Ruth Sova Essential Principles of Aquatic Therapy Book

Ruth Sova is an innovative expert on water therapy. Calm the exam jitters – when you’re confident with the activities, words and tests in here, you can confidently sit for the ATRIC exam. This book is a study guide for groups or individuals who want to meet the Aquatic Therapy and Rehabilitation Industry Standards and those preparing for the Aquatic Therapy and Rehabilitation Certification Examination process. It tells you what to study (resource books are not included), what you should learn from it, suggests activities to help you learn, lists words you should know and then tests your knowledge. Three resource books are suggested if the reader wants knowledge, not just a preview of testing. Those books are AQUATICS – The Complete Reference Guide for Aquatic Fitness Professionals by Ruth Sova, Aquatic Rehabilitation by Richard Ruoti, Aquatic Fitness Professional Manual by the Aquatic Exercise Association. Each chapter of this guide correlates with one of the six Aquatic Therapy and Rehabilitation Industry Standards with chapters in the resource books. The format closely follows educational curriculum guidelines to make learning more effective.
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Ruth Sova Aquatics The Complete Reference Guide

The Complete Reference Guide for Aquatic Fitness Professionals. Covers all of the information needed by the aquatic professional to begin a safe, effective, and successful aquatic program. Programming ideas, safety, promotional, and marketing information is included. Ruth Sova. p 304. Hardcover.
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Ruth Sova Ai Chi I - Flowing Aquatic Energy - 3 CECs

Ai Chi I Flowing Aquatic Energy DESCRIPTION Ai Chi is a water exercise and relaxation program that has been created to help aquatic practitioners and students enjoy the water in a flowing yet powerful progression. Aquatic exercise instructors, personal trainers, and aquatic therapy and rehabilitation practitioners will find the Ai Chi workshop beneficial for them and their clients. It is an efficient exercise program that increases oxygen and caloric consumption simply with correct form and positioning in the water, it is a perfect relaxation technique for highly stressed, over-challenged clients, and it is ideal for creating improved range of motion and mobility. Ai Chi, created by combining Tai-Chi concepts with Qigong and Watsu techniques, is performed standing in shoulder depth water using a combination of deep breathing and slow, broad movements of the arms, legs, and torso. NEEDS IDENTIFICATION We have so many programs available to us that are limited to those who can move well. This program was created for the less mobile or those looking for relaxation. LEARNING OUTCOMES • Participants will follow the simple Ai Chi progression • Participants will be introduced to the concepts of moving with nature, benefits, and general information • Participants will experience the trunk stability movements with guidelines on proper pelvic mechanics • Participants will follow a sample workout progression for an average, apparently healthy adult, which can be modified for special situations TIME FRAME Review lecture in the video – 1 hour Review pool lab in the video with land-based practice – 1 hour Practice in the pool – 1 hour This quiz is designed to be used with one of the following: 1. Ai Chi – Balance, Harmony and Healing Book OR 2. Ai Chi I – Flowing Aquatic Energy DVD
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Ruth Sova Ai Chi II - Cultivating the Chi - 3 CECs

Ai Chi II Cultivating the Chi Description This Ai Chi experience is designed for those comfortable with the Ai Chi movements and progressions. It is an extension to traditional Ai Chi that increases energy or life force with simple, natural movements. We go beyond basic Ai Chi with experimentation in physical positioning and we use the new Ai Chi terminology in the Physical Focus. When we cultivate a garden we sow (prepare the ground, plant the seeds, etc.), we work (weeding, watering, protecting from the elements, etc), and we reap (harvesting and using our harvest to bring us health, energy and life). Likewise the purpose of the Cultivating the Chi movements is to cultivate the Chi (our vital life force), which surrounds our physical body. We work with it, prepare it, acknowledge it, weed it, protect it, care for it, and take the best to feed ourselves. Needs Identification Following an Ai Chi Basic progression is helpful to clients. Adding information on energy and teaching ways to increase intrinsic energy life force will give clients a progression to elicit more benefits. Ai Chi Practitioners will want to add this level when they and their clients are ready. Course Objectives • Work toward precise recruitment of muscles during positioning • Experience physical movement coordinated with breathing patterns that can take Ai Chi to a new level • Experiment with the new postures – Encircling, Surrounding and Nurturing • Compare upper and lower trunk stabilization with extremity movements • Discover how Cultivating the Chi can increase energy so it becomes palpable Outline I. Ai Chi – 1 hour a. Basic b. Cultivating the Chi c. Energy II. Learning the Cultivating the Chi Postures – 1 hour a. Names b. Purpose c. Technique III. The Experience – 1 hour a. Physical Focus b. New Terminology c. Incorporation of Cultivating the Chi Designed to be used with Ai Chi II DVD
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Ruth Sova Ai Chi III - The Visualization Journey - 3 CECs

Ai Chi III The Visualization Journey Description This course is designed for those practitioners who are already comfortable with Ai Chi and Cultivating the Chi. It is designed for Ai Chi practitioners who wish to expand their practice and take Ai Chi to a different level. It virtually ignores the physical being and focuses almost solely on the mind. It uses psychological/emotional concepts to release blocked energy and allow deeper healing to occur. Needs Identification: Some clients can heal physically to meet a specific goal but either relapse or hit a plateau. At that point, they need a different focus with their healing. The Visualization Journey may meet that need. Objectives: • Follow the Ai Chi healing pathway (Preparing, Healing, Cultivating and Applying) and evaluate the concept behind it • Consider teaching techniques discussed • Match the Visualization Journey to individual clients • Experience deeper relaxation Designed to be used with the Ai Chi III DVD
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Ruth Sova Ai Chi Balance, Harmony, and Healing Book

Ruth Sova is an innovative expert on water therapy. Comprehensive in depth Ruth Sova book for experienced practitioners, and for the novice also. Updated from the previous Ruth Sova book, with new offerings including Ai Chi Ne (partner stretching), practical teaching information, pool teaching scripts for a varied learning focus, Ai Chi for special populations. 9 chapters, 160 pgs, 7x9. Ruth Sova.
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Ruth Sova Ai Chi I DVD

Ruth Sova is an innovative expert on water therapy. The Ruth Sova Ai Chi video reviews each progression of Ai Chi with information and hints on getting the most out of the program. Ruth Sova begins by teaching, and then recapping, the Breathing and Upper Extremity Movements. Trunk Stability Movements and techniques, and Lower Extremity Movements are taught and recapped next. Ruth finishes the teaching portion of the video with Coordinated Total Body Movements and then reviews of the entire Ai Chi program. Yoshiko Uno and Miki Aoki, Ai Chi instructors from Japan, are featured in the video with Ai Chi demonstrations
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Ruth Sova Ai Chi II DVD

Ruth Sova is an innovative expert on water therapy. This DVD is an extension to traditional Ai Chi that increases energy or life force with simple, natural movements. It is a 65 minute video that includes an introduction on, and history of, Cultivating the Chi; in-depth instruction on these new movements for confidence in application; and a full Ai Chi Physical Focus program. Complements the following educational material: Physical Focus Audiocassette and the Ai Chi/Cultivating the Chi Laminated Sheet.
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Ruth Sova Ai Chi III DVD

This DVD changes the Ai Chi focus and takes the Ai Chi experience to the next level. It is a 65-minute DVD giving an explanation of the Visualization Focus with its four pathways (Preparing, Healing, Cultivating and Applying); teaching information for progressing clients; and a complete Visualization program. Complements the following educational material: the Visualization Journey Audiocassette and the Ai Chi/Cultivating the Chi Laminated Sheet.
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Ruth Sova Ai Chi Ne DVD

Ruth Sova is an innovative expert on water therapy. The Ai Chi Ne DVD will meet the needs of therapists, aquatic fitness instructors, and Ai Chi practitioners. It is a simple aquatic balance program done in pairs. Ai Chi Ne has been used extensively for all balance deficits (CP, Parkinson’s disease, strokes), neurological and motor skill deficits, geriatrics, victims of abuse, Developmentally Delayed, Attention Deficit Disorder and ADHA to adjust physical and emotional balance. It is a safe, effective program that anyone can follow. The Ai Chi Ne video features Ruth Sova and four participants in the pool (with above and under water footage) and in lecture. Footage of Ai Chi Ne with a Developmentally Delayed participant, footage of instructors in Japan, and Japanese special needs footage are all included. Complements the following educational material: Ai Chi Ne Laminated Trifold and the Ai Chi Ne Audio Cassette.
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Ruth Sova Ai Chi Poolside Laminate

Ruth Sova is an innovative expert on water therapy. 8 ½ x 11 laminated card names and depicts the Ai Chi postures. Perfect for poolside. Solves the problem of trying to remember the postures, their names and the progression while teaching. Postures are explained in more detail in Ai Chi – Flowing Aquatic Energy and Ai Chi I – Flowing Aquatic Energy Videotape.
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Ruth Sova Ai Chi Tri Fold Poolside Laminate

Ai Chi/Cultivating the Chi Laminated Trifold - 14 x 22 laminated trifold names and depicts the Ai Chi and Cultivating the Chi postures. Great for poolside. Solves the problem of trying to remember the postures, their names and the progression while teaching. Postures are explained in more detail in Ai Chi – Balance, Harmony and Healing and Ai Chi II – Cultivating the Chi Videotape.
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Ruth Sova Ai Chi Ne Tri-Fold Poolside Laminate

Ai Chi Ne Laminated Trifold-14 x 22 laminated cardstock trifold stands 14” high. It names and depicts the Ai Chi Ne postures. Great for poolside. Solves the problem of trying to remember the postures, their names and the progression while teaching. Complements the following educational material: Ai Chi Ne Videotape and the Ai Chi Ne Audio Cassette.
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Ruth Sova Ai Chi Physical Focus CD

Ruth Sova is an innovative expert on water therapy. In this CD Ruth Sova takes listeners through an Ai Chi progression with the Japanese Synchrony music from Jun Konno (Ai Chi Originator) for background. Clients can relax with effortless Ai Chi water movement and the music. On the CD Ruth Sova verbally explains positions, positioning, alignment, limb movement, balancing hints, and visual guidelines as the client moves through the Ai Chi relaxation technique. Made for clients who are new to Ai Chi and need reminders on what comes next and how to do it with proper technique, the CD allows them to work on their own. The CD has also been made for practitioners who work on their own or who want additional teaching techniques. The CD was created in response to practitioners who wanted ideas to improve their teaching and for Ai Chi participants who wanted relaxation techniques they could use on their own. Complements the following educational material: Ai Chi II – Cultivating the Chi videotape and the Ai Chi/Cultivating the Chi Laminated Trifold. Stock# $
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Ruth Sova Ai Chi Visual Journy CD

Ruth Sova is an innovative expert on water therapy. In this CD Ruth Sova takes listeners through an Ai Chi Visualization with the Japanese Synchrony music from Jun Konno (Ai Chi Originator) for background. Clients can relax with effortless Ai Chi water movement, the music and the visualization. The CD was created in response to practitioners who wanted ideas to improve their teaching and for Ai Chi participants who wanted advanced relaxation techniques they could use on their own. It is ideal for clients who are comfortable with the Ai Chi progression or who use the Ai Chi/Cultivating the Chi poolside Laminated Sheet. Complements the following educational material: Ai Chi III – the Visualization Journey Videotape.
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Ruth Sova Ai Chi Floor Sign

Ruth Sova's Ai Chi Floor Sign - Ai Chi is an efficient exercise program that increases oxygen and caloric consumption simply with correct form and positioning in the water. Encourages relaxation, improves range of motion and mobility. Convenient floor stand, 12" x 18", Double-sided. Shows 19 exercises.
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Ruth Sova Ai Chi Poster Set

Ai Chi is an efficient exercise program that increases oxygen and caloric consumption simply with correct form and positioning in the water. Encourages relaxation, improves range of motion and mobility. Two wall mount posters, 18” x 24,” heavy-duty polyethylene, grommets.
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Ruth Sova BackHab Book

Ruth Sova is an innovative expert on water therapy. For years aquatic therapists have used water techniques to bring relief to patients with back problems. Now clients with home treatable problems have a book written for them. Men and women with chronic back pain who have access to a home or community pool can enjoy youthful movement and relief from pain during the Ruth Sova aquatic BackHab program. The Ruth Sova BackHab program is designed to bridge the gap between primary therapy and club fitness programs.
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Ruth Sova BackHab DVD

Ruth Sova is an innovative expert on water therapy. For years aquatic therapists have used water techniques to bring relief to patients with back problems. Now clients with home treatable problems have a book written for them. Men and women with chronic back pain who have access to a home or community pool can enjoy youthful movement and relief from pain during the Ruth Sova aquatic BackHab program. The Ruth Sova BackHab program is designed to bridge the gap between primary therapy and club fitness programs.
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Ruth Sova Backhab II DVD

The BackHab II video includes both lecture and pool segments, with above and under water footage. The program focuses on relearning functional movement patterns with carryover to activities of daily living. Progressions are included to further challenge qualities such as balance, coordination, endurance, trunk stability and gait. Alignment with neutral spine is re-evaluated with every change in exercise. Precautions and modifications are included
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Ruth Sova Backhab Poolside Tri-Fold

Ruth Sova is an innovative expert on water therapy. Laminated 14 x 22 cardstock trifold contains illustrations of each BackHab exercise. Names of exercises are included with goals and progressions. Precautions are listed. Perfect for therapists and clients to use at poolside. Works with BackHab I and II videos.
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Ruth Sova BackHab Instructed Cued CD

This CD takes the listener through a 35-minute BackHab session. Verbal cues offer simple descriptions of the exercises with technique correction. You will hear hints for increasing or decreasing difficulty to accommodate varied health levels, contraindications and precautions all while moving through the water with the BackHab program. This CD is intended for use by therapists to review program knowledge or by clients to work independently at the pool. It is perfect for clients to use on their own when traveling or for post-rehab conditioning. Complements the following educational material: BackHab I and II Video/DVDs and BackHab Poolside Laminate.
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Ruth Sova Personalized Protocols Interactive CD-ROM

Ruth Sova's Personalized Protocols interactive CD ROM allows you to point and click on the exercises you want your client to perform and, in minutes, have a personalized, illustrated treatment plan. This CD ROM will allow you to create Personalized Programs for your clients. The printout you give your client can include the goals, illustrations, names, precautions, and progressions for each exercise – or just the illustrations. Need forms? Forms are also included in the CD and can be personalized with your letterhead. Exercise guidelines, pain questionnaire, health history, liability release, etc. are all just a click away. You can personalize each for your clients. This CD ROM moves you (and your image) forward in your quest for excellence for your clients.
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Ruth Sova Aqua Challenge Package DVD

Ruth Sova's Aqua Challenge DVD pictures Sova teaching the workout to her class, with above and underwater filming to show movement execution. Aqua Challenge features a complete, 45-minute workout that includes warm up, pre stretch, aerobics, cool down and post stretch. The invigorating workout features a myriad of new steps and eight new major combinations. In this easy-to-follow program, Sova teaches proven techniques that will give instructors and students the confidence and knowledge to be the best. Packaged with instruction booklet, and laminate . This package will solve the problem of coming up with new motor patterns and combinations. The laminated card solves the problem of remembering the patterns at the pool. Written routines describe the movements and give precautions for safety during movements, describe how to increase or decrease intensity and energy cost, and provide hints on how to use moves to involve specific muscle groups. Invaluable assistance in motivation, focus and modifications. Everything aquatic exercise instructors and students need for a great pool workout.
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Ruth Sova Aquatic Exercise Book

Water programs for walking, aerobics, jogging, toning, strength training, flexibility training, sport specific, bench aerobics, circuit training, interval training, deep water training, and relaxation techniques are all reviewed. This book was created for the student but has sold well to the instructor as a "starter" book.
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Ruth Sova Unpredictable Command Technique Book

Ruth Sova is an innovative expert on water therapy. Benefit from new protocols to challenge your clients. The Unpredictable Command Technique (UCT) uses familiar and unfamiliar movements in random patterns to improve somatic awareness, voluntary movement, balance, coordination, agility and reaction time. Rather than using only one motor skill at a time, UCT uses multiple movements simultaneously. Rather than repeating a movement a set number of times in a consistent sequence, UCT uses a random sequence and a non-conforming number of repetitions. Protocols for varied dysfunctions included in this book.
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Ruth Sova Painless Strategic Planning Book

Ruth Sova is an innovative expert on water therapy. Do the words goals, missions, strategies, tactics, objectives and situational analyses all sound like war games to you? Are you sure that research and development is about creating and testing chemical warfare? If so, PAINLESS STRATEGIC PLANNING is for you. If you enjoy business, but have no time for planning, this easy-to-follow, step-by-step, uncomplicated workbook will put you on top of the business world. The author's playful approach will make you comfortable with organizing your business from writing a mission statement to implementing strategic plans.
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Ruth Sova Ai Chi Flowing Aquatic Energy Book

Ruth Sova is an innovative expert on water therapy. This beginning level Ruth Sova Ai Chi book contains descriptions and illustrations of the basic Ai Chi movements. Aquatic exercise instructors, personal trainers, and aquatic therapy and rehabilitation practitioners will find the Ai Chi workout versatile. For aquatic exercise instructors it is an efficient exercise program that increases oxygen and caloric consumption simply with correct form and positioning in the water. Personal trainers will find it a perfect relaxation technique for their highly stressed, over-challenged clients. Aquatic therapy and rehabilitation practitioners will see improved range of motion and mobility in their patients.
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Ruth Sova Ai Chi Synchrony CD

Ruth Sova is an innovative expert on water therapy. This Japanese music CD is filled with tranquil, soothing harmonies. The flowing sounds encourage peace of mind, easy breathing, and balance. Relaxation and centering are improved with the floating rhythms.
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Ruth Sova Water Fitness After 40 Book

RS Water Fitness After 40 Book Learn a safe and effective way of exercising that will help you live a longer, more energetic and independent life. Internationlly renowned aquatic fitness expert Ruth Sova shows you how. Book includes 68 full illustrations of water exercise, as well as goal charts and exercise logs that you can use over and over, you can create a program tailor-made for you.
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Ruth Sova BackHab I - The Water Way to Mobility and Pain Free Li

BackHab I The Water Way to Mobility and Pain Free Living DESCRIPTION Back pain and back problems are our number one non-terminal health problem and affect 4 out of 5 adults in this country. While back problems account for 18 million doctors visits a year approximately 90% of them can be treated at home. After determining which ones can be treated by a lay instructor, this correspondence course will cover factors that contribute to back pain; the anatomical function, terms and muscles of the low back and a discussion of treatment through aquatic exercise. NEEDS IDENTIFICATION With 80% of the population experiencing back pain at some time, offering back classes must have potential. The problem is finding the right instructor who can produce a good program. Your worries are over. BackHab can be used safely by any instructor. The client can even use it alone. LEARNING OUTCOMES • Participants will define the cause of most back pain. • Participants will select which clients they can safely treat. • Participants will have materials that will allow them to create their own BackHab program by selecting moves from a "menu". • Participants will analyze how daily life affects back problems and how to modify work habits without decreasing productivity. TIME FRAME Review video lecture – 1 1/4 hour Review pool lab with land-based practice – 1 hour Practice in the pool – 1 hour Take quiz – 30 minutes This quiz is designed to be used with one of the following: 1. BackHab Book: The Water Way to Mobility and Pain Free Living OR 2. BackHab I DVD
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Ruth Sova BackHab II - Progressions Orthopedic / Chronic Conditi

BackHab II – Progressions for Orthopedic and Chronic Conditions Correspondence Course Description The BackHab II program focuses on relearning functional movement patterns with carryover to activities of daily living. Progressions are included to further challenge qualities such as balance, coordination, endurance, trunk stability and gait. Alignment with neutral spine is re-evaluated with every change in exercise. Precautions and modifications are included. The program has proven to be ideal for clients with chronic pain, with shoulder, hip, knee, ankle and back disorders, and with chronic conditions such as fibromyalgia, MS, arthritis, asthma, obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and older adults and those recovering from strokes. BackHab can be used in one-on-one rehab and personal training, in groups, and the client can use it independently for post-rehab conditioning. Needs Identification We have a lot of techniques that can be used for specific diagnoses but they are geared toward specific outcomes and sometimes narrow in scope. The BackHab II program is an integrated program that will accommodate a variety of diagnoses and offer true functionality for clients. Objectives * Differentiate between progressions for balance, coordination, endurance, muscular strength, etc * Compare goals for each exercise * Analyze and practice stride length, width, swing and roll * Experience continuous, graded resistance * Evaluate alignment and neutral spine with every transition * Assess patient/client with exercise-specific considerations * Expand therapeutic tools to integrate muscular endurance and strength, balance, coordination, trunk stability, and gait training * Awareness of alignment with varied strides * Experiment with balance challenges * Consider the concepts of integration * Follow logical progressions Outline for Correspondence Course Watch video – 1 1/2 hours Take laminate and cassette to pool to try program – 1 hour Take exam – 1/2 hour This quiz is designed to be used with the following: 1. BackHab II DVD – Progressions for Orthopedic and Chronic Conditions 2. BackHab Poolside Laminate 3. BackHab CD (optional)
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Ruth Sova Ai Chi Ne - 3 CECs

Ai Chi Ne Correspondence Course Description Ai Chi Ne will meet the needs of therapists, aquatic fitness instructors, and Ai Chi practitioners. It is a simple aquatic balance program done in pairs. Ai Chi Ne has been used extensively for all balance deficits (CP, Parkinson’s disease, strokes), neurological and motor skill deficits, geriatrics, victims of abuse, Developmentally Delayed, Attention Deficit Disorder and ADHA to adjust physical and emotional balance. It is a safe, effective program that any one can follow. The program, like its’ foundation Ai Chi, was created by Jun Konno from Yokohama Japan and brought to the US by Ruth Sova. The 74-minute Ai Chi Ne correspondence video features four participants in the pool (with above and under water footage) and in lecture The Ai Chi Ne program will expand your client base and your therapeutic tools. A laminate and audiocassette are also available. Needs Identification Some of our clients don’t have the balance skills to participate alone in an Ai Chi program. This program will give them the extra support they need in order to benefit from Ai Chi. It is also excellent for clients who need healthy touch (some children and geriatric populations) and ADD/ADHD. Objectives • Identify a new aquatic technique • Experiment with a partner method to improve ROM • Compare postures for varied goals • Integrate flexibility, stability, balance and core strength • Identify postures for physical and emotional balance • Expand therapeutic tools • Analyze each Ai Chi Ne segment for benefits • Compare different positioning to improve weight bearing and weight shifting skills Correspondence Course Outline Watch video – 1 ½ hours Take cassette and laminate to pool to try Ai Chi Ne – 1 hour Take exam – ½ hour This quiz is designed to be used with the following: 1. Ai Chi Ne DVD 2. Ai Chi Ne Laminate 3. Ai Chi Ne CD
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Ruth Sova Aquatic Therapy for Obese and Bariatric Clients - 1 CE

Aquatic Therapy for Bariatric and Obese Clients Correspondence CEC Application Description Medical problems associated with obesity as well as water benefits, assessment, goals, and adaptation expectations are included in this CEC article. Precautions regarding control of movement, balance, impact, thermoregulation, movement restriction, over/under training and hypernea and dyspnea are also discussed. Suggestions for format modifications in programming including NHLBI guidelines are reviewed with adherence strategies. Objectives Demonstrate several precautions that may apply to your client Compare the medical definitions of degrees of obesity Identify predisposing medical problems with bariatric clients Examine modifications regarding traditional program guidelines Differentiate between adherence obstacles that could affect your client Needs Identification Our national obesity epidemic requires an understanding of working with bariatric clients in the water. The information offered in this CEC article advances that purpose. Outline 15 min Read exam 30 min Read article 15 min Take exam This quiz is designed to be used with: Aquatic Therapy for Bariatric & Obese Clients Article which will be emailed upon receipt of payment.
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Ruth Sova Prunes, Carrots, and Ripples DVD

Ruth Sova shares her insightful, humorous prescription for:
Improving your health
Working, parenting and living with a healthy, positive approach
Dealing with change
Having fun in all situations
Being affirmed, validated and optimistic
Being secure in your knowledge and capabilities
Enjoying energy and strengh
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Ruth Sova Life: The Burning Issues DVD

Ruth Sova Life The Burning Issue
Ten Simple Steps for Personal Success
Using a fire Ruth escaped from as a backdrop, she will discuss ten simple steps for personal success. You'll learn down-to-earth ways to use these tips in your everyday life to create opportunities, manage change, succeed with personal relationships, prevail over hardship, uncover your hidden strenght, make relationships with co-workers work and prosper in the workplace.
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Ruth Sova Aquatic Fall Prevention CDROM

The Aquatic Fall Prevention CD ROM includes exercises with progressions, photos, guidelines, sample equipment application, documentation forms, resources and a bibliography to help aquatic practitioners take their clients through an effective Fall Prevention plan. Many factors associated with falls are preventable. This program can reduce the risk of falling and provide users with knowledge and expertise to keep clients healthy and independent. Aquatic Fall Prevention was created by three elite aquatic therapy and rehab practitioners (Marty Biondi PT, Mary Wykle PhD, Ruth Sova MS) from varied backgrounds (therapy, academic and fitness). The varied backgrounds of the creators ensure benefits to a wide range of populations through all types of aquatic personnel. This will be available in early October. Pre-Orders accepted.
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Ruth Sova The Line Motivational DVD

The Line – Keynote by Ruth Sova
Your Line is responsible for decision-making and judgments. Join Ruth Sova in a half-hour of entertaining wisdom about behavior … above and below The Line.
Uplifting and motivating, Ruth’s 60th birthday keynote includes examples of Lines, where they come from, how families and peers figure in, how Lines are challenged and solidified, and how they must be free to move so we don’t become rigid, angry people.
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Ruth Sova Pearls Motivational DVD

PEARLS - Keynote by Ruth Sova
As you know, we don’t stop learning from people when they’re not physically around anymore – colleagues, clients, patients, friends, spouses … and, often, mostly parents.
This DVD offers PEARLS of wisdom … • to help you create an easy life • to help you have a fun life • to help you with your job, relationships, money, home, etc.
The marathon of life can be exhausting or exhilarating. With these PEARLS you can switch from exhaustion to exhilaration.
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Ruth Sova Ai Chi Ne CD

Ruth Sova's Ai Chi Ne CD takes the listener through a 45 minute Ai Chi Ne session. Verbal cues offer simple descriptions of the exercises, technique corrections, posture terminology, and breathing hints. Intended for use by therapist or client at the pool. Perfect for clients to use on their own when traveling or for post-rehab conditioning. Simple to follow.

Ai Chi Ne is a simple aquatic balance program done in pairs. Ai Chi Ne has been used extensively for all balance deficits (CP,Parkinson's disease, victims of abuse, Developmentally Delayed Attention Deficit Disorder and ADHA to adjust physical and emotional balance. It is a safe, effective program that anyone can follow. As always, you should consult your physician if you are beginning an exercise program.
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Ruth Sova BackHab Book on CD

Ruth Sova's BackHab - The Water Way to Mobility and Pain-Free Living Book on CD

Ruth Sova is an innovative expert on water therapy. For years aquatic therapists have used water techniques to bring relief to patients with back problems. Now clients with home treatable problems have a book written for them. Men and women with chronic back pain who have access to a home or community pool can enjoy youthful movement and relief from pain during the Ruth Sova aquatic BackHab program.

The Ruth Sova BackHab program is designed to bridge the gap between primary therapy and club fitness programs.
BackHab - The Water Way to Mobility and Pain-Free Living Book on CD contains Two New Chapters:

Especially For You - This chapter covers how to use BackHab with special individuals, populations, limitations or needs. Topics include arthritis, asthma, strokes, diabetes, heart disease, hip, knee and shoulder problems, fibromyalgia, MS and obesity.

Anchors Aweigh - This chapter stresses internal anchoring while in the water with BackHab, which creates perfectly stacked bones while living on land. The trunk stabilization and core stability tehniques create solid, secure torsos for all populations.
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