Exercise Therapy Program

Exercise Therapy

Written by Drew Redd. Mina Draskovic, B.Psy., reviewed this content for accuracy.

People from all walks of life suffer from addiction. However, no two people experience the same effects of their substance use disorders. Likewise, your recovery needs to involve an individualized treatment plan that works for your specific needs. One of those needs is improved physical wellness, which you can gain through exercise therapy in rehab.

Why Exercise Therapy?

Your substance abuse caused changes throughout your body. You stopped feeling happy, energetic, enthusiastic, and outgoing. Do you recognize yourself, as compared to who you were before drugs or alcohol? Most people living in addiction do not.

The good news is that you can get your old self back again. The road to wellness after addiction includes many types of therapy, including physical activity. Of course, exercise therapy provides this physical activity. Through this therapy, you set goals for your well-being and fitness. You can even reach some of those goals during rehab.

Additionally, engaging in an exercise therapy program in rehab helps you look and feel healthier. You gain pride from how quickly you improve and how much better you look. Also, people around you notice your changes. You enjoy a higher level of energy, accomplish more each day, and feel better in your clothing. These are all reasons why exercise therapy plays a significant role in your recovery.

Bigger Reasons for Exercise Therapy

Exercise does more than help you feel good, look healthier, and meet fitness goals in rehab. This type of therapy is a holistic treatment, also called alternative therapy. Alternative therapies provide you multiple means of fighting cravings and preventing relapse.

Ardu Recovery Center in Provo, Utah uses exercise therapy for long-term recovery. This method helps you by enabling clearer thinking, elevated moods, and overall health improvement. After exercise, you feel that “workout high” naturally, one that keeps you coming back for more physical activity once you get into a routine. Other advantages of an exercise therapy program in rehab include:

Oxygen and nutrient supply throughout your body
Improved memory, learning, and thinking
Better focus, organization and problem-solving
Improved organ functioning
Higher, more stable, and happier mood
Relapse prevention and stress relief
Normalized sleep patterns

One of these benefits, stress relief, helps you every day of your recovery. You do not hold in your tension and frustration when you work out. Through your exercise therapy program, you invest in yourself, help yourself feel relaxed, and ward off the stress that can lead to relapse. Seeing positive results on your body through exercise therapy also gives you strength when you might otherwise fall into relapse.

When your body looks and feels better, it provides its own rewards for your exercise therapy program. However, using workouts to fight cravings, triggers, and temptations rewards you even more. Your self-esteem and self-worth grow, making you less likely to travel backward on your recovery journey. Instead, you find yourself making positive life choices.

Starting Exercise for Your Recovery

Ardu Recovery Center in Provo, Utah provides exercise as one holistic therapy in a program of multiple therapy options. Your individualized treatment at Ardu Recovery Center includes a custom exercise plan designed for your specific needs. This therapy often works alongside other holistic methods, such as nutrition therapy, Massara, Reiki, yoga, and mindfulness.

Other programs offered Ardu Recovery Center include:

Finally, for your best chance of lasting recovery on ongoing physical wellness, you need healthy exercise. This therapy and others await you at Ardu Recovery Center in Provo. So, rise up and start working for the life you really deserve, one without drugs or alcohol. Contact Ardu Recovery Center today at 801-810-1234 to begin your journey.

Drew Redd is the executive director of Ardu Recovery Center and is dedicated to empowering people on their journey to sobriety.

Exercise Therapy Program

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