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Anna has big brown eyes, a dog named Mo and has never spoken a word.
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Virginia Health System, based out of the Kluge Children’s Rehabilitation Center. She is a physical therapist with a master’s degree in human-movement sciences. Berry says, “There have been a few research studies that have indicated that the movement of the horse stimulates and enhances muscular contraction, postural control, balance, trunk and head stability, and upper extremity reaching. [The] populations studied included children with [cerebral palsy] and down syndrome, and adults with multiple sclerosis.” But medical benefits aside, Berry acknowledges the other advantages of riding therapy programs. “It’s an incredibly well-rounded way to help a child — not just physically, but socially. Instead of confining their treatment to a medical clinic, [students are] able to get outside and interact with other people and form a bond with the horse. They take pride in knowing the name of their horse, in knowing they’re in charge of it.” “I call it therapy in disguise,” says Sarah
Daly, director of Charlottesville Area Riding Therapy (C.A.R.T.) in Crozet. Her non-profit is “devoted to bringing therapeutic recreational horseback riding to children and adults with disabilities.” Daly, a fully licensed and insured
moments — a student’s moment of joy and pride and mastery.” Consider an older woman, once an avid rider before a stroke left her non-verbal and with little capacity for movement. Her adult daughter called Edenbrook Farm to find out if she could bring her mother to see the Norwegian Fjords. “The mother was lifted down off the wheelchair ramp and into the barn,” Veliky says. “She reached out, nuzzled a horse and deeply breathed in her scent. Then she started to cry out. It had been months since her daughter heard her mother’s voice.” Emily Berry is a pediatric certified specialist and works for the University of
“Horses are huge animals. And, for some children who haven’t encountered them before, physical contact makes a horse more accessible and helps them bond.” – Eleyne Fitzgerald
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