What is Immersion Therapy?

Immersion Therapy is an innovative allied health service that expands on traditional hydrotherapy by accessing the underwater environment using scuba equipment. Immersion Therapy reduces barriers and enables people to improve their wellbeing under the guidance of an Allied Health Professional.

How does Immersion Therapy help people?

There are well established benefits of regular physical activity, having good mental health and being able to participate in community. Immersion Therapy provides an environment to achieve these outcomes in a way that is fun and socially engaging.

Sessions are co-designed and tailored to the individual’s goals to help them improve their:

• Physical Health
• Mental Health
• Social Health

Who is delivering Immersion Therapy?

Immersion Therapy is delivered by Accredited Exercise Physiologists that have completed specialist training in addition to their allied health qualifications. An Immersion Therapy Specialist must adhere to all relevant standards and guidelines.

Location and accessibility

Determined2 provides services within The Parks Recreation and Sports Centre at 46 Cowan St, Angle Park. The venue is equipped with:

• Large carpark with accessible parking options
• Multiple large changerooms and shower facilities
• Ambulant change room, showers and toilets
• Accessible change room, showers and toilets fitted with overhead lifters
• Two pools for lap swimming and therapy
• Fully equipped gym and functional fitness zone
• Large gymnasium with two basketball courts

How is Immersion Therapy funded?

Determined2 is a registered allied health provider and provides services to people funded by:

• Registered NDIS Provider (Capacity Building – Improved Daily Living)
• Return To Work SA (workplace injuries)
• Lifetime Support Authority (motor vehicle injuries)
• My Aged Care

Immersion Therapy is $185 per session. Sessions are 1 hour, with a maximum of 45 minutes in the water. Generally, people attend sessions weekly, but we can also support people who want to attend more or less frequently.

What do the participants think?

“My experience attending immersion therapy has been beneficial in numerous ways, I was not expecting to see improvements within weeks.”
Participant aged 52

“The weightlessness of exercising, exercising without pain, there is nothing I don’t enjoy about the sessions.”
Participant aged 33

“Freedom. I feel comfortable knowing I’ve got people there who make sure I don’t overdo it.”
Participant aged 45

“He is displaying happiness through his pure smiles exhibited before starting Immersion Therapy sessions. This is now being observed more outside of Immersion Therapy.”
Support Worker of Participant aged 23

“He tires very quickly when in social situations and also physically, so being able to go under the water where it’s quiet and he is not overloaded with sensory input, well, it calms him.”
Mum of Participant aged 13

How do I begin Immersion Therapy?

The first step for people interested in participating in Immersion Therapy is a Meet & Greet. This is a one-on-one session out of the water to view the service, how it might work for them and confirm if this is a service they would like to do.

A Meet & Greet can be booked on our website by clicking the ‘Book Now’ button and following the registration process. Alternatively, you can contact us or complete an enquiry form.

How do I refer someone?

To refer someone to Immersion Therapy, click the button ‘Refer Now’ to complete our referral form. Alternatively, you can provide us with the participants contact information and we will contact them about making the next steps.