Where did water aerobics originate from ?
Guest3611 History of Aquatic Exercise The use of water as a therapeutic medium dates back many centuries. The early Romans and Greeks used hot baths for healing and recreation. Hippocrates advocated water treatments for a variety of ailments. For many societies, the use of water was closely associated with the spiritual worship of water and the perceived healing power of water. People prayed to the rain god or the river goddess to provide this life-giving element in just the right quantity. By AD 330, the main use of the Roman baths was for healing of a variety of diseases and injuries. The use was passive and consisted mainly of drinking the water and sitting in it. President Franklin D. Roosevelt popularized the use of therapeutic water exercises and therapeutic swimming in the 1920's when he used water exercise to treat his own polio. Aquatic physical therapy has been part of the curriculum for students of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy in England since 1965 (Ruoti, Mor
