United States Department of Veterans Affairs

VA Boston Healthcare System

Adaptive Sports

After a traumatic injury that negatively affects their function, many veterans

 basketball

begin participating in adaptive sport programs
 
VA Boston Healthcare System offers many programs of its own and also teams with community partners to provide a variety of sports, including:

  • Kayaking: available at our Brockton campus, this program includes pool sessions and community trips
  • Wheelchair Basketball, Softball, and Tennis
  • Handcycling: for veterans with limited use of legs, this is a bicycling option with use of hands.
  • Adaptive skiing and snowboarding
  • Surfing
  • Fishing
  • Air rifle training and competition
  • Cycling
  • Sailing
  • Rowing

kayaking

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Related Links:

National Veterans Wheelchair Games 
National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic

Paralyzed Veterans of America Sports and Recreation*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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