Horseback riding gives our students the wonderful opportunity to bond with an animal while at the same time improving balance and coordination. Handcycling allows students with lower body disabilities the freedom to move fast on a cycle that uses hand pedals. Improved upper body strength, coordination, and balance are some of the benefits of handcycling. Disabilities include cerebral palsy, spina bifida, spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis or those who have lower extremity amputations. Two skis and two outriggers provide the four-tracker with four points of contact on the snow that helps improve balance.
Outriggers are adapted forearm crutches with ski tips mounted on the bottom.
They aid the skier in stability and turning. The skis may be connected with a ski bra at the tips to help with stability and balance. Three-trackers use a full size ski and two outriggers , giving them three points of contact on the snow to provide increased balance. Two trackers use two skis and two boots and may use a ski bra attached to the ski tips. Ski bras assist with lateral control and help maintain a consistent ski position.