Hadassah Pool Party Touts Hydrotherapy Benefits

Hadassah Greater Atlanta’s Ketura Group members experienced a joyful water workout to recognize Hydrotherapy, one of the many treatments in the NEW Hadassah Medical Organization’s (HMO) Gandel Rehabilitation Center in Jerusalem, with a pool party on July 14.

“Even before the war, the need for rehabilitation services in Jerusalem was acute, but now it’s vital,” said Rosalie Agrow, president of the Ketura Group of Hadassah Greater Atlanta.

Hadassah is proud to announce the recent opening of the Gandel Rehabilitation Center which offers a host of special treatments along with physical and occupational therapy, physiotherapy, hydrotherapy and more. There will be a PTSD center and rehabilitation for neurological problems caused by brain, spinal cord, and nervous system injuries.

“The first patients, all of whom were wounded in the war, began their journey in the new Gandel Center,” explains Simone Wilker, Zionist Affairs Chair.

To highlight the new hydrotherapy wing of the Gandel Rehabilitation Center, Hadassah members and associates experienced the benefits of hydrotherapy while exercising and dancing to Israeli music in the pool at a party at the home of Leora and Herb Wollner. The participants could see that water aerobics offers several advantages. Hydrotherapy can ease pain and promote strength. It’s also a form of relaxation.

Among the state-of-the-art advances at Hadassah’s Gandel Center is a therapeutic swimming pool with a modular floor that adapts to each patient’s needs. The temperature-controlled pool treats a variety of patients healing from traumatic injuries and suffering from chronic pain to help them improve motor skills, strength, and agility.

With the support from Hadassah members here in Atlanta, 150 patients will be able to receive hydrotherapy each day at the Gandel Rehabilitation Center. Go to www.Hadassah.org to make a donation which will have a direct impact for many Israelis, but especially our wounded heroes and heroines of the war.