It’s no secret that regular pool time can cause trouble for your hair and skin. In Part 1, we explored the reasons that chlorine can negatively impact your hair as well as how you can help prevent the typical kinds of damage from occurring. Now we’ll look at how you can reduce damage after your […]
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Swimming Pool Users: Pamper Your Hair and Skin, Part 1
Owning your own swimming pool comes with plenty of perks! However, one of the potential negative effects of this generally positive lifestyle choice has to do with your hair. Chlorine can easily wreak havoc on typically lovely locks, especially if you take advantage of your backyard swimming pool on a regular basis. But don’t worry: […]
How To Include Children with Special Needs at Your Gymnastics Center, Part 2
In Part 1, we looked at 3 principles that are important for your gymnastics center instructors to apply when working with children who have special needs: Interact with the Child Observe the Child Put Safety (& Comfort) First Now we’ll look at several more principles that build on those original 3. Principle 4: Be Flexible […]
How To Include Children with Special Needs at Your Gymnastics Center, Part 1
As modern medicine and societal norms continue to develop, your gymnastics center will be more and more likely to engage with children who have special needs. No matter how highly trained your gymnastics instructors may be in their area of expertise, no amount of skill will be able to compensate for a basic working knowledge […]
Pool-Related Illnesses: Legionnaires’ Disease
While the most common Recreational Water Illnesses (or RWIs) are diarrheal in nature, respiratory infections can also be caused by swimming pool water. The most common respiratory disease caused by swimming pool water is caused by a microscopic germ called Legionella, which leads to Legionnaires’ disease. Understanding Legionnaires’ Disease Basics Also referred to as Legionellosis, […]
Pool-Related Illnesses: Infections That Aren’t Spread Through Pools
While there are plenty of RWIs you want to be cautious about spreading through your swimming pool, we thought we’d offer a silver lining: there are some infections that are pretty unlikely to spread through pool use — and they might surprise you! If you’ve been at all worried about fostering the spread of pinworm […]
Pool-Related Illnesses: How To Reduce the Formation of Chloramines
Once you understand what chloramines are and how they can negatively affect the health of those in and around your swimming pool, you’re probably ready to swear off public swimming pools for good! (We’re sorry about that.) On the positive side, though, hopefully you’re also motivated to help reduce the chances of chloramines infecting your […]
Pool-Related Illnesses: The Important Difference Between Chlorine and Chloramines
So far in this series, we’ve considered how swimming pools can cause skin infections, diarrheal RWIs, and ear infections. Thankfully, when you’re swimming in your own private swimming pool, you don’t run nearly the same amount of risk as you do when you swim in a public pool. And knowing more about what causes common […]
Pool-Related Illnesses: Swimmer’s Ear
Recreational Water Illnesses, which can be abbreviated RWIs, are caused by a combination of chemicals and germs found in pool water. While the most common types of RWIs are diarrheal illnesses and skin conditions, ear infections also make the list of common illnesses associated with swimming. Officially called “otitis externa,” this type of ear infection […]
Pool-Related Illnesses: The Most Common RWIs
Swimming can be a source of great benefits — physically, emotionally, and socially. However, the greatest benefits are truly reserved for those who invest the most in affording themselves and their families with a private pool. Even if you were to swim in a public pool with the same frequency, you wouldn’t stand to benefit […]