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Children and adults face many long term challenges that can
be physical, intellectual and emotional in nature. Many of these
challenges are helped by equine assisted therapy or "Hippotherapy"
Physical benefits are gained through the natural blend of the horse's movement
or gait and the human gait. Posture and muscle control are measurably
improved. Being responsible for another living being, students
grow emotionally as they "attach" to their horse and look forward to the time
they spend together.
Through hippotherapy students learn how to care for their hooves, saddle and
warm-up and cool-down the horse. By caring for the horse's physical needs
students learn organizational skills, logic skills and skills that are necessary
to keep any living being healthy.
Therapeutic horseback riding is a special world that brings
together horses, disabled children and adults and caring volunteers.
In the process, the lives of everyone involved are enriched.
It combines the love of horses with rehabilitating therapy. Horseback riding
is good for anyone
seeking a fun and challenging path to physical and mental wellness. Care-ousel's
mission has been to provide therapy for children and adults challenged with
physical and/or mental disabilities through the power or human-animal bonding.
The unique relationships created through this process help to heal the body,
mind and spirit. Therapy does have a positive and emotional
well-being of our students.
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