Conference at Leuven - Aqua leuven 2015

Conference at Leuven - Aqua leuven 2015

Interesting scientific sessions, interaction with international delegates, updates on recent advances and work being carried out at different levels of therapeutic intervention, networking and a lovely dinner sums up the Aqua Leuven. Daniel Daly taking the lead ensured smooth running of all the events on time. Some interesting clips



Dinner with the IATF board. Leuven has a street
Munstrat with many restaurants lined up and it is very tempting to simply sitdown to experience the place.








My presentation on "Aquatic education in India - obstacles and strategies for success" was received well with some countries facing a similar issue on setting up Aquatic Therapy. Also Presentation was supported by Amruta Paranjape from India and Baris from Turkey voicing the lack of awareness and inputs on how to make it a sustainable venture.


The topic that drew my attention was the state of art wireless EMG analysis of swimmers muscle performance.Wish I was a part of the team for analysis. The technology was amazing and the research possibilites plenty.

This was followed by a wonderful demonstration of EWAC Medical team on the use of monitoring activity intensity on underwater treadmill, aqua cycle, aqua jogging and aquatic exercise wirelessly using bluetooth and heart monitor. Demonstrated by enthusiastic models and Ben Waller from Finland

 The man behind my constant persuation of Aquatic therapy, Johan has been there consistently replying to all my emails for keeping the aquatic spark alive.







There is another greatest news I want to share with you all. The next Aqua Evidence conference will be hosted by India by an enthusiastic team of therapists. I had the previlige and pleasure to invite everyone on behalf of India. The conference will be happening in 2017. Further details will come very soon. Early Bird Registrations will commence from this very year end.

WE have huge work to do in the coming Two years. Wish to have everyone's support in making this a successful event.

The year 2015 is posing New Challenges and it will be one long year for aquatic therapy. After looking at education and awareness, now the goal is to develop a working model of aquatic therapy center. It is a Herculean task of setting up a pool. Hope it can be achieved this year.

Am planning some new advanced programs in aquatic therapy this year along with the basic workshop that is going on. If everything works out we might have invited international faculties for taking workshops on Halliwick, Badragaz, and may be Ai Chi.

One good news is my paper on aquatic therapy education in India has been selected  for presentation at Leuven Belgium. Am looking forward for a good interaction and some recharge for my motivation to last the year.

There will be more to come once pool is ready.

The year of 2014 was one of the year with so many activities on aquatic therapy, hope the awareness spreads and the patient population  benefit with this concept.



Aquatic education seems to be the first step towards establishing a strong foundation to develop the concept. After going through the syllabus of various universities, it was found that the hours dedicated to aquatic therapy was just 5 hours at the most.

Currently the basic Aquatic therapy workshop being conducted is giving 32 hours since 2014 with one exclusive day for clinical hands on. This was developed after trying various hours of teaching and trying to understand what will motivate the therapists to start clinical application. Of course this will be reviewed after another year to see whether it is reaching the patient population. The year has been an exciting and hectic journey through my academic work, house construction, travelling, conferences, brain storming and many sleepless nights. End of the year the fruits are wonderful. My family has been tolerant towards my eccentricities, my absence & passion.

Colleagues at my Institute SDM College of Physiotherapy were supportive towards taking care of things while I was away. Got my promotion as Associate Professor in the middle of the year which was encouraging for the work being done. All in all a year full of activities, hope this year brings in some importance to clinical work from the participants of the workshops. Looking forward for surprises, certainties and growth in Aquatic Therapy for India.

Looks like some serious updates are missing, as I mentioned earlier, this year has been fruitful for me as well as the aquatic therapy scenario in India. Two important steps have been climbed, I have become Watsu Practitioner and am registered under WABA now and can offer watsu Sessions. This was the first event of the year.

The second most important event was becoming the Member of International Aquatic therapy faculty and ability to use IATF logo in the courses happening in India. Also few hours of Halliwick therapy will also be recognized by IATF. It has been a wonderful journey so far, and will only become better now onwards. Waiting for An Aquatic therapy Pool to come up that will be all in one, Therapy, training and research center. Keeping fingers crossed until it is ready. All patients in India can start taking benefits once it gets established. And the education in India will start having some recognition at international level, though it is a small step.

This year has been very good for aquatic therapy, there were conferences and few awareness programs. Still further programs are on the way, will highlight the events that have happened in some time. Meanwhile after completing one of the basic workshop at Mumbai, the second Workshop is coming up again in Mumbai this October. The four day program will have clinical hands on with patients on the last day for understanding the benefits and challenges in aquatic therapy.

The workshop is again directed towards Physiotherapists and occupational therapists who want to start their career in Aquatic Therapy.

Workshops for the year 2014

It is pleasure to announce, the Workshops being held in India on Basic Aquatic therapy module 1. This is an effort to bring Aquatic Therapy In India in a systematic way. This year the workshop is going to be for four days with greater importance to project clinical application. The workshops are being held in Ahmadabad of Gujarat and Mumbai of Maharashtra.







All therapists in India can take advantage of this. Anybody needs more info can mail me at prashanth_c_g@yahoo.com. Also you can get in touch with the organizers. We will be doing two to three workshops at the most for this year to regulate quality and quantity of therapists !!

Welcoming 2014

The year 2013 has been a very busy year indeed, we concluded with the publication of article in Physiotimes on Autism. It gave me lot of learning, knowledge, aspirations and more friends. It brought me close to many people who were busy in their life all these years. It made me feel humble in front of larger things to achieve yet.

Wishing all a very Happy Happy and a lovely New Year, hereby welcome 2014 with all the challenges it can pose for the growth of Aquatic Therapy In India as well as personal growth. If I have not mentioned earlier, there is closed group established through the ever popular FaceBook to support all the people related with aquatic therapy in India. It is called "Aquatic Therapy Network of India" (ATNI). If you are a therapist willing to learn or contribute you can send in your request to be a member with a message how you are related with water works.

2014 appears to be a challenging year as there are lot of things that will have to happen, which will not be entirely in my hands. Will have to only wait for the outcomes. The first and the great news is I became a Watsu Practitioner and my name is entered in the Registry of WABA from India. It is one of the greatest pleasures to share. Also, it pleasantly appears that am the first Physiotherapist to have made it from India into the Registry. At one moment I felt the long duration of study since 4 years has come to an end and at the other realized I have just begun as a practitioner and the learning never ceases.

Thank you Watsu India and Thank you WABA