Mary Free Bed Wheelchair and Adaptive Sports
Mary Free Bed’s Wheelchair & Adaptive Sports Program provides enriching opportunities for people of all ages and abilities to challenge the body and the mind for a lifetime. It’s one of the largest programs of its kind in the United States.
Enrich your life with the sense of camaraderie, competition and accomplishment that comes with athletic activity. Mary Free Bed’s Wheelchair & Adaptive Sports program offers you a variety of co-ed teams, classes and clinics designed for patients and community members with limited mobility and other physical impairments.
Participating in sports and other recreation programs isn’t just good for your physical healing. There are social and psychological advantages to incorporating athletic and leisure activities into your life, as well.
Feel the exhilaration that comes at the height of physical competition, or experience the solitude and stillness that comes from challenging your body and mind. Mary Free Bed’s wheelchair and adaptive sports programs and recreation events help you find the rush you’re looking for.
Activities
See AllAdaptive Skiing
Archery
Basketball/Wheelchair Basketball
Para Canoeing
CrossFit/Adaptive CrossFit
Cycling/Adaptive Cycling
Fencing/Wheelchair Fencing
Fitness/Cross Training
Golf/Adaptive Golf
Kayaking/Adaptive Kayaking
Lacrosse/Wheelchair Lacrosse
Mountain Biking/Adaptive Mountain Biking
Pickleball
Rock Climbing/Adaptive Rock Climbing
Running/Wheelchair Racing
Sailing
Scuba
Scuba is an acronym for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. Although humans have been venturing underwater for more than 2000 years, it wasn’t until 1942 they were able to breathe underwater free from a surface supply of air. It was Jacques Cousteau, collaborating with French engineer Emile Gagnan, who developed the SCUBA. Getting Started To…
Sled Hockey
Soccer/Power Soccer
Softball
Strength Training
Proper muscle balance is essential in order to prevent injuries and to enhance athletic performance. Common sport-related injuries such as rotator cuff tendonitis or bicepital tendonitis are due to overuse/improper muscular balance. These injuries are common in certain sports, but are also common to the everyday wheelchair user. A high percentage of athletes in throwing…
Swimming
Since the first Paralympic Games in Rome in 1960, swimming has been one of the Games’ main sports. The thrill of competition aside, swimming offers many benefits including strengthening the cardiovascular systems and the major muscle groups of both the upper and lower body. It also develops flexibility in the muscles and joints as…
Tennis/Wheelchair Tennis
The people you meet through tennis are friendly, happy, optimistic and outgoing, They just want to have a good time and want others to have a good time. – Steve Kappes, Director of the San Diego Wounded Warrior Tennis Program and Director of Military Outreach for the San Diego District Tennis Association All About…
Track and Field
Track and Field is the largest Olympic and Paralympic sport in terms of the number of athletes and number of classifications and categories. In addition to the races that take place on the track, there are a number of competitions that take place on the field inside the track. In particular, there are throwing and…
Water Skiing
Water Skiing 101 Ride the Wake! There is nothing like spending a warm summer day by the water. But water-skiers will tell you that even better is a day spent water skiing along on the surface of the water with the wind in their hair. Don’t think because you have a disability that you can’t…
Wheelchair Rugby
Trying to describe the sport of wheelchair rugby may be difficult. You just have to see it. Better yet, you just have to play it. “There really isn’t an able-bodied counterpart,” according to Katie Joly, program manager at the Gaylord Hospital Sports Association, a Move United member organization based in Connecticut. “It is a mixture…
Yoga
It is difficult to find balance without the ability to look inward, whether it is physical balance or balance in our daily lives. Starting the day healthfully can be as simple as breathing and stretching. An important component of a total fitness program is stretching. Add focused deep breathing to a stretch and you’ve entered…
CONTACTS
- Email: sports@maryfreebed.com
- Web: maryfreebed.com/rehabilitation/sports-rehabilitation/wheelchair-adaptive-sports
- Phone: (616) 840-8356
- Location: Grand Rapids, MI, 49503
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