Discover your best practice

Do you work with water immersion? Optimize your clinical decision to trigger the best results in a safe way for your athlete or patient now. Learn all about applying water immersion in sports practice via this online accredited advanced course.

  • Gain insights in the general principles and working mechanisms

  • Acquire an appraisal of the most recent research findings

  • Learn to optimize the use and increase compliance of your athlete

  • Get guidelines for a safe and effective immersion

Reviewed by our experts in the field

Reviewed by our experts in the field

Get certified: NATA, NASM or AFAA

Become a cold-water immersion expert

Your learning objectives

At the conclusion of this water immersion advanced course you should be able to:

  • Explain the physiological principles and appraise the research findings

  • Evaluate the evidence-based findings to optimize best-practice solutions

  • Consider the critical environmental and personal factors for maximizing safety, effectiveness and standardization

Water-immersion Advanced Course Curriculum

This course (9 chapters, total time 5 hours) contains video's, written materials, a reference list, an easy to use portal and your personal certification.

  • 1
    Welcome to the course!
  • 2
    The art of water immersion
  • 3
    How does it work?
  • 4
    What is the research telling us?
  • 5
    Improving safety
  • 6
    Considerations for the proper protocol
  • 7
    Enhancing the efficacy of your strategy
  • 8
    The practical application of water immersion
  • 9
    Become a water immersion expert
  • 10
    Next steps
  • 11
    Bonus material: Water immersion versus whole-body cryo
  • A message from the instructor Before we begin... Script and references
  • 2.1 The concept of cold and heat 2.2 Evidence based practice and the physical laws Knowledge check chapter 2.1 & 2.2 2.3. Positioning water immersion in practice 2.4 The history and general principle Knowledge check chapter 2.3 & 2.4 Script and references
  • 3.1: The physiological working mechanisms (part 1) Knowledge check 3.1 3.1: The physiological working mechanisms (part 2) Knowledgde check 3.1 (part 2) 3.2: Water immersion for sports care Knowlegde check 3.2 3.3.1 : The injury healing process and rehab indications Knowledge check 3.3.1 3.3.2: Orthopedic and musculoskeletal injury care Knowledge check 3.3.2 Script and references
  • 4.1.1: Skin temperature effects Knowlegde check 4.1 4.1.2: Core- and muscle temperature effects Knowledge check 4.1.2 4.2 : Recovery markers Knowledge check chapter 4.2 4.3 : Effectiveness on performance measures Knowledge check 4.3 4.4 : DOMS and other subjective effects knowlegde check 4.4 4.5: Effectiveness in rehabilitation Knowlegde check 4.5 Script and references
  • 5: Adverse events, symptoms, contraindications and precautions Knowlegde check chapter 5 Hand-out: contraindications and precautions WI Script and references
  • 6.1: Water immersion temperature Knowlegde check 6.1 6.2 : Water immersion duration Knowledge check 6.2 6.3 : Water immersion frequency Knowledg check 6.3 Script and references
  • 7.1 : Water immersion technique Knowlegde check chapter 7.1 7.2: Immersion position Knowlegde check 7.2 7.3 : Objective and subsquent exercise Knowlegde check chapter 7.3 7.4 : Body composition and muscle mass Knowlegde check chapter 7.4 7.5: Other factors: age, gender, responsiveness and ethnicity Knowlegde check chapter 7.5 Script and references Download: recommended protocol settings for CWI
  • 8.1 : Inflammation and muscle adaptation Knowlegde check 8.1 8.2 : Getting the buy-in of your athlete Knowledge check 8.2 8.3 : Water immersion and exercising in the heat Knowledge check 8.3 8.4 : Clinical decision making Case description from your own practice 8.5: Clinical reasoning in the recovery domain (cases) 8.6.1: Clinical reasoning in rehabilitation-part 1 Knowledge check 8.6.1 8.6.2: Clinical reasoning in rehabilitation- part 2 Knowledge check 8.6.2 Script and references
  • Expert-exam
  • Before you go...
  • Water immersion versus whole-body cryo Bonus_Factsheet WBC versus CWI

3 Steps to become a certified water immersion expert

  • Certified Expert

    Complete the course to become a Water Immersion expert.

  • Certificate of Completion

    Pass the exam and receive your certificate of completion

  • Earn your Ceu's

    Earn your Continuing Education units from the National Athletic Trainer Association (NATA, USA )