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Ironstone FarmTherapeutic Riding & Ironstone Therapy (OT/PT)
Email Address: Lessons@ironstonefarm.org
Phone: 978-475-4056
Fax: 978-475-4046
View Therapeutic Riding & Ironstone Therapy (OT/PT) Website
450 Lowell Street Andover, MA 01810
Area Served: Northeast
Map Location Therapeutic Riding & Ironstone Therapy (OT/PT)
Narrative
Therapeutic riding is an equine-assisted activity designed for the purpose of contributing positively to the cognitive, physical, emotional, and social well-being of people with disabilities.
Riders are placed with licensed horseback riding instructors to work on goals that encourage self-confidence and contribute to improved physical conditions.
Benefits of Therapeutic Riding:
- Improves balance
- Increases strength and range of motion
- Improves coordination/motor skills
- Sensory integration
- Builds self-confidence
- Improves social skills
Ironstone Therapy, Inc. provides medical equine-assisted therapy.
A nonprofit affiliate of Challenge Unlimited, Ironstone Therapy, Inc. employs licensed professional physical and occupational therapists who provide therapeutic intervention for our clients as young as 18 months.
Service Types
- Camps-Day
- Disability Awareness
- Horseback Riding
- Job Training
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Rehabilitation
- Skills Training
- Socialization Activities
- Speech Therapy
Program Type
- Health Care
Populations Served
- Allergies
- Amputations
- Arthritis
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Ataxia
- Autism Spectrum
- Behavior Disorder
- Birth Defects
- Blind
- Blood disorders
- Bone Disorders
- Cancer
- Cerebral Palsy
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Chronic Health Impairment
- Cleft Lip & Palate
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Deaf
- Developmental Delay Birth to 3
- Developmental Disability
- Diabetes
- Digestive Disorders
- Eating Disorders
- Growth Disorders
- Hard of Hearing
- Heart Disorder
- Huntington's Disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Intellectual Disabilities
- Kidney Disease
- Language Impairment
- Learning Disabilities
- Leukemia
- Lupus Erythematous
- Lyme Disease
- Mental Illness
- Multiple Disability
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Neurofibromatosis
- Nonverbal Communication
- Pain
- Parkinson's Disease
- Phobia
- Physical Disabilities
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Scoliosis
- Speech Impairment
- Spina Bifida
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Stroke
- Tourette Syndrome
- Visual Impairment
Ages Served
- Birth to 3
- 3 - 4
- 5 - 8
- 9 - 13
- 14 - 18
- 19 - 22
- 23 – 59
- 60 +
Accessibility Features
- Accessible Parking
- Accessible Restrooms
- Wheelchair Ramps
Additional Information
- Fees: Private Insurance, Personal Funds
- Licensed By: MA Dept. of Agriculture
