With social prescribing, group walks and art class are doctor’s orders
San Francisco Chronicle · Mark Kreidler ·
Social prescribing — prescriptions for nonmedical activities such as music, walks or gardening — is gaining steam in the U.S. Here’s why.
Once a month, Denise Rosenbach and her husband, Frank, begin their Saturday at Trailhead, a popular neighborhood cafe in Novato. The place is favored by locals searching for their morning caffeination, but it also serves as a launch point for the group that the Rosenbachs regularly join, called Just a Walk.
It is, in fact, not just a walk.
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