Hippotherapy

seizures??

how do you recognize a seizure? how do you recognize a small seizure vs. a very intense one? i'll be working at a therapeutic riding center and some of the kids have seizures... they said that they ride through small ones but more intense ones are treated with an emergency dismount... so it would be helpful to get more information about seizures richard - its THERAPEUTIC riding... they are kids with downsyndrome, autism, epilepsy, and many other disorders... instructors are trained by NARHA and volunteers are trained as well in keeping the riders safe if you don't know what therapeutic riding is... well... it usually involves someone leading the horse and two people in each side helping the rider support himself

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1. a big seizures are u shake alot a nd hardly and small seizures u dont shake taht much , and also a nother tiny seizures like u just stare and something and u dont anwswer anyone
2. Seizures are caused by electro currents in the brain. Impulses due to any number of traumas can cause the body to almost electrocute itself and then the body tenses and shakes. Stress can bring it on, falling down and hurting yourself could, also if you have some sort of disorder like epelipsy or parkinsons disease like Michael J. Fox the actor, your brain will shock itself uncontrollably due to a break down in the key nerve endings in the brain that are supposed to supress that. My brother choked on a piece of steak once many years ago when my mom and sister were having a huge fight at the table and he fell on the rug and started having a seizure. Ever since then he has been on anti seizure meds. Once I was treating a mole that was removed from my stomach and I stupidly poured alcohol on it directly and thought I'd make it to my bedroom but fainted and hit myself on the way down. My boyfriend said I went into a slight seizure from the upset of brain waves, but I've not had anything since and that has been years ago. As for riding horses, seizure prone kids SHOULD NOT BE RIDING HORSES that could make seizures happen and I hope you have some training in nursing or there is a nurse on standby. Why would seizure prone kids want to ride a horse?????? Although my old friend Lottie who had seizures attended a riding camp with me one summer, but she was taking Valium to control it, and never once had a seizure, but could have.
3. I was diagnosed as having Petit Mal Seizures about 11 yrs ago (the result of a domestic violence attack by my now-ex husband). I have been told that... 1. I start to moan or talk nonsense. 2. My eyes roll back into my head. 3. My body starts to shake and bounce uncontrollably. 4. I lose my bodily functions (e.g. wet myself) 5. My tongue chaffes from where it rubs against my teeth. 6. In extreme episodes, I blackout for a minute or so. (above all, when I do come out of it, I am very, very weak and tired and can not remember anything about what happened.) I am on medication that I will have to take for the rest of my life and I can not skip a dose and have to take it as close to the time that the dr prescribed it or else I could have an episode. My suggestion to you is that you keep an emergency phone number for the child's parent and/or doctor with you at all times and regardless of whether you think the seizure is mild or intense, it is something that you NEED TO tell someone about and CAN NOT avoid because one of the first things that the dr will ask you is when it happened and how long it lasted so that he or she can monitor the child in case their medication needs to be increased or decreased and take proper action and it doesn't keep happening. A SEIZURE IS A VERY SERIOUS THING and it is similar to having their brain short-circuit and it could mean life or death in an instant (beyond your control), so in order to properly handle it...MAKE SURE TO FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF ON WHAT SIGNS TO LOOK FOR.