PEH3 - AQUATICS RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY

• Recreational Activities (Leisure)


  Time spent for activities not related to work and done for enjoyment and relaxation to feel refreshed
• Leisure is an essential part of human life
• Article 24 of the universal declaration of human rights - everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay
• Aquatics is a broad term used for activities done in or on the water. Among these are many lifelong and competitive activities such as fitness swimming, water aerobics, synchronized swimming, kayaking etc.
• Filipinos have a variety of water forms where they can engage in water- based recreational activities
• The Philippines over 7 641 islands boast of beaches, lakes, rivers and other natural water forms
• hundreds of swimming pools that have become quite accessible in many cities and many man-made bodies of water
• Example of Water-based Recreational Activity(SK Su-SaN-Wat)

  • Swimming
  • Kayaking
  • Surfing
  • Snorkeling
  • Water Aerobics
• Swimming


  Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with varied distance events in: butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley.
• Kayaking


  Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving across water. A kayak is a low-to-the-water, canoe-like boat in which the paddler sits facing forward, legs in front, using a double-bladed paddle to pull front-to-back on one side and then the other in rotation.
• Surfing


  Surfing is the sport of riding waves in an upright or prone position. Surfers catch ocean, river, or man-made waves, and glide across the surface of the water until the wave breaks and loses its energy.
• Snorkeling


  Snorkeling is the practice of swimming on or through a body of water while equipped with a diving mask, a shaped breathing tube called a snorkel, and usually swim fins. In cooler waters, a wetsuit may also be worn.
• Water Aerobics


  Water aerobics is the performance of aerobic exercise in water such as in a swimming pool. Done mostly vertically and without swimming typically in waist deep or deeper water, it is a type of resistance training. Water aerobics is a form of aerobic exercise that requires water-immersed participants.
• Benefits of Water-based Recreational Activity

  • Water-based exercise can help people with chronic diseases.
  • For people with arthritis, it improves use of affected joints without worsening symptoms.
  • People with arthritis have more health improvements after participating in hydrotherapy than with other activities.
  • Improves the use of affected joints and decreases pain from osteoarthritis.
  • Improves muscle strength and endurance
  • Relieves stress
  • Enhances self-confidence and self-worth
• Hazards of Water-based Recreational Activity- While water-based recreational activities bring water-based substantial health and mental benefits, they also pose serious hazards and health risks.


  The World Health Organization categorized these hazards into:

  • Physical
  • Microbial
  • Chemical
• Physical Hazards


  Public swimming pools can present several physical hazards for users and workers.

  
  

  Drowning, near-drowning, fall impact injuries, and injuries resulting from improperly designed and poorly maintained water circulation systems
• The WHO estimates 372, 000 people worldwide die annually due to drowning
• Reducing and Preventing Physical Hazards

  • Teaching participant of water-based recreations about the risk, will make them more cautious such they will strictly follow safety protocols.
  • Informing them about basic life saving and first aid techniques.
  • Vigilant supervision must be encouraged. Instructors and other concerned people must constantly keep an eye on participants especially beginners and weak swimmers.
  • Make participants comfortable with water.
  • For organizers and owners of swimming places, installing fences and other safety devices will prevent drowning and other accidents.
• Microbial Hazards


  The risk of illness or infection associated with swimming pools, spas and similar recreational-water environments has been linked to contamination of the water. Bacteria can also be shared from users and transmitted via contaminated water in pools or spas.
• Reducing and Preventing Microbial Hazards

  • WHO encourages effective sewage discharge procedures to be set up.
  • Swimming pool managements must also apply only the appropriate levels of chlorine and monitoring the levels of disinfectants as well as the pH levels in pools. (7-7.6)
  • Pre-showering must be done.
• Chemical Hazards


  THREE MAIN ROUTES OF EXPOSURE TO CHEMICALS

  
  

  • Direct ingestion of water
  • Inhalation of volatile or aerosolized solutes
  • dermal contact and absorption through the skin
  • urine, sweat, dirt, lotions (sunscreen, cosmetics, soap residues, etc.)
• Reducing and Preventing Chemical Hazards

  • Monitoring and regulating industrial effluents are the key solution. Must implement rules and laws in relation to how industries discharge their waste.
  • Encouraging pre-showering and good hygienic behavior
• Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that

  requires the use of one's entire

  body to move through water.
• Competitive swimming is one of

  the most popular Olympic sports,

  with varied distance events in:

  butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke,

  freestyle, and individual medley.
• Competitive swimming is one of

  the most popular Olympic sports,

  with varied distance events in:

  butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke,

  freestyle, and individual medley.