AQUATIC THERAPY PROFILE

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Dr.C.G. Prashanth, MPT (Neurological & Psychosomatic Disorders), MIAP

Associate Professor

Physiotherapist

Aquatic Therapy Consultant

• Certified Halliwick & BRRM Practitioner.(Switzerland)  
• Ai Chi Instructor (certified by Aqua Dynamics Institute, Japan)
• Trained in Aqua T Relax, Aqua Aerobics. 
• WATSU® Practitioner (registered under WABA, USA) 
• APTI – Contact person of India for Aquatic Physical Therapy International (APTI)A network of   WCPT (World Congress Of Physical Therapy). 
• Assistant Lecturer - International Aquatic Therapy Faculty (IATF)  
• Worked in Water with various clients for more than 1800 hours.(Pediatric, Musculoskeletal and Neurological). 
• Working as Associate Professor with SDM College of Physiotherapy.  Working in clinical setup and handling cases personally since 19 years.

Professional Training in Aquatic Therapy   

• Halliwick foundation course – Berly Kelsey International Halliwick Association lecturer – 32 hours
• Basic Watsu – Xavier – 16 hrs 
• Liquid Flow Basic – Dariya & Daniel – 27 hrs
• Aquatic Therapy Modular Course at Switzerland – Johan lambeck & Urs Gamper – 128 hrs
• Watsu 1 – Gianni De Stefani & Xavier – 50 hrs
• Watsu 2 – Gianni De Stefani – 50 hrs
• Mastery of  Watsu 2 – Gianni De Stefani
• Watsu 3 – Harold Dull – 50 hrs
• Ai Chi Instructor – Jun Konno – 16 hrs
• Woga – Gianni De Stefani – 6 hrs
• Watsu for babies – Gianni De Stefani – 8 hrs
• Watsu 1 and OBA 1 – Gianni De Stefani and Xavier – 75 hrs
• Adapted Watsu – Gianni  De Stefani
• Hands on Watsu 3 with Gianni De Stefani
• Workshops attended at 1st European Conference on Evidence Based Aquatic Therapy on 19^th, 20^th, 21^st  March 2013 – Izmir, Turkey – 32 hrs

a.       Halliwick in pediatrics: an aquatic motor learning program.

b.      The Bad Ragaz Ring Method: fine tuning and eccentric muscular training.

c.       Evidence based gait training and falls prevention with Clinical Ai Chi.

d.      The use of the EWAC Pool track and obstacle course equipment.

Aquatic Therapy Associated Activities

• Invited as Guest Speaker for “Aquatic Rehabilitation” at state level Conference at Loni, Pravara Institute for Physiotherapy. Maharashtra.
• Resource Person for “Aqua Therapy” a two days workshop at Pimpri, organized by Pimpri Chinchwad Branch of IAP. Maharashtra.
• Resource person for “Aquatic Rehabilitation” a one day workshop at Krishna College of Physiotherapy, Karad, Maharashtra.
• Conducted workshop on “Hydrotherapy & Its Clinical Application” on two occasions at Ushas Centre for Exceptional Children. Karnataka.
• Resource person for “Aquatic Therapy Basics – Module 1” three days workshop at Rashi Farms Dharwad, Organised by SDM College of Physiotherapy. Karnataka.
• Resource person for “Aquatic Therapy Basics – Module 1” three days workshop at Ahmedabad, Gujurat.
• Gave Live Radio Talk in a phone in program of AIR on “Aquatic Therapy”.
• Established Aquatic Therapy Network of India, a network to associate all the people working in water under one platform.
• Authoring a series on Aquatic Therapy in a National magazine “Physiotimes”. 12^th of the series already published.
• An article on aquatic therapy is published in the souvenir of KAPC’s National level conference held at Calicut, Kerala.
• Resource person for “Aquatic Therapy Basics – Module 1” three days workshop at Thane, Maharashtra.
• Resource person for “Aquatic Therapy Basics – Module 1” three days workshop at Mysore, karnataka
• Participated and presented a research paper as oral presentation titled “Effect of Aquatic Therapy in residual weakness of GB syndrome: A case report” at 1^st European Conference on Evidence Based Aquatic Therapy at Izmir, Turkey.
• Resource person for “Aquatic Therapy Basics – Module 1” three days workshop at Pune, Maharashtra.
• Invited as a resource person for Neuraxis, a National Physiotherapy conference organized by AIIMS and APMR at Delhi. Spoke on “Aquatic Therapy in Neurological dysfunction”
• Held a one and half day Basic Ai Chi Workshop at Lonvala, Maharashtra for Physiotherapists, Occupational therapists and Special educators.
• Invited as a resource person for one day workshop at Mothi Mahal Mangalore, organized by Laxmi College of Physiotherapy
• Presented Poster on Clinical concepts in Aquatic Therapy at Physioaccord 2014
• Invited as a keynote speaker on Aquatic Therapy in Cerebral Palsy at 3^rd International conference on Cerebral Palsy at Recoup, Bangalore.
• Resource person for a talk on Aquatic therapy in Neurological rehabilitation at the International Neuroresterology Conference, Hotel Renaissance, Mumbai.
• Halliwick Module – at Switzerland 2014 – to be evaluated as a member of IATF.
• Initiated a family orientation program for parents on Aquatic therapy at Delhi, 2014.