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Hello Bob,
I am looking for information or studies that you might know of about the therapeutic effects of horses. If you know of a web site that might have some information I would be very grateful.
Thanks
For information on hippotherapy and therapeutic riding, the first place to look is the web site of the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (www.narha.org). They have several articles dealing with various therapeutic benefits.
TROT - Therapeutic Riding of Tucson (www.horseweb.com/client/trot/) also has some info along with several related links.
For a more direct and personal approach, you may want to contact the founders of the therapeutic riding program up in my neck of the woods: Todd and Ann Block. Their program, the Forget-Me Not Foundation, has a small web site at www.uslink.net/~thehaven/. If you e-mail them, please tell them that "Cowboy Bob" in Grand Rapids said hi.
I hope you find some of this useful. I have a couple of young friends who have benefited greatly from their activities at Forget-Me-Not. (By the way, back in the '70s - before I was elected to the state legislature - I served as a board member on the Minnesota State Council for the Handicapped... so such programs have a special spot in my heart.)
Happy Riding!
Mailing address:
Cowboy Bob Lemen
P.O. Box 69
Grand Rapids, Minnesota 55744
(218) 326-4762
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