Prisma Health build new new adaptive sports facility at Unity Park
August 13, 2023
Prisma Health’s Roger C. Peace Rehabilitation (RCP) Hospital is working with community partners to create an initiative at Unity Park that will be focused on expanding community access to adaptive wellness and sports opportunities.
The location (159 Welborn Street) is anticipated to open in Fall 2024 and will begin with adaptive yoga classes and adaptive bicycle rentals at reduced or no cost depending on need.
Adaptive sports are sports that are modified to allow people with physical or intellectual disabilities or chronic health conditions to take part. Almost every sport, and many other athletic recreational activities, has an adaptive counterpart. “Our goal is to provide more access – whether through equipment, expertise or the activities themselves. If you have trouble staying active and healthy because you need adaptations, come see us – we can help you figure it out,” said Elizabeth DuBose, associate administrator at RCP.
The 9,000-square-foot space – just off the Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail and already under construction – will include educational space, physical therapy services, post-rehabilitation areas, bike storage and wellness programs through Prisma Health’s Center for Integrative Oncology and Survivorship and its Center for Cancer Prevention and Wellness.
The new space will also serve as an access point to the RCP Upstate Community Abilities (UCAN) program, which hosts adaptive-sports clinics throughout the Upstate. Clinics range from wheelchair basketball to golfing, kayaking, pickleball and skiing, providing at least 2,000 adaptive accessible experiences to disabled community members and their family members each year.
