Therapeutic Pool - Hydrotherapy

The rehabilitation pool, opened in 1998, proudly stands as Israel's largest therapeutic pool. Our dedicated team of multidisciplinary therapists offers around 3,000 hydrotherapy treatments each month. Our ultimate goal is to assist individuals with physical, sensory, mental, or cognitive disabilities in achieving their highest level of functioning and independence. 

The facility has two pools with different structures that allow for different separations: between adult treatments and children's treatments, between women and men, and between stormy water treatment and still water treatment. The facility also serves as an information, training and research center for hydrotherapy students.

The pool staff includes a certified operator whose role is to maintain the quality of the water, a certified lifeguard whose role is to protect the safety of bathers and water therapists - physiotherapists, occupational therapists, hydrotherapists - who provide individual or group hydrotherapy treatment, depending on the patient's medical condition.

Adjustments

The entrances to the pool are adapted for people with special needs: 2 cranes, adapted stairs, ladders, a device on the side of the pool. The floor is rough up to the red line (1.20m) to prevent slipping and to prevent rubbing for those with sensitive skin or numbness.

The types of activities

Water activity or hydrotherapy treatments are suitable for populations of different age groups and fitness levels.

Individual treatment: Individual hydrotherapy treatments for patients as part of hospitalization, day hospitalization and on an ambulatory basis (the referring agencies: health insurance funds, the Ministry of Defense, insurance companies, the military, you can also come privately for a fee).

Hydrotherapy-orthopedics: rehabilitation in water after car accidents, amputations, fractures.

Hydrotherapy-neurology: rehabilitation in water after a stroke - hemiplegia, spinal cord injury - quadriplegia, paraplegia, muscle atrophy.

Hydrotherapy-pediatrics: rehabilitation in water for children with developmental delay, premature babies, cerebral palsy CP, autism PDD, ADHD.

Hydrotherapy-rheumatology: fibromyalgia, chronic pain.

Group therapy: There are several groups in the pool designed for different health conditions: a back group, a cardiovascular rehabilitation group (after a heart attack), a knee group, a shoulder group, a water exercise group for Parkinson's patients, an exercise group for people suffering from ankylosing spondylitis, an exercise group for those suffering from chronic pain.

independent practice: You can also go to the pool to practice independently, for a fee.

Teaching: training of water therapists/ hydrotherapy course/ conferences and seminars
The training school at the Wingate Institute and the Sheba Medical Center use water-treating devices in the hydrotherapy course of the same year. Conferences and seminars in the field of water treatment are held there. Student Coordinator/ Deputy Director: Fazit Rosenberg.