Therapy Services

Therapy services include the following programs and services: Hippotherapy, Therapeutic Riding, Horses for Heroes and Special Needs Field Trips/Summer Camps.

The Rocky Top staff has been carefully selected to provide premier expertise in therapeutic and horse professions to ensure that the objectives of the programs are met. The center serves individual families, rehabilitation centers, hospitals, schools and other organizations that assist the disabled or disadvantaged.

Conditions that receive tremendous benefits from therapeutic riding include:

• Attention Deficit Disorder · Multiple Sclerosis
• Autism · Muscular Dystrophy
• Cerebral Palsy · Paralysis
• Development Delay · Poliomyelitis
• Down Syndrome · Mental Retardation
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome · Scoliosis
• Head Injuries · Spina Bifida
• Hearing Impairment · Visual Impairment
• Visual Impairment · Youth at Risk

General outcomes within the scope of equitherapy include improvement in:

• muscle tone · postural asymmetry
• balance responses · gross motor skills
• postural control · speech and language abilities
• coordination · behavioral and cognitive abilities
• sensorimotor function · self esteem