GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
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They can help people walk with an even gait.
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They can teach people to be calm, patient, and gentle.
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They can help people who are easily startled to deal with their fears.
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They can be beneficial for others with special needs or physical handicaps.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hippotherapy is a form of physical, occupational and speech therapy, co-facilitated by a licensed physical, occupational or speech therapist, as well as a certified equine specialist. It is designed to help patients with neuromuscular disorders improve balance, coordination and body control.
Detailed explanation-2: -They are used for riding and transport. They are also used for carrying things, pulling carts, or helping plough farmers’ fields in agriculture. People have used selective breeding to make more giant horses do heavy work. Some people keep horses as pets.
Detailed explanation-3: -Horses and other animals were used to pull wheeled vehicles, chariots, carts and wagons and horses were increasingly used for riding in the Near East from at least c. 2000 BC onwards. Horses were used in war, in hunting and as a means of transport.
Detailed explanation-4: -Therapists at Ride On St. Louis are registered through the American Hippotherapy Association and/or Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International. The terms “hippotherapy” and “equine-assisted therapy” may be used synonymously. Therapeutic riding, however, may not be used in place of either term.