
Grey Muzzle Manor
Grey Muzzle Manor

A New Dawn
A New Dawn
Hippotherapy and therapeutic riding program
What is Hippotherapy?
What is Hippotherapy?
Hippotherapy is a form of physical, occupational and speech therapy in which a therapist uses the characteristic movements of a horse to provide carefully graded motor and sensory input.
A foundation is established to improve neurological function and sensory processing, which can be generalized to a wide range of daily activities. Unlike therapeutic horseback riding (where specific riding skills are taught), the movement of the horse is a means to a treatment goal when utilizing hippotherapy as a treatment strategy.
Hippotherapy has been used to treat patients with neurological or other disabilities, such as autism, cerebral palsy, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, head injury, stroke, spinal cord injury, behavioral disorders and psychiatric disorders.
Benefits of Hippotherapy
The list below includes, but is not limited to, the benefits of hippotherapy.
Physical benefits could include improvements in:
- Balance/equilibrium
- Control of extremities
- Coordination
- Endurance
- Eye-hand coordination
- Fine motor skills such as writing, tying shoelaces, and snipping with scissors
- Gross motor skills such as sitting, standing, and walking
Cognitive benefits could include advancements in:
- Attention
- Expressing thoughts and needs
- Self-regulation
Sensory benefits could include positive effects on:
- Body awareness
- Limbic system function related to arousal, motivation, and attention
- Social interaction
- Pressure grading
- Head and trunk control
- Postural symmetry
- Mobility
- Motor planning
- Muscle tone and strength
- Range of motion
- Respiratory control
- Timing and grading of responses
- Understanding of visual cues
- Visual coordination
- Sensorimotor function
- Sensory integration
- Tactile response
- Proprioception
Downloadable Forms
Emergency Treatment Form:
A New Dawn - Emergency Treatment PDF
Liability Release Form:
A New Dawn - Liability Release
Welcome Form:
Medical History:
Registration Form: