WHO BENEFITS FROM THERAPEUTIC RIDING?

The simplest answer…EVERYONE involved!

Everyone that participates in the many aspects of therapeutic riding—from volunteers to clients to staff to family members—all benefit from the client’s riding experience. The program is rewarding for all who get involved. The clients benefit in many ways, including physically, emotionally and cognitively. Family members benefit from being involved in the positive progress of their loved ones. Volunteers and staff are highly committed to the values and mission of Seven Gables and find their efforts bring much personal satisfaction.

Often times people wonder if therapeutic riding is right for them. Seven Gables works with clients who live with a wide variety of physical emotional challenges, including

Amputations, Arthritis, Asthma, Autism, Down Syndrome, Brain Injury, Cancer, Cerebral Palsy (CP), Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome, Communication Disorders, Cranial Defects, Diabetes, Dwarfism, Eating Disorders, Fatigue/Poor Endurance, Cardiac Conditions, Hemophilia, Hypertension, Joint Replacement, Migraines, Myopathy/Muscular Dystrophy/Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Neuromuscular Disorders/Multiple Sclerosis, Osteoporosis, Pathologic Fractures, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Sensory Integrative Disorders (SID), Seizure Disorders/Epilepsy, Skin Breakdown, Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Spinal Curvature, Spinal Fusion/Fixation, Spina Bifida, Tethered Cord, and Stroke. Many people with other diagnoses ride as well.

Want to know more about whether therapeutic riding is right for you, a family member or friend? Call Seven Gables at: 615.218.4100 or email Executive Director, Betty Harper at: bharper47@hotmail.com!

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