Tamarack Programs & Activitites > Therapeutic Benefits
Therapeutic Benefits![]() |
![]() Immersion in our 92-degree warm, salty water therapeutic pool: |
![]() This specific temperature range, 92 – 96 degrees F, is considered thermo-neutral, ideal for passive or minimally active therapy. Immersed in water at lower temperatures, a person more readily becomes chilled. Muscles would be more contracted. |
![]() " Healing Waters - In 2009, Leni was diagnosed with lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and scleroderma, an incurable disease with a life expectancy of three to 10 years. At the onset of Leni's illness, she could not stand up or feed herself, but healing waters at Tamarack have been transformative for her. 'I am able to do things in the water I cannot do on land,' Leni says. 'The warm salt water of Tamarack helped me get back on my feet.' " Read all of Defying Gravity - Warm-Water Wellness at Tamarack Aquatic by Amanda Bedortha in Eugene Magazine. |
![]() Pool users experience improvement for a wide range of medical and mind-body conditions including arthritis, PTSD, fibromyalgia, chronic pain, depression, and diabetes. Circulation, blood pressure, edema, kidney function, and much more are all improved in the pool’s warm water. |
![]() Move to gain strength, improve balance, reduce physical and emotional pain, and by create a greater sense of calm and confidence. Connect and experience the camaraderie and friendships that naturally develop in our supportive environment and increase your personal support and happiness. Relax and enjoy the relief of supportive weightlessness in warm saltwater. |
![]() Tamarack's warm water is a safe, ideal environment for relieving pain and stiffness caused by arthritis and other similar conditions. Our classes with an arthritis focus are designed to safely keep your joints moving and improve your sense of well-being. |
![]() Tamarack Aquatic Center is pleased to join the on-going efforts to inform health care providers, patients, caregivers and family in the Eugene/Springfield community about the signs, symptoms, causes, methods of treatment of fibromyalgia. We annually host an awareness event which is free and open to public.
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