When Julie McLaughlin suggested that her husband Mark McLaughlin, MD join her for a swim class at the CentraState Fitness and Wellness Center, he couldn't have predicted it would become one of his favourite ways to exercise.
"Being buoyant and feeling the water on your skin engages the entire nervous system," says Dr. McLaughlin. "It helps strengthen and integrate the sensory nerves associated with balance and proprioception, your body's ability to perceive its own position in space."
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