Farm offers riding therapy program for disabled
Rehab Regs, September 30, 2005
Tanglewood Farms in Clayton, NC, is offering disabled people the chance to emulate walking by riding horses, according to The Clayton News-Star. The farm has opened a new program called Reins from Above, which gives children and young adults with special needs a chance to ride horses, something that experts say helps improve physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
Stacey Ryder, a former nurse, started the program because horse riding is therapeutic and riding a horse is as close to a human walk as you can get, she told the News-Star.
The program consists of 30-minute sessions over 10 weeks and helps the participants improve posture and muscle strength in their upper body and trunk. The program is mostly offered to those suffering from autism, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, Down syndrome, and blindness, though it might help other physical and mental disabilities as well.
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