Can be performed on patients who can:

• move the affected parts of the body (no immobilisation or external support required),
• tolerate mild levels of exercise stress, and can
• apply pressure to the locomotor system.

Orthopaedic and traumatological disorders
of the spinal column, fractures and soft-tissue injuries once post-operative wounds have healed, rheumatic disorders.

Neurological disorders
such as mild paresis, MS, Parkinson's disease, spasticity.

Medical disorders
such as non-acute heart disease, chronic respiratory disease and psychological disturbances.

The benefits are:
increased patient motivation due to facilitated movement in the water, reduced pain; possibility of fully stressing affected body parts in water even though the patient would not be able to stress the same parts during Ôdry` exercises; good complement to "dry" treatment.