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Winston Churchill said:
“There’s
something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man”
Extracts from
The Healing Power of Horses –
Good Taste Magazine – June 2012
By Kari Collard
Photography by Pierre Kitney
For horse photography, visit www.equinephotography.co.za.
Where to Go for Equine Therapy
The South African Riding for the Disabled (SARDA)
SARDA’s aim is to provide the opportunity of therapeutic
and recreational horse riding for disabled people so they may benefit in all
aspects of their lives.
Reflectionz
Offers a hands-on approach (no horse riding is involved)
in which people partner with horses to bring about emotional growth and
learning. Available to the youth, youth at risk, for team building, skills
development and growth, and therapy. Durbanville, DKH Estate (Swartland).
Call Sarah on 072-126-1096. www.reflectionz.co.za
South African Hippotherapy Association
Hippotherapy refers to the use of the movement of the
horse to address impairments, functional, limitations, and disabilities. Here
a qualified Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist or Speech & Language
Therapist with training in Horse and Animal Therapy will work with a pupil
individually. In all the main centres. Call Lisa on 021-789-2341. www.sleepyhollowhorseriding.co.za
Shumbashaba
A personal development programmes for the youth, as well
as working with adults in programmes covering recovery from addictions, anger
management, and personal growth.
The Montrose Foundation
Helps youth at risk from disadvantaged communities to
work through their substance abuse and social behavioural problems. Panorama,
Call 021-801-6725. www.montrosefoundation.co.za
Healing of Another Kind
It seems healing goes both ways, with humans lending a
healing hand to horses too. Dr Charles Strong, a British doctor and physiotherapist
developed a method, in the 1950s, of pinpointing and treating serious
musculo-skeletal injuries using an electrical current to stimulate nerves and
muscle activity. He started his technique with a machine the size of a
shoebox, called the ‘Strong Box’, on humans and then moved on to polo
ponies.
Up until very recently Winks Greene, from
The racehorse Gondolier, bred by Excelsior Wine Estate,
was her first patient. He had a hindquarter injury and was completely lame
and not expected to race again. After the treatment, Gondolier recovered and
six months later, won the Durban July Handicap 1985. It wasn’t long before
the human patients began to knock on her door. For more on Excelsior Wine Estate www.excelsior.co.za
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