Equine Assisted Therapy
Putting trust into a half ton animal sounds crazy, but, in reality it can be one of the valuable exposures for someone. Through movement, physical and mental sensations, and their calm demeanor; these gentle giants can open doorways that were never possible for some. Equine Assisted Therapy (EAT) hence for known as equine therapy plays an important role in physical, mental, and emotional healing. There are two major types of equine therapy: Therapeutic Riding and Hippotherapy. They have different uses and effects on their riders. However, both can help an individual unlock new potentials as well as cope with an array of various obstacles.
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It helps in a variety of ways for their mind and body to heal as well as build strength, but mostly focuses on improving a patient’s neuromotor function. (What is Hippotherapy) The movement of the horse and the participant’s reaction can lead to improvements of their motor coordination, muscle tone, postural alignment, stiffness/flexibility, and strength. Also, improvements are often seen in the respiratory, cognitive, sensory processing, balance, affective, arousal, and speech/language production functions. (What is Hippotherapy) Many people are unaware that equine therapy, specifically hippotherapy includes speech therapy into their program. Hippotherapy can relieve a participant of sensory distractions and therefore improve their physical system which leads to improved speech and articulation. (Rain) An example given by the American Hippotherapy Association, “ For instance, the patient’s respiration and speech will improve as a result of improvements in trunk alignment and motor coordination.” (What is Hippotherapy) Hippotherapy has immediate and long term beneficial results that can result in improvements of overall living for …show more content…
(Hippotherapy and Therapeutic/Adaptive Riding.) In these sessions, there may be occasional hands-on assistance by the riding instructor and/or volunteers, but the instructor typically teaches from the center of the arena. These trainers emphasize on proper riding position and rein skills, not functional therapeutic goals. The individual is often taught riding skills in a group format, which runs in sessions. The instructor must be able to respond to the group as a whole, in addition to promoting individual
Putting trust into a half ton animal sounds crazy, but, in reality it can be one of the valuable exposures for someone. Through movement, physical and mental sensations, and their calm demeanor; these gentle giants can open doorways that were never possible for some. Equine Assisted Therapy (EAT) hence for known as equine therapy plays an important role in physical, mental, and emotional healing. There are two major types of equine therapy: Therapeutic Riding and Hippotherapy. They have different uses and effects on their riders. However, both can help an individual unlock new potentials as well as cope with an array of various obstacles.
In order to understand their effects, one must be familiar with and how they vary …show more content…
It helps in a variety of ways for their mind and body to heal as well as build strength, but mostly focuses on improving a patient’s neuromotor function. (What is Hippotherapy) The movement of the horse and the participant’s reaction can lead to improvements of their motor coordination, muscle tone, postural alignment, stiffness/flexibility, and strength. Also, improvements are often seen in the respiratory, cognitive, sensory processing, balance, affective, arousal, and speech/language production functions. (What is Hippotherapy) Many people are unaware that equine therapy, specifically hippotherapy includes speech therapy into their program. Hippotherapy can relieve a participant of sensory distractions and therefore improve their physical system which leads to improved speech and articulation. (Rain) An example given by the American Hippotherapy Association, “ For instance, the patient’s respiration and speech will improve as a result of improvements in trunk alignment and motor coordination.” (What is Hippotherapy) Hippotherapy has immediate and long term beneficial results that can result in improvements of overall living for …show more content…
(Hippotherapy and Therapeutic/Adaptive Riding.) In these sessions, there may be occasional hands-on assistance by the riding instructor and/or volunteers, but the instructor typically teaches from the center of the arena. These trainers emphasize on proper riding position and rein skills, not functional therapeutic goals. The individual is often taught riding skills in a group format, which runs in sessions. The instructor must be able to respond to the group as a whole, in addition to promoting individual