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Check Your Health: Horse therapy with a different kind of ba

1,555 views · Published 27 May 2015 · 1:56 · Indexed 22 October 2026

Channel: KUTV 2 News Salt Lake City · 2015 · News & Politics

(KUTV) Horse therapy has been known to help people with autism, or other special needs, but there's a special breed of horse with a walking pattern that inspires balance for anyone on the spectrum. "We're all special needs to some level, we all have stress, we all have trauma, and we all eat sugar," says Tami Tanner of Hoofbeats to Healing. She says any kind of trauma causes imbalance, and riding these horses relaxes and rebalances. When asked about this breed of horses, Tanner says, "It goes along the theory if you don't crawl correctly, your brain doesn't get mapped correctly. These horses, genetically, they move like you're crawling." Addy, one of the horses, is a Missouri Fox Trotter, trained to walk with a cross-patterned gait, making the rider's body and mind re-pattern. Max Park, a licensed marriage and family therapist, says he's watched the benefit horse therapy has had for people he helps and serves. He says, "When people ride these horses, the patterning helps them regulate their emotions, so when initially they're on there, the horse is feeling exactly what they are feeling. When they calm down, the horse calms down." The horses help others grow and learn, and Tammy Tanner hopes more people will benefit from these special horses. "Hoofbeats to Healing" is in Saratoga Springs, and Tammy is trying to get a covered arena so they can do training year-round. For more information visit: http://www.hoofbeats.us/ _____________ Copyright 2015 Sinclair Broadcast Group

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