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Beitostølen Health Sports Center offers rehabilitation/habilitation stays for children and adolescents (2-17 years), young adults (18-29 years) and adults (from 30 years) with various diagnoses, disabilities and functional levels.
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Children and adolescents 2-17 years old
Young adults 18-29 years old
Adults from 30 years old

Beitostølen Health Sports Center offers rehabilitation/habilitation stays for children and adolescents (2-17 years), young adults (18-29 years) and adults (from 30 years) with various diagnoses, disabilities and functional levels. Patients are admitted after referral from a doctor, preferably with additional information from a physiotherapist, occupational therapist or others who know the patient well. 

Click on the boxes below to find more information about the offer we have for the different target groups, regarding application for residency, and about professional days at Beitostølen Health Sports Center. Here you will also find information about the "Local Environment Model" (LMM).

Children and youth
Young adults
Adults
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Professional days
The local environment model

We welcome around 200 students from colleges and universities for study practice each year. Most are students in sports science, but also many in physiotherapy, occupational therapy or other health sciences. We have several physiotherapists on rotation at any given time. With an interdisciplinary approach and great emphasis on user contact in practice situations, knowledge and attitudes in the field are acquired through an opportunity-oriented approach.

Beitostølen Health Sports Center (BHSS) also offers the entire education course for the medical specialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation (FMR) and 6 months of service with relevant learning activities for the medical specialty of General Medicine (AM). Clinical service or internship at BHSS is also a relevant supplementary service and/or continuing education for other medical specialties such as neurology and pediatrics.

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Education and knowledge dissemination
General education plan for physical medicine and rehabilitation

Beitostølen Health Sports Center conducts development work and research activities that contribute to promoting active participation in a life-course perspective. We have a large national and international research network. Click on the boxes below to find more current information.

If you have any questions about our FOUI activities, please contact FOUI coordinator Berit Gjessing, email: berit.gjessing@bhss.no , Tel.: 61 34 08 00/959 74 111

Research and development
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Beitostølen Health Sports Center has approximately 130 employees. The staff includes doctors, nurses and health secretaries, physiotherapists and occupational therapists, sports educators, riding instructors, social workers, activity leaders, caretakers, cleaners, kitchen/dining room employees and administrative personnel. 

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Please contact us if you have any questions about the center or the rehabilitation/habilitation offer. 

Address: Sentervegen 4, 2953 Beitostølen

Phone: +47 61 34 08 00

Email the administration: post@bhss.no

Email the doctor's office: legekontor@bhss.no 

Organizational numbers: 971 436 875

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"Young and active in a wheelchair"

Do you want to master your wheelchair better in daily life, and do you want to learn new activities with a wheelchair? Then the wheelchair course "Young and active in a wheelchair" may be something for you.

Target group: Children/youth aged 5-17 who use a manual wheelchair as a mobility aid and/or for relief.

Goal of the stay: Increased self-confidence and security when using a manual wheelchair.

Period of stay: 02.09.26 - 15.09.26

Application deadline: Places are awarded on a rolling basis.

 

Course content: 

  • Main focus on wheelchair technique (driving technique on flat ground, rough terrain and hills, rear wheel balance, overcoming obstacles such as curbs and stairs).

  • Wheelchair fitting, adjustment and maintenance. 

  • Testing activities such as wheelchair spiking, ball games, cycling, boating, pool activities, electric floorball, etc. 

  • Exchange of experience

  • Local professionals are invited to participate in professional days at Beitostølen Health Sports Center September 9 - 11, 2026.

Referral/application

Referral/application as for other stays. The application must be marked "Young and active in a wheelchair".