ElsaMars, depending upon where you are, my pool might be an option for you. It is at San Jose State University. It is a warm pool - 92 degrees - and people use it to alleviate aches and pains. It is also used for adaptive aquatics in people who are disabled. Visiting it is somewhat hard because you witness so much human suffering - for instance, on Saturdays one man pulls the body of his teenage cerebral palsy boy through the water. I leave the pool thinking uneasy about being so healthy in comparison - I can walk and I can swim on my own. There is a Down kid there and other disabled people. It is just hard, thinking of how wellness and disability are distributed so that some are lucky and others are not. But the swimming itself is very pleasurable, as you immerse yourself in the water that warm, and I was able to swim even when depressed. That is the only exercise I can do even when depressed.
The pool also has "toys" you can use for strength-training in the water. I just do not know how to use them.
If you are in the San Jose area, I'd try it!
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