If insurance won't cover hippotherapy it you could probably at least
put some flex plan money aside to get it deducted if this is
something one is pursuing.
--- In childrensapraxianet
<bigcheech91@
>
> Lord have mercy! $5,000 is a lot -- I'd want a money-back
> guarantee. :)
>
> Janice, I agree that horseback riding is tremendous for tone, but I
> disagree that hippotherapy isn't special. They start and stop A
LOT,
> they go in figure eights, they have them ride forward, backward,
and
> sideways -- it is different. I am not well versed on the lingo,
but
> I believe that all that is to provide additional, gentle input to
> work the proprioceptive sense. (Or is it vestibular -- I get those
> two confused still, after all these years.) Also, my son was
three,
> which is too young around here for riding lessons. And they had
> three or four people with him -- one leading the horse, one on each
> side for safety, and the PT directing the action. (Sometimes she
was
> one of the side people, if there weren't enough volunteers that
> day.) I felt very secure with so many adults out there with him.
> (He fell off the horse once, because some idiot started a leaf
blower
> right next to the ring. Not even a little boo boo, and he got
right
> back on the horse, as the cliche goes.)
>
> And of course, best of all, some insurance companies will cover it
> because it is a legitimate therapy. Not so riding lessons. :(
>
> That said, for older kids and for others with no hippotherapy
> options, any riding is going to have tremendous benefit.
>
> Tracy
>
>
>
> --- In childrensapraxianet
> <brentsusan@
> >
> > Hi Tara and Tracy,
> > Actually we aren't getting insurance coverage for the
hippotherapy
> > only because we're on an HMO ...we might if we were on a PPO as
the
> > hippotherapy does have an insurance billing code and is a
> recognized
> > form of therapy. In hindsight, for us, it's been good Owen has
had
> > an HMO as he has racked up well over $100,000 in medical/hospital
> > expenses from his first year of light. (Along with adenoids
taken
> > out last summer, AND 2 days at the hospital for EEG testing.)
> > Anyway, we're looking at maybe switching to a PPO as some of what
> > we'd want to do going forward may have better coverage (such as
the
> > hippotherapy.
> > horseback therapy. AND, on another note, it occurred to me that
> any
> > of you reading my post and the fact that we live in "The O.C."
may
> > appear that we're living the high life here in So. Cal.!!!! Rest
> > assured, we are not and I can totally relate to what many of you
> have
> > expressed in terms of picking and choosing the interventions and
> > therapies due to limited funds. Ugh! We're basically totally
> going
> > into debt.
> >
> > I'll be provocative here and throw out something else for those
of
> > you with low-toned kids..... And I know this may best be posted
on
> > another discussion group (so forgive me in advance for anyone who
> may
> > take issue with this).... an intensive therapy with a Therasuit
> > (developed in Europe and now brought over here to the States.)
If
> > you are interested, search online. 3 weeks of intensive therapy
at
> > 15 hours per week. I view it basically as a "fast forward" thru
> > years of therapy at once or twice a week for OT/PT. But it's
> > $5,000 !!!! Yes, you read that right.
> >
> > Susan Pearson
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