@nana75165, @callalloo, @johnbishop, @shanicegj, and all...AMEN! My neurologist at Mayo ordered therapy pool PT for me a couple of years ago. I began working with the therapist in a 94-degree pool, walking, marching, walking backward is hardest, working on balance, and finally using pool barbells for strengthening. The key for me is the water warmth - I begin to relax muscles and pain begins to evaporate as I get into the warm pool! It is heaven. The doctor told me to do this for myself for the rest of my life...He's right.

Medicare pays for this for a while. After Medicare was used up, I was going to have to pay for the pool, but the office manager offered me a deal to use the pool when there were only a couple of folks in the water. I joined the YMCA which has a therapy pool, but covid shut it down. Now, it's open for up to 8 people at a time for a few hours daily.

I have an evaluation with a PT next week and begin pool walking/work-outs again thankfully. I have truly missed this joyful time. No pain. Free movement Easy movement. Getting out of the pool is dreaded since gravity takes hold of every part of my body and it's tough to get up the steps. But, I feel better for hours afterward and I'm better emotionally, physically, in every way for the time spent in that pool. After a few weeks, I began to walk easier, with less pain all over & could move everything easier, with less effort and discomfort.

I also recommend getting a home paraffin wax soak and enjoying the warmth and healing of the warm wax. It helps reduce pain, gives me more mobility, and softens/improves my hands and skin. I bought one after using it for years in nail salons and then at Mayo PT. Again, a great thing to do for yourself. Stick your feet in occasionally and feel the healing...

Hope these thoughts move you to try pool therapy. It's a real treat! Elizabeth