Horse Power for Ability is the trade name of Horses for Health CLG. We are a not-for-profit organisation. Chair: Dr Dorothee Debuse
Registered office: Heather Lodge, Edlingham, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 2BL, UK. Tel: 01665-574727, © 2011
HIPPOTHERAPY
As with most other physiotherapy services, individuals can either self-refer to
hippotherapy, or be referred by their GP, consultant, case manager or therapist.
We will aim to respond to people's contact via telephone or our website within two
working days. Following initial telephone and/or e-mail contact, the service to
patients starts with an initial physiotherapy assessment.
Both during the assessment and in hippotherapy, it is important to us that our clients are aware
of what happens at any one time, so that they feel in control, empowered and confident. Our
staff will assist clients and make sure they are safe every step of the way while allowing them to
be as independent as possible.
The initial assessment takes up to 1.5 hours and
includes the opportunity for patients and carers to meet
our horses and see the facilities. It is a neurological
physiotherapy assessment which is hippotherapy-
specific. Whenever possible we aim to use reliable and
valid outcome measures, so that we can be confident
that we can measure the effects of hippotherapy and
communicate clients' improvement to others, as
appropriate.
For more details on the assessment, please click here.
We recommend that clients have a block of six
hippotherapy sessions. While many clients may notice
an immediate improvement in their movement ability
after one session, we do not really expect to see lasting
change with any less than six treatments.
While we expect that most clients will notice a lasting
improvement after six sessions, many clients will
benefit from several courses of six hippotherapy
sessions to maximise their improvement.
For more information on the hippotherapy treatment,
please click here.
Rowan standing still at the
mounting platform, waiting for his
next client to mount.
