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What are the benefits of Therapeutic Riding?
Improved balance – sitting astride on a horse with hands on the reins requires core strength and improves balance quickly. Increased range of motion. The need to do movements that are outside the normal range will help increase muscle tone and range of motion. Can reduce spasticity – the warmth and rhythm of the horse
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What does a Therapeutic Riding Class look like?
The answer to that is as varied as the student. However, we try to make it as much like a comprehensive horseback riding class that anyone would have. Classes are customized to students according to their ability. Typically the student will fetch their trusty steed, groom, tack (saddle and bridle), then mount the horse. After
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Horse in training for Therapeutic Riding – What?
We have a new horse in our program. Her name is Yampah and she is a Missouri Foxtrotter and her coloring is buckskin. She is trained pretty good for a typical rider – but what about a rider who needs more assistance? Horses are rarely prepared in regular training for what we do in Therapeutic
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Therapeutic Riding helps Children on the Autism Spectrum
Frontier tales promote the magical connection between a rider and their horse. Riders communicate with their horse through words and movements, forming a bond. These bonds can help people with autism. While working with a horse on the ground, through leading or grooming, the child needs to be able to be a calm presence and
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Child is bored!
The advantage to being an instructor for many years it that I get to see what works for kids. Many Therapeutic riding instructors work at a large facility and they have no connection to the future of the student. They are just making their hourly wage and going home. When a child works with many
Staying fit for riding
Most of you don’t have ready access to a horse, and riding centers are not allowed to host classes during the Stay at Home order. So what is a horse fanatic supposed to do to stay ready to ride. Of course, nothing is quite like riding, but there are a few things to help you.
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