Our horses bring health, happiness, and hope! A natural and fun therapy for physical, mental, emotional and behavioral challenges.
If you’ve ridden horses or enjoyed their gentle love, you know the experience is unlike any other. And for those with physical, mental, emotional or behavioral challenges, the interaction can be remarkably life changing.
Therapeutic horseback riding can enhance:
Strength, coordination, self-esteem, concentration, emotional states, posture, balance, a sense of well being, personal mobility, a feeling of independence.
How do these gentle, four-legged therapists help?
Horses and humans walk using a similar motion and gait. Horse movements cause riders to respond using natural body movements. Exercise equipment works specific muscle groups, where horseback riding promotes integrated “whole person” flow of movements. Students with physical disabilities improve their muscle strength, balance, flexibility, and coordination.
Our horses are also friendly, nonjudgmental companions. Their gentle natures improve mental and emotional states. The bond that develops between a horse and rider inspires a sense of teamwork, responsibility, communication, caring, and joy.
What sort of challenges can therapeutic riding help with?
- Physical: injuries, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, stroke, spina-bifida, paralysis
- Cognitive: autism, Down’ s syndrome, mental retardation, sensory integration disorder, attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Fee: Six 1/2 hour lessons over 6 weeks – $ 180
Ages: 4 and up
Download:
Therapeutic Horseback Riding Application Packet 2020
Participant Annual Update 2020
Physician Annual Update 2020
Concussion Fact Sheet for Parents
New riders are evaluated during a private lesson. This evaluation lesson establishes the appropriate placement within the existing riding calendar for lessons. Cost for an Evaluation Lesson is $60.
For more information, contact us!
THERAPEUTIC RIDING SCHEDULE 2020
| RIDING DATES | BREAK – NO RIDING | |
|---|---|---|
| Session 1 | January 4 – February 14 | February 15 – February 28 |
| Session 2 | February 29 – April 10 | April 11 – April 24 |
| Session 3 | April 25 – June 12 (NO RIDING 5/18-5/24) | June 13-June 21 |
| Session 4 – Summer Session | June 22 – July 31 Horse Camp August 1 Chore & S’more August 5 – September 9 Interim THR Session August 3 – August 7 Advanced Rider Clinic August 10 – August 14 Adult Horse Camp |
August 15 – September 11 |
| Session 5 | September 12 – October 23 | October 24 – October 30 |
| Session 6 | October 31 – December 18 (NO RIDING 11/23-11/29) | December 19, 2020 – January 8, 2021 |
Would you like to volunteer to help in our riding programs? Get more information here.