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A 49-year-old Thai man came to us with pain in the sole of his right foot and tenderness below the inner ankle bone of the right foot for about 5 months. The pain got worse when he put weight on the foot, for example when standing or walking.

Hydrotherapy is a form of physical therapy that uses water as the treatment medium, with a physical therapist designing a programme specific to each type of patient's problem.

If you dislike the sticky sweat of exercising on land, or land exercise gives you knee or ankle pain but you still want to get healthier, water exercise is a very attractive option.

We continue with water exercise. Now that you know what water exercise is, let's look at its benefits.

Aerobic water exercise is a weight-loss workout like ordinary aerobics but done in water, set to music with an instructor leading arm and leg movements.

How does water exercise affect pregnant women and their unborn babies? Water helps support the weight of the pregnancy and reduces impact during exercise...

What is a rehabilitation physician? Are they the same as a physical therapist? And is seeing a physical therapist the same as going to a massage shop? Why see a doctor for back pain? How is it different from getting a massage? A rehabilitation physician is…

Knee osteoarthritis usually affects people over 50. Common symptoms include noises in the knee, stiffness, tightness and pain when going up and down stairs, sitting with legs folded to the side or kneeling.

This patient had previously had surgery on her right shoulder and then used her left shoulder instead, carrying things to work and carrying shopping bags, until she began to feel pain at the front of her left shoulder when raising her arm or lifting heavy objects.