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Podcast: Once Upon A Gene
Episode: Hippotherapy and Adaptive Riding with Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center
Description: I have asked Ford's therapists, Kelsie McGladrey and Christina Reyer to join me to discuss what therapies we should be doing with our kids and to talk in depth about hippotherapy- physical, occupational and speech therapy that utilizes the natural gait and movement of a horse to provide motor and sensory input. The benefits of hippotherapy include the physical benefits of strengthening muscles, preventing bone weakness and joint dislocation, improving balance and enhancing hand-eye coordination.EPISODE HIGHLIGHTSIs there a rider that is too medically complex for hippotherapy or are there adaptations...