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Urs Gamper and Johan Lambeck will be teaching Water Specific Therapy (12-15 June 2024) and Bad Ragaz Ring Method (16-19 June 2024) @ the Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury

Price: £800 per course or £1500 if both courses booked together

Further details: julie.dixon26@nhs.net

*NEWSFLASH* - 30th October 2023

The Aquatic Therapy Research Database has now been published for all ATACP Members as an easy reference for the latest (2020 onwards) Aquatic Therapy related research. Please ensure you are logged into your ATACP account to view and access the link under "Publications". 

If you are not currently a member - please consider joining us - see HomePage

We would like to highlight the work done by this excellent charity which has been providing hydrotherapy for the people of Swindon and Wiltshire since 1979.

Dear ATACP members,

 We are pleased to bring you the ATACP Autumn Study Day 2023 titled ‘Halliwick For All Specialties’

 There is a misconception that The Halliwick Concept is useful only for Paediatrics or Learning Difficulties. It is of course effective for many long term conditions and includes people with Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Juvenile Polyarthritis, hypermobility, spinal pain, Osteoporosis, fractures, multiple injuries, Osteotomies, Joint replacements and joint repairs.

Our speakers are: 

Joanna Brudlo-Semeniuk  - Pediatric Physiotherapist

Dawn Moore  - Halliwick Specialist

Ann Thomson – MSK Physiotherapist

Ann Gresswell – Pediatric Physiotherapist

Please keep checking the website for an update on hydrotherapy pool evacuation guidance in association with ATACP / PWTAG / RLSS

Change to Technical Note TN2 – Faecal Contamination

The above note has had some minor alterations made to reflect the current advice given on acceptable pH levels. 

The updated note can be downloaded from the PWTAG website free of charge by clicking here. 

The National Rehabilitation Hospital, Co. Dublin welcomes Johan Lambeck, Senior Lecturer IATF

Providing a 5-day intensive course in Water Specific Therapy from one of the world’s leading lecturers and promoters of Aquatic Physiotherapy. This course contains 60% Practical in pool training. CPD certification provided upon completion of the course.                                                             

Monday 26th June @ 7.30pm. "Evacuating the pool safely and quickly, do you know what you have to do?" by Kelly Jagger (rescheduled from 19th June) 

We are pleased to announce that the International Conference On Evidence-Based Aquatic Therapy (ICEBAT) organised by the IATF and ATACP will take place from 21st June to 23d June 2024 at the University of Winchester, United Kingdom. 

The heat generated by a washing-machine-sized data centre is being used to heat a Devon public swimming pool.

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