Aquatic Therapy
Aquatic therapy uses the healing power of water to accelerate your student-athlete’s rehabilitation and fitness. With three different therapy pools to meet all kinds of needs, Children’s Mercy offers the facilities your athlete needs to work toward a quicker and less strenuous recovery.
Benefits of aquatic therapy
Water therapy offers increased flexibility and a better range of motion for student-athletes who are recovering from an injury. Many people choose to use the therapy pools for strength and conditioning workouts. This allows them to begin to retrain their body to proper movement while lessening low back pain and other chronic conditions.
HydroWorx therapy pools at the Sports Medicine Center at Village West
The HydroWorx 2000 pool offers the following features:
- Zero-depth access: simply walk onto the floor and be lowered to any depth up to six feet
- Variable speed underwater treadmill with rubberized belt for excellent traction with bare feet or shoes
- Resistance jet technology with massage hose for deep tissue and scar manipulation
- Computer camera systems and software
- Removable support bars
- Water-resistant remote control to adjust depth and speed
The HydroWorx 3500 pool offers the following features:
- Large 12 foot x 16 foot pool allows greater functionality for multiple athletes
- Fixed 4-foot and 5-foot depths
- Underwater treadmill smoothly increases from 0 to 7.5 mph in safe, small increments
- Resistance jet technology with massage hose for deep tissue and scar manipulation
- Computer camera systems and software
- Stairs with handrail for safe access
Adjustable depth pool at the Adele Hall Campus
The Adele Hall therapy pool offers the following features:
- Zero-depth access: Simply walk onto the floor and be lowered to any depth up to 5.5 feet
- Spacious 25 foot x 20 foot pool offers plenty of room to exercise
- Flotation mats, resistance belts, bands and paddles available for specific types of training
- Multiple step heights to customize your treatment to your size
Sports Medicine Center at Village West
Our Village West location in Kansas City, Kansas offers many amenities, including our human performance and motion analysis lab and an anti-gravity treadmill. Often, Sporting KC and US Soccer players are training in this same location as well.
Contact the Physical Therapy team
Children’s Mercy Adele Hall Campus
Adjustable depth pool
(816) 234-3380
Children’s Mercy Village West
Hydro 2000 and Hydro 3500i
(913) 264-3000
Exertional compartment syndrome: Saige’s story
As a highly competitive soccer player, Saige Wimes worked hard to recover from surgery for exertional compartment syndrome (ECS) and return to the field, all with the help of Children’s Mercy Sports Medicine.
Broken leg and shattered kneecap: Martez’s story
A life-threatening accident upended 13-year-old Martez Hall’s life and a promising football career, breaking his right femur, and shattering his left kneecap. After surgery at Children’s Mercy Kansas City, he’s spent months and months in therapy with the goal to get back to the game he loves—football.
