Hippotherapy

The term hippotherapy refers to how physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech-language pathology professionals use evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning in the purposeful manipulation of equine movement as a therapy tool to engage sensory, neuromotor and cognitive systems to promote functional outcomes.

Best practice dictates that physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech-language pathology professionals integrate hippotherapy into the patient’s plan of care, along with other therapy tools and strategies.

Terry Shultz, PT has attended Hippotherapy Treatment Principles Parts I and II, which establishes a foundation for therapy professionals who want to understand and use equine movement as a treatment tool to enhance therapy oiutcomes.