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EBC Physical Therapy
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251 Cole Hill Road
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GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION
EBCPT on Capital News Channel 9 HEALTH REPORTER MARCIE FRASER OF CAPITAL NEWS 9 PROFILES EBC PHYSICAL THERAPY AND THE BENEFITS OF HIPPOTHERAPY THE STORY STARTS AIRING ON CAPITAL NEWS 9 THIS SUNDAY APRIL 16TH AT 6:22 am AND REPLAYS EVERY 3 HOURS. Click on image for full story.
PROFESSIONAL MEET & GREET EBC Therapy invites you to join us in celebrating the opening of our new facility. Meet the staff and observe a Hippotherapy sessions. Discover how Hippotherapy can improve functional performance. At EBC We offer: Hippotherapy Therapeutic Riding Healing Touch Wooded Trails A 72’x120’ Lighted Indoor Arena Outdoor Riding Arena HELP US THANK BARB KENNEDY Barb is one of the hardest working people we have ever met. Her cooperation and behind the scenes efforts were a big part of the EBC success story. From grooming the indoor ring footing to letting us use her horses, to scheduling her lessons around our sessions, to allowing us exclusive use of the indoor, to teaching us all how to enjoy a big pig, her contributions and presence will be sorely missed. We want her to know that she will be welcome at the new place anytime. If any of you have pictures that you are willing to share we ask that you send us a copy to include in a picture history of the first years of EBC. We have plans to have a copy at the new place and thought it would be good to give one to Barb as a “Thank-you”. Copies can be sent to EBC Physical Therapy, PO Box 15, East Berne, NY 12059 Thanks for helping! IN MEMORIAM
The staff and volunteers of EBC Physical Therapy
wish to extend our deepest sympathy to the Barbiero family. Mr. and
Mrs. Barbiero graced our Saturday Hippotherapy sessions with their two
daughters Sabrina and Alyssa. Both girls suffered from the rare
disorder NBIA. A devistating disease, Sabrina passed away last March
and Alyssa just this December. It was a privilege to have the girls
in the program. Dear Editor, Friends and Family, As our new season begins we would like to take the opportunity to thank those people who have been involved with our program so far. First, we would like to give a big THANK YOU to Barb Kennedy. Barb has allowed us to start our Hippotherapy program at her barn and indoor arena at Winding Black Creek farm in East Berne. Her willingness to accommodate and advocate for our program with not only time in the arena but the use of her horses and her kind letter to the editor of well wishes were greatly appreciated. Without the use of her facility and horses a program like this could never have gotten off the ground. Secondly, we would like to thank all the volunteers we have had over the last four summers (Aimee, Caryn,Sarah, Tiffany, Alyssa, Tom, Jennifer, Kaitlan, Erin, Amy, Emma, Lisa, Russell, Missy, Kamber, Crystal). They came in the heat, cold and what seemed like never-ending rain. You “gals and guys” provided much needed support for both the children, and for us. We hope you will consider continuing working with us at our new location. Volunteers are a huge part of our program. They help with side walking and spotting our clients to ensure their safety on the horses. They also help with walking the horses, cleaning tack and getting the arena ready for each day’s program. Besides the work involved there is a lot of fun by hearing the laughter and seeing the smiling faces of the children when they are on the horses and are able to accomplish a task and seeing the physical improvements from week to week. Many thanks to our friend Aline D. Galgay, Esq for her skills navigating through the legal hurtles to bring our dream to a reality. We miss the daily phone calls! Finally, to the parents who brought their children to us each week and who also braved standing and waiting in the heat, cold and of course the never-ending rain. Your faith and support in our horses and us has allowed our to program grow and blossom each year. We appreciate your willingness to be the extra hand, whether it was to side walk, get the ball when it didn’t exactly go in the basket or to the intended person in the game of pitch and catch or to help us with mounting or dismounting. Your constant source of encouragement and feedback makes us realize just how fortunate each and everyone of us are. A program like this takes a lot of dedicated people and we have found that dedication in everyone who has volunteered, or drove their child to be a part of this program and spoke publicly in our support. We also need to remember our families who have and will continue to be behind us with their constant support and encouragement. We hope to continue to provide quality therapy to our clients with an expanded therapy program (Speech, Occupational, Energy) at our new location at EBC Therapy Center, 251 Cole hill road, CR # 2, East Berne. We have recently broken ground at our new location and expect to be operating by early-mid June. Our new home will allow us to expand our services with the capability of being open all year. Thanks again, to all who have been involved in our program. Sincerely, Liz Chauvot, Britta Lovegrove, Catherine Fellows and Joan Martelle Altamont Enterprise, Thursday, Dec 2, 2004 “Farewell and good luck to a wonderful riding program" To the Editor: Three years ago a gal came to my barn asking if she could use my indoor ring to work with some of her clients. She was a physical therapist and wanted to do Hippotherapy on children and adults. She had her own horse and just needed a place to work, out of the weather. We talked about sharing the indoor space so we would not interfere with each other’s tasks. A door was opened for me to witness a program I had never seen before. I have heard about therapeutic riding but never really paid much attention. Liz was ready to start her program. I can remember several of her patients; there was a little boy I nicknamed “The Screamer.” He came one morning to the barn to start his therapy and took one look at Mark (the horse used) and screamed at the top of his lungs, kicking and yelling It was plain to see he wanted no part of this. I remember my Aunt coming to the barn asking if everything was okay. I nodded and said, “He just started his therapy and I hope it gets better.” I was not sure what to think, but as the visits continued sure enough the little boy began to smile and, by the time his sessions were completed, he was hugging Mark and giving him kisses. Progress was made both mentally and physically. Another one was Sarah, a teenage girl who would yell out swear words beyond her control. She would then look at you and say she was sorry, she was just having a bad day. Liz and I would tell her it was okay; we all have those days, too. More and more clients started coming. Soon, Liz needed more help and more horses. She got the help from her friends and volunteers but money was tight and she could not afford horses. So, looking at may horses just standing around getting fat, I decided to give them a try. Well, out of four, two passed the test to be put in the program. Baby and Brandy were now officially handicap lesson horses. For the next three years they were poked at, bumped into, yelled at, and loved every minute of it. They were rewarded after each lesson with hugs, kisses, and even treats. Before you knew it the lessons were six days a week, from early morning to early evening starting early in the spring going as late into the fall as possible. Liz put up with my steep hill, washed out driveway, and flooding in the barn when nature was against us. Together we worked with each other; she had her lessons and I had my summer camp and riding. It was the best three years at Winding Black Creek Farm. But, as usual, all good things come to an end sooner or later. Or do they? In this case a beautiful program was taking off full swing and now the time was here to move on. Liz began looking at land for sale right next to her house and now, joined by two of her friends, Britta and Catherine, developed a partnership. After all summer of working out deals and plans, the new facility will be underway soon. Together they will be putting up a barn (heated and dry) on flat ground, right in her own backyard. I wish the three of them the best of luck and much success at this program they have started. I have seen so many tough lessons start out the worst and end in success. I will miss them here at my barn and I know Brandy and Baby will miss the attention and spoiling they got, too. The partners will have a very busy adventure ahead of them that I know they will do just fine. As for me and my girls, it will be quiet and lonely around the barn without them but soon the horses will be having babies in the spring. Plans for summer riding camp will be underway and an after-school program will be in the future. Good luck Liz and Britta and Catherine on your new facility and program. I wish you much success. The past three years have brought many smiles to my barn and I hope they continue at yours. Barbara Kennedy and horses Brandy and Baby at Winding Black Creek Farm, East Berne” |
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