Guest guest Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 FYI... There are a number of high level trainers in the dressage world with artificial hips. One had them done at a very young age - and 15 years ago. Which means DEFINITELY 'traditional surgery' and small prosthesis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Not horseback, but....One of the teachers at the gym I go to had a hip replaced last year. He is amazing ‹ very high energy. He teaches water aerobics and the ³boot camp² land aerobics class and the spin class. Don¹t know any details of his procedure. Jackie On 11/15/09 7:14 PM, " tollertwins2000 " <k_j_thomas@...> wrote: > > > > > > > FYI... > > There are a number of high level trainers in the dressage world with > artificial hips. > > One had them done at a very young age - and 15 years ago. Which means > DEFINITELY 'traditional surgery' and small prosthesis. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 NO way...way too expensive and even though I am sure that it is worth it, we can't afford it no way no how, not in a million years. We have 5 kids, and we can't take one without taking them all so unfortunately, there isn't anything we can do. I heard that it is great for the kids too, and I was DYING to take the kids on a ride (the boys would LOVE it) but then I gave birth to our youngest (who even in the Spring will be too young to ride) and we can't do it because they aren't set up to accomodate large families. Our 3 year old wouldn't be able to ride either and we have noone to watch the younger 2. Sigh. What a wonderful idea though! I hope that some of the other moms and dads (we do have a dad or two here?) can take advantage of this and I hope the kids have a blast with it. In a message dated 10/27/2010 10:48:20 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, lmoorhead4@... writes: I was wondering if any of your kids are in to horseback riding. I think I remember reading somewhere that it was really good for kids on the spectrum...something about connecting with horses while not having to connect with them socially I think. I guess I would just have to let my daughter give it a try. It's pretty expensive so I wanted to ask if any of you had experience with it before I wrote the big check!Thanks, in AL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 I was wondering if any of your kids are in to horseback riding. I think I remember reading somewhere that it was really good for kids on the spectrum...something about connecting with horses while not having to connect with them socially I think. I guess I would just have to let my daughter give it a try. It's pretty expensive so I wanted to ask if any of you had experience with it before I wrote the big check! Thanks, in AL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 We have not tried it ourselves, but I have also heard good things about horseback riding for kids with all sorts of challenges (a friend of ours uses it for her child who does not have AS but does have other health issues). We went to an open house for a local therapeutic riding center, and from what I gather, there are a couple of options. One is small groups doing therapeutic riding and the other is hippotherapy, which is horseback riding guided by a specially trained OT or PT in a one-on-one session. In some instances, I believe that at least part of hippotherapy can be covered by insurance (the fee for the OT or PT, if not the fee for the horse riding). Good luck and let us know how it goes! Bridget > > I was wondering if any of your kids are in to horseback riding. I think I remember reading somewhere that it was really good for kids on the spectrum...something about connecting with horses while not having to connect with them socially I think. I guess I would just have to let my daughter give it a try. It's pretty expensive so I wanted to ask if any of you had experience with it before I wrote the big check! > > Thanks, > > in AL > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 My son did for 8 months. It was great for him. The facilities were not the best but he did excellent. They had other kids with more severe AS and you could see the happiness and willingness to get on the horse. Ide From: lmoorhead4 <lmoorhead4@...> Sent: Wed, October 27, 2010 9:17:05 AMSubject: ( ) Horseback riding I was wondering if any of your kids are in to horseback riding. I think I remember reading somewhere that it was really good for kids on the spectrum...something about connecting with horses while not having to connect with them socially I think. I guess I would just have to let my daughter give it a try. It's pretty expensive so I wanted to ask if any of you had experience with it before I wrote the big check!Thanks, in AL Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: New Members 15 Visit Your Group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 if you were closer to the country id suggest scholarships, i know our state autism society does have for stuff like that and our state pdd waiver may cover it too. ymca offers financial aid as well but it doesnt sound convenient for you. getting rid of the car payment relaxes things so much, weve always had only 1 and paid it off in february. i would just use it if it werent for the fact we dont all fit so as soon as i find a used van (12 or 15 pass) we will have a payment again :-( On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 9:50 AM, <kristieannesmama@...> wrote: That is really neat! Too bad 1) we don't really have anywhere near-by us that has horses (we are in the city and the country-side is maybe 30 minutes away?) and we can't afford $100/month with a mortgage, a car payment (almost done yay!!) and the kids always needing something or the other...plus all the household things we need monthly like toilet paper and paper towels, which comes out of my spending money because what I deposit in the bank barely covers the bills. I am the only one with income (SSI for the boys and Disability for myself) so it gets rough some months. Thank goodness for Food Stamps, free lunches at school for the kids and the income I do have. I am so grateful for it. If you can afford something like this, then that is wonderful and the kids will definitely get so much out of it. I am happy for all that can afford it...we just can't and I accept that. It is just how it is right now, and that is fine. In a message dated 10/28/2010 9:29:57 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, saldovia60@... writes: I know a women that is leasing a pony for her disabled grandson she pays $100 a month and she gets to use the pony 3 days a week. This is the cheapest way to do it if you dont know how to ride yourself most kids do really well on a lead line with you walking them around. http://www.etsy.com/shop/pigdreams From: Durocher <funwith4@...> Sent: Wed, October 27, 2010 12:28:22 PMSubject: Re: ( ) Horseback riding i think thats a huge misconception that what 1 gets another gets, my hfa is my only rider (though my 5 yr old would like to one day she isnt old enough and understands that). just like my hfa doesnt go to storytime with her or whatever. each kid has something different, at different times and b/c of budget and time constraints they are limited to only 1 fall and 1 spring activity. we took off fall b/c i was expecting 7/24 (born 7/28) at the encouragement of dh (i had always just overstressed myself by not taking time off with a new baby) and am glad i did b/c she is a temperamental bugger. but last yr my hfa did riding and it was pricey compared to other things we did b/c it was $40 a month. my 14 and 5 yr olds did soccer (i steer toward sports for fresh air, exercise and its cheap) at only about $50 for the whole season per kid. then my hfa, 5 yr old and 3 yr old did baseball (even cheaper at only $35 a kid). we will be getting back into things starting with flag football for the 3 yr old next month, when that ends we will have riding and soccer. i also no longer do mommy and me pricey things for the littles like i did with my 1st b/c they dont know the difference between gymboree and little gym or free storytime and free playgroup so since the youngest 2 dont do anything that saves some $$. if they go on a trail ride (we havent yet but they want to) the ones that want to go (and are old enough, they have to be 8) have to earn the $$ to pay themselves ($15 each person). dh takes them (i dont do horseback riding) and i watch the ones that are too young to ride (the 5,3,2 and 2 mo old). yes if you lost count thats 6 kids. you have to get creative with a big family, especially since we are on 15 yrs of only 1 income. On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 11:56 AM, <kristieannesmama@...> wrote: NO way...way too expensive and even though I am sure that it is worth it, we can't afford it no way no how, not in a million years. We have 5 kids, and we can't take one without taking them all so unfortunately, there isn't anything we can do. I heard that it is great for the kids too, and I was DYING to take the kids on a ride (the boys would LOVE it) but then I gave birth to our youngest (who even in the Spring will be too young to ride) and we can't do it because they aren't set up to accomodate large families. Our 3 year old wouldn't be able to ride either and we have noone to watch the younger 2. Sigh. What a wonderful idea though! I hope that some of the other moms and dads (we do have a dad or two here?) can take advantage of this and I hope the kids have a blast with it. In a message dated 10/27/2010 10:48:20 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, lmoorhead4@... writes: I was wondering if any of your kids are in to horseback riding. I think I remember reading somewhere that it was really good for kids on the spectrum...something about connecting with horses while not having to connect with them socially I think. I guess I would just have to let my daughter give it a try. It's pretty expensive so I wanted to ask if any of you had experience with it before I wrote the big check! Thanks, in AL -- -mommy to Emma, Becca, , , , and Leah -- -mommy to Emma, Becca, , , , and Leah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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