Belle Swersey knows firsthand how therapeutic horseback riding can be. The 7-year-old girl, who is in remission from a rare type of muscle cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma, has been using equine therapy ...

FORT SMITH -- An organization in the River Valley that uses horses as a tool for therapy is looking to expand its practice as a way to honor its recently deceased founder. Manes and Miracles is a ...

As rain pelted the roof of a Carmel horse arena, Jack Zawacki, a smiling and curious 7-year-old, rode Lacey while adorning her mane with barrettes. The rain made Jack nervous, which made Lacey anxious ...

HOCKLEY – It is autism awareness month and Hippotherapy (using a horse’s movement as a therapeutic tool) is helping some families get multiple therapy services in one session. Cowboy Up Therapies said ...

A study of the effects of hippotherapy, a kind of therapy using the movement of horses, on adults who’ve had strokes is currently recruiting participants and will run for the ...

If someone says you have horse sense, it means you have the ability to make good decisions - common sense, so to speak. But at BraveHearts, a healing horsemanship program in Harvard and Poplar Grove, ...

It’s a chilly Wednesday morning at Mark Reyner Stables. Rider Wesley Boucher has just arrived, ready to get back in the arena after some heavy snow scrubbed last week’s lesson. After clipping on his ...

SPRINGFIELD – Under a bill awaiting the governor’s signature, certain insurance plans would have to cover hippotherapy and other forms of therapeutic horseback riding in Illinois. Hippotherapy is a ...

The organisation Spirit began offering hippotherapy to frontline soldiers when war broke out in Ukraine - Copyright AFP Sergei SUPINSKY The organisation Spirit began ...