Hi Laurie My lovely wife works as a PT aide part time. She is in a pool 3-4 hrs a day helping victims of strokes, accidents, and surgeries regain their mobility. She has explained that they use floatation devices (long tubes like I've seen at Wal-mart) to support the patients under their arms then take them out in deeper (6') water where they can do their exercises. IMHO it would be a great asset. You could see if insurance would pay for it if the Dr would write a Rx for it. On Sat, 7 Dec 1996 05:26:35 -0500 Michael and Laura Rogers <[log in to unmask]> writes: >My mother in law hasn't been doing her exercises such as the one I got >from >a PT for her. She only doea them every now and then. I have been >stressing >to her that she needs to use it or lose it to put it bluntly. She >must have >been listening a little because she was open to the suggestion from >some >othr PWP in her support group when they suggested that she take water >aerobics in a heated pool. I think it is a good idea. Do you have >any >input on this? >Laurie >