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Swimming, as a sport and therapy

Besides the necessary skills for life, swimming is also a very useful medical therapy. But parents need to be careful introducing them to baby.
Swimming sports are very popular and loved family. Evidenced by the swimming pool is always full as a family recreation. On the sidelines of the density of the pool with its own swimming or just playing the water, there are always people who learn to swim. Parents teach swimming to children, friends teach each other, or even more is a professional trainer to teach their students.

The age of six years is the most appropriate time to learn to swim.
Below that age, only to introduce water or just playing with the water, so he was not afraid of water.

Babies?

According to health experts, so-called "swim" for babies are not swimming with the right techniques. This is just playing with water, using a float or carry.

Restricted minimum age is 6 years based on the child's motor skills are already much better than before that age. Under 6 years of age, children are not perfect motor. He could not flap or kicking his legs to get swim techniques.

Healthy and tall

Generally, parents want the child in addition to swimming ability as self rescue in deep water, also to form their children's health. What is expected of the parents is not excessive. This sport is able to increase the child's immune system against disease. Swimming movements is involving almost all the muscles of the body. This is beneficial for health, keep your body fit.

Many parents provide swimming sports in the hope of bone growth a child so the child becomes higher.

Based on research on a number of mice, obtained results are more long bones in rats that were told to swim continuously for a month, compared with mice that did not swim. From the study, found the weight or mass of a swimming rat bone increases 19%, 11% of bone volume, and high 2.8%.

This research is also very significant in humans. "Added height is caused by the body while swimming a lot of oxygen supply. This stimulates bone growth, the growth center is at the knee,”

Some other parents, send their children to the swimming pool as therapy for asthma baby suffered. For asthma therapy, the swim was able to help the patient but not the cure. More to help prevent asthma relapse.

Because the immune system increases, the possibility of relapse of asthma is reduced. "Swimming is good for asthma sufferers, because it can strengthen the muscles of the lungs.
In addition to the positive side, there are also negative effects from this pool sports. Swimming sports are individualistic. To prevent the child's individualistic character, in addition to swim should be balanced with the child also introduced in other sports that are working together, like basketball.

Another risk is injury due to swimming. This could happen to those who over-use (excessive). It’s advised not to swim more than an hour. Bone injuries usually occur in freestyle, back, or a butterfly. In the freestyle and back of the hand movements can make shoulder injury.

What about bacteria and germs? Do not worry, usually water in the swimming pool is a functioning use of chlorine to kill germs and bacteria. In addition, in the open air, the sun also helps kill germs