Rocking Horse Therapy
Yes, rocking horse therapy—-I guess one might refer to this as “indoor hippotherapy,” on a specially designed, giant-size (5 by 6 feet) horse (able to hold a Texas state representative……). As reported in today’s Shreveport Times, the Texas Executive Rocking Horse creations are being used in a physical therapy program for disabled children in a hospital in Shreveport, Louisiana:
Children with cerebral palsy, spina bifida, orthopedic injuries, muscular dystrophy, developmental delays, autism and other disabilities are benefiting and loving the new tool.
“One of the first things many of the children ask is if they can get on the horse,” said Lisa Morse, a physical therapist at Christus Schumpert [St. Mary Place]. “They can use it for head, trunk and sitting balance. But we also use it for occupational and speech therapy. You can talk about the horse with a child. And there are also different textures of the mane and places on the horse to grasp and release.”
The horses are made by Texas builder Dale Newton and cost $1,200.
Charlie used to ride the old rocking horse that was in my grandmother Ngin Ngin’s house and is now in my aunt’s—-he was just around 3 or 4 then and, as his balance was not so good, he was not able to get too much of a ride. That rocking horse—after years of wild rides from my cousins and my sister and me, and my cousins’ children—-was sagging on its springs, and I am sure that Charlie would have enjoyed a ride more on one of Newton’s specially designed horses. On the subject of horses and rocking, friend who has cerebral palsy and who used to be a horse trainer told me about Rocking Horse Rehab in northern New Jersey: I am thinking that Charlie would more than enjoy some riding and rocking adventures, on a horse of whatever kind.
6 opinions for Rocking Horse Therapy
Usal
Apr 4, 2007 at 7:17 pm
I had a rocking horse when I was little. I spent hours and hours on it!
I also loved rocking chairs.
Rocking back and forth is just so calming and relaxing.
Moi ;)
Apr 4, 2007 at 8:27 pm
Bug used to love the Sit N Spin….
There are a lot of equestrian therapy places out here now - of course, I live in Smarty Jones country, but I would think you could find something up there. A friend of mine has a son with PDD-NOS who has really done well with it. Bug could never stand the horses, and they inflamed his asthma, too.
mumkeepingsane
Apr 5, 2007 at 8:35 am
Patrick loves horses both rocking and live. I’ve looked into “equestrian therapy” programs but I’m pretty sure all he needs is someone experienced to teach him to ride a horse. We’re considering it for next year.
Miroslav Provod
Jun 30, 2007 at 12:40 am
Miroslav Provod centrum11@volny.cz
Hypo therapy
Hypo therapy is a well known cure method, which has positive results, especially illnesses of the nerve system. The cure is done when a person is in contact with a horse, whereby the person undergoes a curing process. Many hypothesis describe this phenomenon, but aren’t persuasive enough. I think it is a similar phenomenon, which I describe in many different cases at http://www.miroslavprovod.com. It is the transport of cosmic energy by the contact of auras. The matter of the horse is a greater energetic source than the source of the matter of humans. Therefore, the rule is that the energy potential between the sources equalises – the man receives energy from the horse, which is shown by the increase of the electric potential on the cellular membranes.
The way hypo therapy is done is not perfect; the time for the transport of energy is too short. Hours are needed for the equalisation of the energetic levels of both sources (the horse and the man). An optimal solution would be to place the bed of the ill person into the aura of the horse (about one metre from the horse), where the patient would sleep the number of nights required. It would be more efficient to place the bed between two horses.
The cure by staying in the aura of greater energetic sources is nothing new, similar examples are found in ancient and later history. All megalithic structures worked in the same way. King David was cured by sleeping between two young women overnight. In the ancient times, cure was done by sleeping inside temples. On the website stated above I describe more cases where energy is transferred between various sources.
The test of the curing process of hypo therapy that I recommend doesn’t require anything complicated, one bed with a wooden (not metal) railing, so that there isn’t a contact between the cured and the horse. Everyone that is interested in hypo therapy could easily examine the results of the long stay in the horses’ aura.
June 2007
Miroslav Provod
http://www.miroslavprovod.com.
Palmer
Jul 24, 2008 at 7:08 pm
The elderly King David slept with Abishag, a virgin. They did not have sexual relations. She was his nurse and she warmed his bed.
As for horse auras, I’d need a Kirolian camera to view one. Would that be a photo finish? I’d say nay. Or rather, neigh.
Kristina Chew, PhD
Jul 24, 2008 at 7:33 pm
whoa………
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