What is Therapeutic Recreation?

Therapeutic Recreation uses recreation and other activity-based interventions to address the needs of individuals with illnesses and/or disabling conditions as a means to psychological and physical health, recovery and well-being. Therapeutic recreation is an integral part of the total rehabilitation process for spinal cord and brain injuries. Leisure-time activities help define who we are, give life fullness, and keep us healthy.
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Craig Hospital in Denver, Colorado, is a world-renowned rehabilitation hospital that exclusively specializes in the neuro-rehabilitation and research of patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) and brain injury (BI). Craig is a not-for-profit, free-standing, national center of excellence that has treated more than 31,000 patients with SCI and BI since 1956: craighospital....