Group exercise programs, treadmill training and horseback riding can be healthy choices for children with developmental disabilities, a new review of studies concludes. With these kinds of activities, children with disorders such as autism, mental retardation and cerebral palsy can improve their coordination and aerobic fitness.
Monthly Archives: December 2008
What I’m Into: Cindy McGuire, 28, licensed massage therapist, Hands on Sports Massage, in Urbandale (Juice)
Cindy McGuire’s first experience with massage therapy came before a swim meet at the age of 12.
Gentle horses work hard to help those with special needs (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Strings of colored lights twinkled throughout the stable. In front of each stall, a small evergreen tree awaited decorations, and a chorus of voices sang Christmas carols to the horses housed in the stalls.