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Post-Treatment => Balance Issues => Topic started by: Brewers7 on September 07, 2012, 06:58:18 pm

Title: Hippotherapy for balance
Post by: Brewers7 on September 07, 2012, 06:58:18 pm

A PT friend of mine plans to start a group as soon as it gets a little cooler.  Horses are used.  Sounds fun.  Has anyone tried it?

Title: Re: Hippotherapy for balance
Post by: arizonajack on September 07, 2012, 07:45:07 pm

Horses?

Not Hippos?

 ;D

Title: Re: Hippotherapy for balance
Post by: Brewers7 on September 08, 2012, 07:19:22 am

Horses  ;D

Title: Re: Hippotherapy for balance
Post by: leapyrtwins on September 08, 2012, 06:37:07 pm

Have never heard of this.

Let us know how it goes.

Jan

Title: Re: Hippotherapy for balance
Post by: arizonajack on September 08, 2012, 06:47:38 pm

Studies from 1988 through 2011 indicate some positive results through hippotherapy.

However "Aetna considers the use of hippotherapy (also known as equine therapy) experimental and investigational..."

And doesn't pay for it.

Aetna's Clinical Policy Bulletin Number 0151 provides interesting summaries of the studies:

http://www.aetna.com/cpb/medical/data/100_199/0151.html

One should check with one's insurance company to see if there's coverage.

Title: Re: Hippotherapy for balance
Post by: Brewers7 on September 09, 2012, 06:52:45 pm

I have BCBS.  I am assuming that they will not pay.  Don't know the costs yet.

Title: Re: Hippotherapy for balance
Post by: stoneaxe on September 27, 2012, 11:30:18 am

Hhmmm...never thought to see if insurance would pay for a paddleboard and I know of a great location for therapy on Maui.... ;D

Title: Re: Hippotherapy for balance
Post by: leapyrtwins on October 08, 2012, 05:29:04 pm

Stoneaxe -

if you can get that approved, let me know.  I'd be happy to take up paddleboarding if it meant I could go to Maui.

Jan