The horseback riding therapy program helps our developmentally disabled population in so many ways. It helps gain self-confidence while giving everyone involved a chance to exercise, relax, and learn the skills needed to ride a horse.
Riders are also able to keep a more erect posture during hippotherapy.
It can also strengthen a rider's neck, shoulders, hands, elbows, ankles, knees, and hips. A common symptom of cerebral palsy is uncontrollable muscle contractions. These contractions become more controlled and less prominent during a lesson on the horse, according to experts. The program which was started in 1990 and known in medical terms as hippotherapy, takes place every Wednesday between the months of May and October. The present corral was built on the Bellerose campus by workers from The Home Depot.