Recreational therapy helps in “restoration and rehabilitation of a person's independent way of living and performing independently in daily life activities and their level of proper functioning, it has a major effect on the promotion of health & wellness and eliminate or reduce the activity restrictions and limitations to be able to participate in daily life situations caused due to an illness or any kind of disabling condition." This plays a vital role in keep hold of people together.

This is that one profession among many whose possibilities are immense and can be used in many different settings and so many different ways, therapists can easily customize their treatments” this is that one kind of therapy that people really enjoy going to.

What is their role play?

Recreational therapist infuses goal-oriented leisure and health care, from music to sports, bowling to hiking. After meeting with a patient, they make individualized plan of treatment according to their client’s needs and while doing so they consider all the factors including their patients abilities disabilities and interests.

A recreational therapist will examine their patients first and ask various questions to know them better like what they are really like as a person and enjoy doing the most?'

What kind of people can be benefitted by recreational therapists?

People who want to maintain or improve their emotional and social well-being along with the physical one are the most suitable candidates for recreational physical therapy basically it includes various different kinds of treatment programs like drama, music, sports, games, crafts etc.

Their work settings?

The work settings of recreational therapist are as varied and individualized as their patients are. Along with working in the medical and health centers, they are increasingly working at private centers.

What is that unique factor of recreational therapy to the health care team?

The unique factor in recreational therapy is mainly its techniques, unlike the usual ways of physical therapy this brings more challenges to their patients in terms of physical activities along with learning something as in, dance, music, horse riding, rock climbing, wheelchair sports to recover from an accident or from some kind of mental trauma. They do it in a more interactive way and achieving their goal on the basis of their clients’ interests and goals.

Author Bio:

Pieter Reynolds is familiar with well-known physical therapy professionals. He himself has been benefited by this therapeutic technique to improve his health condition. In this article, he has shared information about “What are recreational therapists?” after collecting information from various sources and from skilled physical therapists in OC.