Everything Horses and Livestock® November 2021 Vol. 6 Issue 4

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manufacturer. Her plan is to buy the device in January If she can raise the funds. Besides using this in the workplace Dawn travels to Client’s locations. The unit is too heavy for 1 person, so she requires assistance lifting it up and down. It does have wheels which are small but helps with mobility. Dawn’s dream for this device is to have a small Living Quarters horse trailer modified to meet her requirements for traveling all over Kansas and the 4 surrounding states. So, she can assist as many patients as possible. She would be able to use the trailer ramp for wheelchairs or other mobile chairs to bring them into the Living Quarters where she would have Miracolt stationary for use. This trailer would be a traveling rehabilitation center for Dawn. Dawn is in process of applying for her 501c3 so she will be up and running as a nonprofit in no time. To learn more about Miracolt you can contact Dawn Miller 913-206-0465 she is the sales representative in Kansas for this device so feel free to call her. Another place you can find more information is this website: https://chariotinnovations.com/ miracolt/

This is a story about a different kind of horse a Mechanical Horse called “ Miracolt” Manufactured by Chariot Innovations. Dawn Miller a local OTR/L works with “Miracolt” on a daily basis. This device delivers access natural and complex motion patterns of riding therapy. This is used to help with Cerebral Palsy, Autism Parkinson’s Stroke and related symptoms. The MiraColt, inspired by the benefits of hippotherapy, is a therapeutic medical device designed to realistically reproduce the complex and natural three-dimensional motion patterns experienced

when walking or riding a horse.

Currently Dawn uses this device at her workplace “Poss- Abilities Children’s Therapy Group” located in Meriam KS. Dawn specializes in working with children having cerebral palsy, brachial plexus injuries, Down's Syndrome, developmental delays, spinal muscular atrophy, spina-bifida, upper extremity injuries and anomalies, sensory processing disorder and visual-motor integration dysfunction. She also works with adults suffering from joint pain, injuries including back pain

Melissa Cowan

Dawn has the device on loan for trial use from the

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