Robert Feldman

This year I will be raising money specicially for the cutting edge hydrotherpay department at ALYN. 

What is Hydrotherapy? What makes Hydrotherapy at ALYN Hospital unique?

"The pool is a very central part of the multidisciplinary treatment system that exists at ALYN," says Ruti Tirosh, Head of Hydrotherapy at ALYN Hospital. "Every child will receive the amount of hydrotherapy treatments he needs from us without compromise. We aim to use the unique properties of water to bring children to better physical function. We use the power of resistance of the water, the power of buoyancy, the possibility of walking in the water - even for children who cannot walk on land.”

Even children on respirators also benefit from hydrotherapy treatment. "It's a little different from treating non-respirated children," Ruti explains, "because here you have to take care of a long breathing tube that is out of the water, hold them in a certain way, and also their activity space is relatively limited because of the connection to the tube.”

My goal is to raise $10,000 which would provide full funding for 340 hydrotherapy sessions. That would help many, many kids. Just to give you an idea, the 20 hrdotherpaists at ALYN treat 150 kids/week. In total, the department provides almost 10,000 sessions each year!

See the short video clicp that will give you an idea of what the treatment is like for a child on a respirator.