Does anyone know?
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It's not but you are not totally off...the word hippo means a horse..hippotamus in Chinese is he ma...a river horseOriginally posted by alexkusu:Does it include a hippotamus?
Hippotherapy is treatment using horses...vaguely remember they had such a programme for spastic children (children with cerebral palsy)... -
You are desperate, aren't youOriginally posted by alexkusu:ANyway... on a serious side. Does it involve a phallus of some sort? -
Hippotherapy? Ask the hippo to massage you ar?
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I knew you know it coz there where you are it's common. Wanted to know if the folks here know about it. Looks like they don't.Originally posted by oxford mushroom:It's not but you are not totally off...the word hippo means a horse..hippotamus in Chinese is he ma...a river horse
Hippotherapy is treatment using horses...vaguely remember they had such a programme for spastic children (children with cerebral palsy)... -
*raise hands*
alfagal says: tis is e first time i come across such word!
oh hmm but i have heard of children doing riding as therapy, but no idea what issit called...
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I read about hippotherapy some where and the effects seem good. But I don't want.Originally posted by thinkdifferent:I knew you know it coz there where you are it's common. Wanted to know if the folks here know about it. Looks like they don't.
Me mayi, hippo step on me becomes roti prata. -
Hippotherapy - a therapy where the patients ride a horse - bare back. The warmth of the horse's body helps to relax spastic muscles and the movements of the horse help the patients to improve their balance and build the muscles on their backs and necks.
It's used also for patients with scoliosis and with mental disorders, the communcation with the horse helps an autist to come out of his inner world. It helps the hyperactive children to behave calm and patient - if the hyperactive kid won't behave well, the horse can get scared and throws the kid down.
These are just few examples, hippotherpy is suitable for more physical disabilities and mental disorders. It belongs to animotherapy - therapy through animals.
The other alternative to hippotherapy is the therapy with dolphins. -
A hippo would step on a human, but a horse wouldn't. Trust me.Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:I read about hippotherapy some where and the effects seem good. But I don't want.
Me mayi, hippo step on me becomes roti prata.
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Even adults can do it.Originally posted by alfagal:*raise hands*
alfagal says: tis is e first time i come across such word!
oh hmm but i have heard of children doing riding as therapy, but no idea what issit called... -
But would throw a human if it gets agitated.Originally posted by thinkdifferent:A hippo would step on a human, but a horse wouldn't. Trust me.
But a person don't wear clothes when doing this therapy? Applies to adults too? Somehow, adults mature liao. Not a good idea? -
Haha, reminds me of alexkusu, getting the things in the other way, just that your way is opposit the alex's.Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:But would throw a human if it gets agitated.
But a person don't wear clothes when doing this therapy? Applies to adults too? Somehow, adults mature liao. Not a good idea?
The persons are not nude, bare back means that the horse has no saddle.
Horses for hippotherapy and carefully chosen and selected (only the calm horses) and trained not to throw the patients down. They are supposed not to get agitated easily, preferably not to get agitated at all. -
Haha, understand now.Originally posted by thinkdifferent:Haha, reminds me of alexkusu, getting the things in the other way, just that your way is opposit the alex's.
The persons are not nude, bare back means that the horse has no saddle.
Horses for hippotherapy and carefully chosen and selected (only the calm horses) and trained not to throw the patients down. They are supposed not to get agitated easily, preferably not to get agitated at all.
Preferably don't get agitated at all, even the best-mannered human will do something if you go overboard. Don't believe that the horse won't.
Sounds nice, I want to try... -
wow seems like a powerful therapy..
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Everything is done to prevent any excitement of the horse - calm and known environment. From each side a helper is walking beside the horse to secure the patient in the case the horse would do something unexpected.Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:Haha, understand now.
Preferably don't get agitated at all, even the best-mannered human will do something if you go overboard. Don't believe that the horse won't.
Sounds nice, I want to try... -
It really is.Originally posted by alfagal:wow seems like a powerful therapy..
Everyone can search hippotherapy in google and get thousands of sites with pictures and infos.
If anyone has any questions, I am here to answer them. I wrote a thesis/research work on hippotherapy already when I was 16 and have won some awards for it. -
Wow...were you from RGS?Originally posted by thinkdifferent:It really is.
Everyone can search hippotherapy in google and get thousands of sites with pictures and infos.
If anyone has any questions, I am here to answer them. I wrote a thesis/research work on hippotherapy already when I was 16 and have won some awards for it. -
nopeOriginally posted by oxford mushroom:Wow...were you from RGS?