Sport-Health Centres are a space for welcoming, informing, advising and supporting all those who need to use physical and sporting activity for health or well-being purposes.

Sports and health centers are aimed at:

•  Healthy people who have never done any physical activity or have not done so for a long time and who want to get back into physical activity for health and well-being purposes, all with support.
• People suffering from long-term illnesses (ALD) who wish or need to engage in adapted and safe physical activity with trained professionals, for therapeutic, health, and well-being purposes.
• People suffering from chronic illnesses for whom physical activity and sport are recommended.

To find out more about sports and health centers:

1. The development of a Adapted Physical Activity care pathway for patients of all pathologies, by creating links between the different structures in the region as well as with other Sport Health Centers, hospitals or former networks, in order to best guide patients throughout the territory and so that they can initiate and/or maintain physical activity and above all sustain their practice.
2. The development of Physical Activity in the life course of employees of the Caen Normandy University Hospital: Quality of life at work, Health at work.
3. There raising awareness among patients, their caregivers, and medical and paramedical staff about the positive impacts of a life in motion through:
   1. Numerous presentations in departments of all medical, surgical and obstetric specialties,
   2. Communications aimed at the general public, patients, and agents,
   3. Creation and execution of events related to APA.
4. Research : APA protocols are being put in place to evaluate the impact of physical activity on different pathologies (for which these impacts have not yet been demonstrated) or to determine which activities to offer depending on the type of pathology and functional impairment .

All of these actions carried out within the University Hospital around APA were recognized as " Sports and Health Centre " in 2021, within the framework of the National Sport and Health Strategy 2019-2024.

On December 19, 2023, the MSS was renewed for 5 years by the services of the public health department of the ARS and the Regional Academic Delegation for Youth, Engagement and Sports (DRAJES) of the Academy of Normandy in view of the specifications of the MSS defined by thedecree of April 25, 2023.

To improve the health of the population by promoting physical and sporting activity for everyone, on a daily basis, with or without pathology, at all stages of life.

10 golden habits for your health

1. I report to my doctor any chest pain or abnormal shortness of breath occurring during exertion.
2. I report to my doctor any heart palpitations occurring during or just after exertion.
3. I report any discomfort occurring during or immediately after exercise to my doctor.* Download the video
4. I always include a 10-minute warm-up and cool-down during my sporting activities.
5. I drink 3 or 4 sips of water every 30 minutes of exercise, both in training and in competition.
6. I avoid intense activities when outside temperatures are below -5°C or above +30°C and during pollution peaks.
7. I don't smoke, at least never in the 2 hours before or after engaging in any sporting activity.
8.  I never use performance-enhancing drugs and I generally avoid self-medication.
9. I do not do intense sport if I have a fever, nor in the 8 days following a bout of the flu (fever – body aches).
10. I undergo a medical check-up before resuming any sporting activity if I am over 35 years old for men and over 45 years old for women.

The Sports and Health Center at Caen Normandy University Hospital operates thanks to external funding and the generosity of donors who believe in physical activity for therapeutic purposes : ARS (), DRAJES ( Calvados League Against Cancer, Cadet Roussel, the Hospitals Foundation, and the French Mutual Bank.

Sponsorship : Donations