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Photo: Several young people at the WCMX in the Sport Center at the REHACARE trade fair; Copyright: Messe Düsseldorf/Andreas Wiese

Sports and recreation – at REHACARE 2023!

Visit us in Düsseldorf: 13 - 16 September 2023!

Whether sailing, wheelchair basketball or table tennis – the diversity of inclusive sports has always found a home at REHACARE! As the world's largest trade fair for rehabilitation and care, REHACARE offers both space and know-how in an own hall to try out many types of sports directly on site and to get advice – whether from employees of the numerous clubs or from the experts of the companies that manufacture aids for sports and leisure.

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Photo: The BRSNW magazine "aktiv dabei" is available at the BRSNW information stand in the Sports Center at the REHACARE trade fair; Copyright: beta-web GmbH

Good reasons for REHACARE

Graphic: green icon in the shape of a thumb pointing upwards. Below the text: 95% of the visitors recommend REHACARE; linked to the profile data of REHACARE trade fair 2019.
Graphic: green icon in the shape of two people. Below the text: > 700 exhibitors from 40 countries; linked to the exhibitor list of REHACARE trade fair 2019.
Graphic: green icon in the shape of three people. Below the text: 75% of trade visitors have authority to decide; linked to the profile data of REHACARE trade fair 2019.
Graphic: green icon in the shape of a globe. Below the text: > 40,000 visitors worldwide; linked to the profile data of REHACARE trade fair 2019

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Exhibitors from the field of sports for people with disabilities

The Sports Center is one of the most popular meeting places at REHACARE. There the Rehabilitation and Sports Association of People with Disabilities in North-Rhine Westphalia (German: Behinderten- und Rehabilitationssportverband Nordrhein-Westfalen – BRSNW) invites the trade fair visitors to discover the diversity of sports. If you are looking for sports aids for people with disabilities or for leisure and sports activities in a club, you must come to REHACARE 2023, because there you are guaranteed to find whatever you are looking for. Visit us in Düsseldorf and get in touch with various exhibiting companies and associations in the field of sports and leisure activities for people with disabilities. You can find offers in the following product categories:
Graphic: green icon of a person playing soccer as a symbol for the theme area sports and recreation for people with disabilities at the REHACARE trade fair.
– Leisure facilities
– Swimming aids
– Sport equipments, winter sports
Graphic: green icon of a person playing soccer as a symbol for the theme area sports and recreation for people with disabilities at the REHACARE trade fair.
– Exercise therapy
– Equipment for strength-training
– Gymnastics equipment and accessories

REHACARE Sports Center

Grafik: Logo Sport-Center der REHACARE in Zusammenarbeit mit dem BRSNW

From table tennis to soccer to judo – there is always something going on at the REHACARE Sports Center in Hall 7a! At REHACARE 2022, a large range of participatory activities, coordinated by the BRSNW, ensured this.

In addition to the program highlights on the individual days, many sports can also be tried out on site on all days of the fair. So there is always something to experience at the Sports Center!

Photo: A winter sport aid for people with disabilities at REHACARE, lettering: hygiene concept; linked to the hygiene concept of Messe Düsseldorf
Graphic: White lettering on green background: Newsletter; linked to subscription page for the REHACARE Newsletter
Photo: Several trade visitors talking to each other at REHACARE, writing: Trade fair planner; linked to trade fair planner for visitors for REHACARE
Photo: The new SV14 sailboat of the Yachtclub Möhnesee with two persons on board; Copyright: Yachtclub Möhnesee e. V.

The joy of water sports includes people with disabilities

Water sports such as diving, sailing, or kiteboarding evoke a feeling of freedom! You don’t have to travel the five oceans of the world to get in on the fun. Depending on the type of sport, your local man-made lake or public swimming pool can also do the trick.
Click here for the article about inclusive water sports
Photo: an inclusive sailboat with a man in front and a woman behind. The woman is missing her arms and steers with her feet; Copyright: Andrea Francolini-www.afrancolini.com

"Disability is no longer an issue once you get in the boat"

What does inclusive sailing entail? Just ask Elke Paatz. She practically grew up on a sailboat and has become disabled as the result of a sports accident. Paatz is the contact person for inclusive (adaptive) sailing on behalf of the German Sailing Federation, DSV.
Click here for the interview about inclusive sailing
Photo: Close-up of the lower body of a user who is currently driving with spike over a gravel road; Copyright: Exero Technologies

Functionality meets design: the new adaptive sport equipment Spike

Activities aiming at occupational therapy and rehabilitation are boring? Not necessarily! A new assistive exercise and sports equipment named Spike is not only designed to be fun, but also suitable for everybody who wants to get and stay fit. How this works for whom and what kind of history connects Spike with REHACARE? We asked!
Click here for the interview Exero Technologies
Photo collage: The turkish wheelchair basketball players Cem Gezinci, Ozgur Gurbulak and the tennis player Ugur Altinel; Copyright: ExtraWheelchairs

EXTRA: Made to measure sports wheelchair for a better performance

Solid and adapted – this is how auxiliary means for competitive sports such as wheelchair basketball should be. That's why EXTRA wheelchairs from Turkey offers made to measure sports wheelchairs to professional sports people. Find out about the importance of customization and valuable feedback directly from the basketball court.
Click here for the interview with Demirhan Serefhan

All product categories of REHACARE

Foto: Electronic eating aid
Photo: Focal parc "People with disabilities at work"
Photo: Hand reaching for a holder on a tiled bathroom wall
Photo: Buggy for children with disabilities
Photo: Close-up of a talker display for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ACC)
Photo: Several patches are attached at different places on the upper body of a doll
Medical care
Photo: Close-up of an interior of a converted car, among other things with steering wheel and adapted gearshift.
Photo: Man with a leg prosthesis walking down stairs
Photo: Hands operate an app on a smartphone that controls the nursing bed in the background
Photo: Exhibitor and visitor sitting next to an accessible small boat
Photo: Several colorful balls and massage rolls
Photo: Various exhibition stands from a bird's eye view, among others by BAG SELBSTHILFE and VdK Germany