There are a couple of things patients or practitioners may be referring to when mentioning water therapy for diabetes. For many, they get in the water and exercise for their water therapy. Diabetes causes a lot of foot problems and many diabetics find it painful even to walk. Exercising in the pool, sometimes referred to as hydrotherapy or aquatic therapy, is much less painful and offers other benefits. Water therapy for diabetes can also refer to the practice of drinking large amounts of water upon waking up in the morning. This is believed by some to cure many ailments, diabetes being one of them.

Water Therapy for Diabetes in the Water

Water therapy for diabetes, or hydrotherapy, is widely recommended for anyone with diabetes. It is actually good exercise for anyone but for people with diabetes and other painful or debilitating conditions, it is a form of exercise …