Aqua therapy is the best alternative for certain types of patients who cannot withstand other types of physical therapies: aqua therapy can provide distinct advantages. Aqua therapy motivates individuals to choose swimming or water exercise as a lifetime sport for maintaining general health and fitness. Often traditional physical therapy is delayed because pantients cannot tolerate weight-bearing activities. The use of aqua therapy enables the therapist to activate their patients'activities of daily living in the shortest time period possible. Using aqua therapy as a high velocity work out can help build muscle endurance and strength, cardiovascular health, coordination and endurance. Resistance in water is 5 to 45 time greater than resistance in air, depending on the speed of movement. This fact makes water a natural and immediately adaptable weigh training mechanism. The unique properties of water enable the heart to work more efficiently, thus enabling one to maintain a lower blood pressure and better circulation of blood.