I just have a question, if I may ? Can Horse backriding therapy help
developmental and/or Autisic spectrum disorders? And how about children
with low muscle tone and Sensory Integration issues ? If so will medicaid
pay for any of this therapy? Sorry for the questions, just interested.
Deborah mom of 4
-----Original Message-----
From: Anee Stanford <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: Use it or lose it??
>Hi Dina-
>
>I did theraputic horseback riding for a number of years...haven't done it
in
>about a year becasue of the new instrutor the program hired who treated me
>like I was a retard (she did that to everyone)...and found it quite fun and
>enjoyable and got some of the same binifits as you only that I could only
>ride once a week the way this program was set up.
>
>Anyway you mentioned the NACD program. I had never heard of it and was
>wondering if you could tell me abot it and it;s uses. I am very intrested
in
>alternitive therpies as a way to help controll the aging sypmtoms.
>
>Have you ever used magnet therapy to help controll pain? My grandfather
(80
>years old) swears by it but I am very skeptical about it. Just wondering
if
>you had any experience with this.
>
>You can e-mail me privetly if you want. My e-mail is [log in to unmask]
>
>Yours,
>Anee
>http://www.geocities.com/aneecp/CPIC.html
>
>>>Hi all,
>
>>>In my experience: When I was a teenager, I was overweight and stuff. I
lived
>>>abroad for a few years. I lost weight, and walked miles everyday. I was
in
>>>GREAT shape. Every time the weather changed, I knew it in my joints and
>stuff
>>>even though I was in GREAT shape. I got sick with an illness
(reoccurring
>>>tonsillitis) for close to a year in my mid-20's. Since then, I have been
>>>struggling with weight issues (again, sigh!!!!) and food allergies. By
the
>>>time I was 31, I was living with constant pain in my ankles, told to get
a
>>>walker because I had "osteoarthritis, or osteoporosis" and I was going to
>>>need it soon. I couldn't seem to lose the weight no matter what I did.
>>>
>>>I went to a nutritionist who diagnosed me as having food allergies, I
lost a
>>>ton of weight on the diet within a short period of time. I did GREAT for
>>>about a year. Sine then, I have noticed that certain foods trigger the
joint
>>>pains which will go away as soon as I stop eating certain foods. I am
almost
>>>back to the weight that I was when I started with the nutritionist,
however,
>>>I don't live in constant pain like most of you.
>>>
>>>I have a lot of energy. I ride horses 3 days a week, have gained back a
lot
>>>of range of motion and flexibility in my body because of the riding
>therapy.
>>>I walk much straighter and taller than I have in years. My Rolfer is
sooooo
>>>impressed with the improvements that I have made in the past few years.
She
>>>can't get over it. She has known me for over 20 years. I no longer walk
in
>>>the crouched position with my knees bent all the time. My upper back pain
is
>>>going away. (I have had a vertebrae or two out of place for the past 7
years
>>>or so.) It is slowly returning to its place more and more without popping
>out
>>>all the time. I am now working on changing my gait which when it becomes
>>>permanent will be a lot more "normal" and take a lot of stress off my
lower
>>>back.
>>>
>>>These changes are occurring because I am doing therapeutic horseback
riding,
>>>neurofeedback, Rolfing, and the NACD program. I also go to a chiro on a
>>>pretty regular basis. I am also taking nutraceuticals products which are
>>>helping my body cope as well. So do I think that you can help your body
>heal?
>>>Yep, you bet!!! I am living proof of it. Do you have to believe that once
>you
>>>start "falling apart" there's nothing you can do about it? NOPE!!!
>>>
>>>
>>>The last ortho I consulted with told me that I didn't have
"osteoarthritis
>or
>>>osteoporosis" but that I have very limited range of motion in my feet due
to
>>>the surgeries that I have had which led to a "naturally fused bone" in my
>>>feet which further reduces the range of motion available in my feet. I
was
>>>spraining my ankles on a regular basis trying to get some range of motion
in
>>>them that I don't have. This "naturally fused bone" is one that they
wanted
>>>to fuse in a "triple arthethosis" when I was a teen. I, of course,
refused
>>>this surgery among others and still don't need it. He told me that if I
ever
>>>had to have anything fused, it might be one bone, at worst two.
>>>
>>>However since I started the NACD program and got wedges put in my shoes,
my
>>>ankles look less like they are ready to collapse and are straightening
>>>themselves out because I am using those muscles more properly. I am no
>longer
>>>wearing orthotics. I wore UCB orthotics which come up to the ankles.
>>>
>>>Like I mentioned last week, I am getting INCREDIBLE results because of
the
>>>neurofeedback. I am much looser when I am consistent with it. Just some
>>>thoughts of my own experience on how much control you really have over
your
>>>mind and body's abilities. Sorry for this being so long-winded and stuff.
>:-))
>>>
>>>
>>>Dina
>
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