Health swimming

Indoor swimming pool „Višnjik“ offers a program of health (kinesiotherapeutic) swimming. The dates of health swimming are:

• for children and adolescents: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 8:00 to 09:00 pm / 19:00 to 20:00 h
• for adults: 6:00 p.m. to 19:00 pm
• for pensioners: 11:00 to 12:00 h

The goal of swimming, as a physical activity, is to preserve and improve the health of every citizen, from youngest to oldest, from less fit to the fittest, from less healthy to the healthiest. Specific water influence on the human body puts swimming as the basic mean of the kinesiotherapy. To many patients swimming is, in most cases, the only form of exercise.

Health (kinesiotherapeutic) swimming represents swimming where diseases person swim with the aim of treatment with movements in the water. The program includes the basics of swimming techniques with emphasis on breathing and exercises for improvement of any deviations or irregularities along the edge of the pool to exercises to increase range of motion, exercises to strengthen the locomotor, cardiovascular and respiratory system, and exercises for neurological dysfunction.

Health (kinesiotherapeutic) swimming, besides the therapeutic effect, also takes preventive action on various chronic non communicable diseases of today characterized by the long lasting flow, often for life, reducing the quality of life. Sedentary lifestyle, exposure to stress and the unhealthy habits have contributed,  in recent decades, to a significant increase of chronic non communicable diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, degenerative changes in the locomotor system, etc. Especially recommended for those who want to improve the existing orthopedic condition (kyphosis, lordosis, scoliosis,etc.) , conditions after fractures, surgery, etc.

Health (kinesiotherapeutic) swimming is conducted under the expert guidance of kinesiologists, which makes preventive / therapeutic work program for each user, training takes place in small groups, lasting one hour.

Applications for Program of Health (kinesiotherapeutic)swimming are in progress. At the reception of the pool or here you can get your questionnaire, you fill it and send a fax to the number 023/494-877 or leave it at the reception of the pool. We will inform you about the beginning of the program and other informations.