studies report individuals are enabled to walk for the first time in an aquatics environment; and if this form of exercise is repeated they have the opportunity to increase strength for a progressio