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Program Details

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Activities Offered
  • Hippotherapy
Building Access
  • Meets ADA standards
  • Accessible areas of building: Front Desk/ Reception Area, Parking Area, Ramps

Staff Training and Certification
  • Staff Training: Physical Therapy/ PT Assistant; Occupational Therapy/ OT Assistant; Speech Pathology; Social Work
  • Staff Certification:NARHA-Certified Riding Instructors

Adaptive Equipment
  • Adaptive equipment available

Membership Fees
  • Fee to participate in the Program : Sliding scale fees are available. There is also a payment program in cooperation with the MS Society for clients with multiple sclerosis.

Transportation
  • Accessible by Public Transportation: Yes

  • Transportation Provided by the Program: No

Notes

HorseAbility offers a ten-month Hippotherapy program for individuals with extensive needs. Hippotherapy, when used as a tool by a licensed physical, occupational, or speech therapist, promotes motor planning abilities, and mobilizes the hips, pelvis and lumbar spine. It also stimulates the central nervous system, activates weak muscles and reduces spasticity.

Hippotherapy may be done with or without the use of a saddle, and with or without the support of a back rider. Our goals are to improve posture, mobility, balance, function and independence. As each individual progresses in our Hippotherapy Program, we always keep in mind the goal of moving the rider into our Therapeutic Riding Program.