Hydrotherapy Stories - Beth

In this article one of our customers, Julie, talks about how Stuart and the fabulous team at Starfish Hydrotherapy Pool has helped to improve the quality of life for her daughter Beth who suffers from a condition called 22q11 .

I first contacted the team at Starfish Hydrotherapy Pool last summer after Beth’s spinal specialist and heart specialist suggested hydro-physio would be very beneficial for her. She has a condition called 22q11 which has caused multiple problems for her. She has a heart condition, for which she has had to undergo multiple surgeries. She also has a double curvature to spine which she had major surgery on 2 years ago making her now a partly bionic woman! Both of these problems are ongoing for her. Along with these issues she also has a delay in her learning along with confidence and trust issues and chronic fatigue. The spinal surgery had a massive impact on her physically and mentally so we wanted to try and give her some stability back to her life.

What a blessing for us we did contact them and met Stuart. Beth has been having one to one hydrotherapy sessions with him since October last year and they have been the making of her.

We chose one to one because of Beth’s confidence around a lot of people and her trust issues and also because of her understanding of instructions. Stuart has built up Beth’s trust over the months, which is a real achievement believe me, he even gets the odd bit of funny cheekiness from her now which to me is amazing. He takes the time to explain everything to her clearly and practically and takes into account how she is feeling each week and adapts to that. He is extremely good at listening to her, no matter what she is saying as she does tend to chatter on sometimes. One major thing that stands out to me is Stuart talks directly to Beth, in many other situations the adult always turns to me rather than Beth because it’s easier, this is why her sessions are working and I’m very thankful for.

Physically we are definitely seeing an improvement, I never thought I would see Beth lift weights and put her arms above her head. Her confidence is growing in the water and she is so positive when we are at the pool.

Because of her immune issues it’s also important for Beth that the pool and changing rooms are clean, and the pool is always spotless! I can always contact them if Beth not up to her session and they always reply immediately and it’s never a problem. The whole team are always very respectful and helpful and I would highly recommend the pool to everyone.

We will definitely be continuing with Beth’s sessions with Stuart for the foreseeable future and look forward to seeing her keep improving.

If you'd like to find out more about our open Hydrotherapy sessions at Starfish Hydrotherapy Pool in Chippenham, Wyvern Hydrotherapy Pool in Weymouth or Stourview Hydrotherapy Pool you can find details of how to contact our team here. You can try your first hydrotherapy session for FREE using the code HYDRO2 when booking online.