

ippotherapy literally means “treatment with the help of a horse”. In hippotherapy, the horse influences the child rather than the child controlling the horse. The child is positioned on the horse and actively responds to the movement. Benefits of hippotherapy include:
- Increased abdominal tone and postural control for breath support,
- Increased coordination,
- Increased sensory motor function,
- Increased limbic system function related to arousal, motivation and attention.
Monkey Mouths speech therapy has paired with Stajduhar Stables to provide hippotherapy to children who benefit from the effects of the horse.

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