Mary Essert presented a workshop on the Aquatic Management of Fibromyalgia and also a workshop on Watsu® for Chronic Pain Management  at the Jornadas Naionales y Internacionales de Hidroterapia y Actividad Acuatica Adaptada at El Picacho Consejeria de Education, Junta de Andalucia in Sanlucar de Barrameda, Cadiz – Andalucia Spain  on July 19, 2011.  These were part of a week long workshop which centered on adapted aquatics for children and adults with special needs.

A dozen members of the Sanlucar de Barrameda Fibromyalgia Association attended the workshop and contributed information to the 175 physical therapist attendees and presenters. Mrs. Manuela Roblee Bernal, the Chairman of the Cadiz Fibromyalgia Association presented Essert with an engraved plaque in appreciation of her work.

Essert’s comment was “ I think we built strong bridges of understanding between these local  women who have Fibromyalgia and the therapy community.”

Resources which she made available to all conference participants included information available on line in English and  Spanish from www.fmpartnership.org.  For other resources and some conference photos see www.maryessert.com.

 

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