"Recreation Therapy Puts the “Fun” in Functional"
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
RECREATIONAL THERAPY (RT)
TREATS
YOUR EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL HEALTH
BY USING ACTIVITIES YOU ENJOY
AS
RECREATION-BASED, STATE-OF-THE-ART,
INTEGRATIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT
FOR WHOLE-PERSON HEALTH
Do You Want the Most Out of Your Health?
- Health is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity[.]"
- "Whole person health involves looking at the whole person—not just separate organs or body systems—and considering multiple factors that promote either health or disease[.]"
- "Integrative health involves the optimal combination of all evidence-based approaches to help heal the person as a whole[.]"
- "Integrative medicine focuses on you as a whole person and not just your illness or disease."
Do You Take Action When Facing Challenges?
- Optimal health is a holistic focus with the aim of attaining the best possible health outcomes by promoting healthier behaviors and not merely the absence of disease[.]"
- Recreational Therapy (RT) at Inclusion Therapies is guided by Peak Wellness practices.
- Peak Wellness is as high a level of wellness as a person is capable of achieving ("where illness and wellness are conceived along a continuum, with death on one end and peak wellness at the other").
Do You Prioritize Your Quality of Life?
- Inclusion Therapies specializes in Whole-Person Health by providing Recreational Therapy (RT) to treat your Emotional, Physical and Social Health.
- RT is the allied health specialty that uses activities you enjoy as recreation-based integrative medical treatment to help maintain or improve patients’ physical, social, and emotional well-being[.]"
- At Inclusion Therapies, RT is delivered through our Lifestyle Foundation Program for Healthy Aging which treats the five domains (or areas) of your overall health (cognitive, emotional, physical, social, and spiritual) in a 2-6 month structured process.
"Health care extends beyond pills and medical devices."
- Baker, D. L., & Dye, C. (2017). Prescribing Experience: Discussion of Recreational Therapy as Health Care. Journal of Disability & Religion, 21(3), 296–318. https://doi.org/10.1080/23312521.2017.1326875
HOW THIS WORKS:
WANT IT
Recreational Therapy (RT):
Allied Health Speciality Treats
Your Emotional, Physical and Social Health
Mental Health is your ability to process information.
Emotional Health is how you express feelings based on the information you processed. (University of Minnesota Extension)
"Physical Health is the general well-being of your body." For example, nutrition, rest, be as active as possible.
"Social Health is our ability to effectively communicate with others, develop and maintain positive relationships (both quantity and quality), and create a community of support for ourselves."
For Preventive Health
Preventative Health conditions do not have a medical diagnosis. For example, grief, stress, loneliness and social isolation, work issues, nutrition, etc. These conditions are treated to prevent future medical diagnosed conditions.
For Individuals With Medical Diagnoses
The National Cancer Institute defines Recreational Therapy as, "A type of therapy that uses activities to help meet the physical and emotional needs of patients with an illness or disability and help them develop skills for daily living."
Chronic Conditions
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Cancer (Oncology Recreational Therapy)
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Cerebral Palsy (CP)
- Chronic Pain
- Dementia (Alzheimer's Disease, Lewy body dementia)
- Diabetes
- Paraplegia and Tetraplegia (Quadriplegia)
- Sleep Disorders (Hypersomnia, Insomnia, Narcolepsy, Restless Legs Syndrome, and Sleep Apnea)
- and more...
- Pain management
- Reduce Pain Anxiety
- Sensory Processing
- Increased Energy
- Develop social skills
- Manage behaviors
- Become more independent
- Socialization
- Community reintegration
- Foster teamwork
- Diabetes management
- Preventative medicine for chronic disease management
- Competence/mastery
- Relaxation
- Human growth and development in a new direction
- Fall prevention
- Fear of falling
- Improve Resiliency
- Decreasing cortisol levels
- Decrease of separation anxiety
Physical Rehab
- Significant improvements in muscle strength, flexibility, and balance
- Increased muscular endurance
- Increase gross motor skills
- Improve physical fitness
- Recover basic motor functioning
- Reestablish functional independence
- Support healthy brain functioning
- Restore physical health
- Control/power over self and things
- Increasing aerobic activity
- Improved cardiovascular fitness
- Stretching
- Enhance locomotion
Psychosocial Rehab (PSR)
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Depression
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- and more...
- Decreased anxiety
- Improve self-image
- Increase self-esteem
- Nurture self-awareness
- Reduce stress
- Improvement in motivation
- Finding meaning and purpose
- Enhance coping skills
- Personal growth and development
- Wellness planning
- Sense of connection/belonging with individuals and groups
- Mitigate Symptoms of Depression
- Improve the mental and emotional coping mechanisms for PTSD
- Improve the number and quality of social connections
- Promoting Healthy Lifestyles
- Develop Spirituality
- Alleviate antepartum-related distress
START IT
- First session Initial Clinical Health Assessment & Periodic Evaluation with Clinical Director Recreational Therapist (RT)
- Member's Choice for All-Access Signup for Optional Group Activity Sessions (based on availability, maximum of 4 groups per month per subscription)
- Member's Choice between Online or In-Person Sessions
- Member's Choice to pause or cancel monthly membership at any time (cancellation effective at the conclusion of the current prepaid month)
A member may add adults over 18 for an additional $99 per month per adult (to share one membership together).
FINISH IT
Lifestyle Foundation Program
for Healthy Aging
What is the Lifestyle Foundation Program for Healthy Aging?
All New Members are Enrolled in our Lifestyle Foundation Program for Healthy Aging.
"Healthy living is healthy aging.
Developing and maintaining healthy aging practices throughout the lifespan contributes to greater resilience and opportunities to thrive as we age – from infancy through older adulthood."
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Activities as Recreation-Based
Integrative Medical Treatment
Recreation-Based Integrative Medical Treatment is delivered by Recreational Therapists (as qualified providers) when they use leisure activity techniques as interventions to help patients of all ages with their Emotional, Physical and Social Health.
When are you the happiest?
Is it when you are fishing? Or, when you are winning the video game Fortnite? Is it when you are in your garden, playing card games, cooking or telling a joke? Maybe it is when you are listening to your favorite music, taking a walk outside or volunteering to help others? Or, just doing nothing at all and relaxing? Constructive activities that you enjoy (and are meaningful to you), those are your leisure interests. They are a fundamental aspect of what makes you, uniquely you. They give your life meaning. They impact your overall health and quality of life.
What RT Helps:
When an accident, illness, disease, disability or disorder impacts your ability to do the fun activities that are the most meaningful in your life; Recreational Therapy (RT), is the specialized therapy to help you! Whether you are rehabilitating to “get back” to yourself, living well with a chronic condition or disorder, or simply want preventive care to be your healthiest self; RT is the allied health specialty that treats Emotional, Physical and Social Health by using activities as state-of-the-art Recreation-Based Medical Treatment.
How RT Helps:
If you enjoy gardening, RT treats your Physical Health by using gardening in your therapy session as Recreation-Based Medical Treatment to help you regain muscle strength, improve balance, and increase motor functioning.
If you enjoy playing video games, RT treats your Emotional and Social Health by using playing video games in your therapy session as Recreation-Based Integrative Medical Treatment to help you develop social skills, decrease anxiety, or reduce stress.
Recreational Therapists use a variety of scientific evidence-based activities and therapeutic methods (including ACT, CBT, DBT for Emotional Health and Social Health).
Activities you enjoy are used as recreation-based integrative medicine in Recreational Therapy (RT) sessions.
All New Members are Enrolled in our Lifestyle Foundation Program
The program is 2-6 months (based on client goals and plan) and is paid via monthly membership subscription.
Members may pause or cancel membership subscription at any time
(cancellation effective at the conclusion of their current prepaid month).