Students at Rice University create a special robot to help patients get equine-based therapy without needing a real horse. Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, TV shows, comics, science and ...

Baylor University researchers have devised a mechanical horse that can provide hippotherapy for children and adults with physical and mental impairments without them having to mount a real horse.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 6—It's a new approach to occupational therapy and one that has been successful in other areas of the state. That's why Paige ...

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN)-- An hour on horseback once a week is more than just fun for Will Hillis. It's therapeutic. The 8-year-old from Dunwoody, Georgia, has cerebral palsy. He can't walk, and he has ...

You can almost literally ride out your physical or psychological difficulties, claim proponents of hippotherapy, now gaining popularity in the West, BBC reports. “Hippotherapy increased mobility and ...

Rehabilitation is hugely important for veterans following active military service. Fighters who have left the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) often need not only physical but also psychological support ...

WARD — When Caitlyn Juergens first started going to Beyond Boundaries several years ago, she needed three pillows to help her sit upright. Now the 15-year-old is able to sit up straight on a horse for ...

Many people know that horses can be a therapeutic animal, and at HorsePower in Sioux Falls, the animals are changing lives. HorsePower offers hippo therapy, which helps a wide variety of patients on a ...

Robotically assisted hippotherapy, a type of therapy that simulates the repetitive and rhythmic movement of a horse, has the potential to improve trunk control and quality of life for children with ...

Have you ever heard of hippotherapy? Well, it has nothing to do with hippos. It uses certified physical, occupational and speech therapists to turn the movements of a horse into new opportunities for ...

WARD, Arkansas — During the spring, rising Cabot junior, Brannon McMinn, can be found on the track. These days, he's taking a different type of lap. "Some of them, this is the most fun thing they do ...