In China, the incidence of low-energy fractures of lower limbs, i.e. fragile fractures, in people over 50 years old has a significant upward trend. The most common are femoral fractures, tibial fractures and ankle fractures. Other causes are accidents: traumatic fractures mainly occur in children; Radial and ulnar fractures are the most common in both male and female groups; Tibial and ulnar fractures are the most common in young and middle-aged people; The incidence of tibial and fibular fractures was the highest in elderly men; The incidence of radial and ulnar fractures is the highest in elderly women.

After fracture of distal femur or proximal tibia, it will affect the activity and function of knee joint. The goal of water rehabilitation treatment is to increase the range of activities, improve stability, strengthen proprioception and improve balance ability. In water, thanks to buoyancy and water temperature, we have less pain in loosening our joints than on land.

Advantages of water rehabilitation therapy

After fracture, whether it is conservative treatment, surgical reduction or surgical replacement of joints, underwater rehabilitation technology will be of great benefit. Water rehabilitation is basically applicable to any population, whether the elderly, overweight people or even athletes, there will be water rehabilitation content suitable for them.

The rehabilitation process after large-scale orthopedic surgery is generally long. Taking fracture surgery and joint replacement surgery as an example, it is very slow for patients’ overall health status and joint activity at the surgical site to return to the normal level after surgery, and most patients will gradually lose confidence in this long process, which will affect the overall rehabilitation progress. However, if rehabilitation training is carried out in water, patients will not only have a higher degree of cooperation, but also enjoy the treatment process. This pleasant treatment experience can not be achieved by other treatment technologies, so now more and more treatment guidelines take water rehabilitation as the core treatment technology in order to better serve patients.