Help on Hooves

05/19/2026

🧠🐴 “Neurons that fire together wire together!”

So what does that mean in OT incorporating hippotherapy? 🤔

Every single step the horse takes gives the brain and body a chance to work together at the SAME time! ✨

While riding, kiddos are processing:
👀 visual input
⚖️ balance + vestibular input
💪 proprioceptive input
🖐 bilateral coordination
🧩 motor planning
💚 emotional regulation

AND they’re doing it all while having fun and building connection with their horse! 🐴

The horse’s rhythmic movement provides repetitive, organized sensory input that helps the brain build stronger neural pathways over time. The more those systems activate together successfully, the stronger and more efficient those brain connections become! 🌟

That’s the beauty of OT incorporating hippotherapy… meaningful movement + sensory integration + connection = powerful opportunities for neuroplasticity 💫

05/11/2026

☀️🐴 Closer to summer = MORE session availability!! 🎉

And more sessions means we need MORE amazing volunteers to help support our riders and horses! 💚

If you’ve been thinking about volunteering at Help On Hooves, now is the perfect time to jump in! 🐎✨

Please reach out today with any questions!
📋 Google form application in the comments ⬇️

🐴✨ We need YOU to make the magic happen! ✨🐴

Want to make a real difference in a child’s life while spending time with some pretty awesome horses? 💛

At Help on Hooves, our sessions can’t happen without our amazing volunteers—and right now, we need more helping hands!

We’re looking for:
🐎 Horse Leaders
🤝 Side Walkers

No experience? No problem—we’ll show you everything you need to know!

Come be part of something meaningful, fun, and full of heart. 💫

📩 Message us or reach out today to get involved—we’d love to have you on the team!

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing moms, grandmas, bonus moms, and caregivers!🌸💐

Thank you for every early morning, every encouraging word, every appointment, every cheer from the sidelines, and every ounce of love you pour into your kiddos each and every day. 💕

We are so grateful to walk alongside such strong, compassionate, and devoted families. Your support helps your children grow in confidence, strength, and joy — both on and off the horse 🐴✨

Today we celebrate YOU! We hope your day is filled with love, laughter, and maybe even a little horse hair 🤪💖

Happy Mother’s Day from all of us at Help On Hooves! 🌷

05/10/2026

🐔🥚 News from the barnyard crew at Help On Hooves! Our chickens officially started laying eggs! 🎉

Fresh farm eggs will be available next week while supplies last 🥚✨ Proceeds will go towards buying a couple new therapy pads for our amazing riders 🐴💙

So basically… the chickens are now part of the therapy team 😂🐓

05/08/2026

Our rainy day supervisor, Bonnie 🐱🤎, decided that after 3 therapy sessions this morning it was officially time for a break 😂 Meanwhile, Ellie finally got her mane all re-braided while Bonnie supervised from the hay bale like the barn manager she believes she is 👑🐴

We were extra thankful for a rain-free therapy morning, cool cloud cover, and a dust-free arena ✨ Definitely one of those perfect mornings at the barn!

05/07/2026

“Horses wearing ear RINGS?!” 😂🐴 Not today! Ellie got a little help removing her colorful accessories during OT at Help on Hooves 💖🌈

This fun reaching activity worked on:
✨ Reaching outside the riders base of support
✨ Crossing midline
✨ Visual perceptual skills through matching
✨ Bilateral coordination
✨ Postural control and balance

Crossing midline is such an important foundational skill because it supports things like reading, handwriting, dressing skills, and coordinated movement patterns needed for everyday tasks 🧠✍️

Safe to say Ellie prefers braids over earrings anyway 💁🏼‍♀️🐴💕

05/06/2026

🚨 Volunteer sign-up just got SO much easier! 🐴✨

No more printing, scanning, or paperwork headaches 🙌 We now have a quick and easy Google Form that you can fill out right from home at your convenience! 💻📱

✅ Step 1: Fill out the form
✅ Step 2: We’ll reach out to you!

Thank you so much for your interest in volunteering with Help on Hooves 💚 We can’t wait to meet you and introduce you to our amazing horses and kiddos! 🐴🤍

Volunteer application linked here:👇

At Help on Hooves, we specialize in provided evidenced based Occupational Therapy services which integrates Hippotherapy (equine movement) as a key part of treatment. We need YOU to make the magic happen! Our sessions can't happen without our amazing volunteers - and right now, we need more helping....

05/03/2026

Working hard or hardly working? 🤔🐴✨

That’s the beauty of OT incorporating hippotherapy 💫

At Help on Hooves, “work” doesn’t always look like work—and that’s exactly the point 😉

While kids are riding, playing games, grooming, or reaching for toys, they’re actually building core strength, coordination, balance, motor planning, and regulation… all at the same time 🙌

The best part? Most of our kids don’t even realize how hard they’re working🎯💛

And when therapy feels fun and meaningful, we see something amazing happen—kids are more willing to try, engage, and stick with tasks they may have previously avoided 💪✨

That natural motivation + the movement of the horse = powerful progress 🐎💙

05/03/2026

🔨🐴 We’ve been hard at work at Help on Hooves! ☀️🌦️

We added some much-needed shade and rain cover for both horses and humans 🙌

Our horses now have extra shelter to stay cooler, drier, and more comfortable between sessions… and we added a covered grooming area so our favorite kiddos can give them all the brushing, loving, and attention they deserve 💙🪮🐴

Little by little we’re making this space even better for our therapy families, volunteers, and four-legged coworkers! ✨

05/01/2026

🌧️ Rainy day? No problem! 🙌🐴 (Well… therapy still happens even when the weather says otherwise 😄)

One of the many things we are so thankful for at Help on Hooves is having access to an indoor treatment space so progress never has to pause! 💙

This little rider was hard at work—but if you ask him, he was probably just having fun 😉🎉

While playing this colorful sorting game we were targeting SO many important developmental skills:
✨ Core strengthening in prone position no
✨ Shoulder stability through weight bearing
✨ Reaching and crossing midline
✨ Fine motor development using tongs
✨ Visual attention and color sorting

That’s the beauty of pediatric OT… big skills are built through play! 🧩💪🌈

Rain outside = extra bright therapy sessions inside ☔➡️☀️

04/29/2026

Looking for truly individualized, 1:1 occupational therapy? 🐴✨

That’s exactly what you’ll find at Help On Hooves! 🤍

Every session is rooted in evidence-based practice, guided by the child, and grounded in neurodiverse-affirming care. 🧠

We meet each child where they are and build meaningful skills through connection, movement, and the magic of the equine environment 🐎💫

Intentional. Individualized. Built around your child. 💛🙌