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Strojek Katarzyna, Kawka Milena, Radziminska Agnieszka, Piekorz Zuzanna, Kazmierczak Urszula, Zukow Walery. Zastosowanie hipoterapii w postepowaniu usprawniajacym = The use of hippotherapy in the proceedings streamlining. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2016;6(11):24-34. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.163466http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/3959 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 755 (23.12.2015).755 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7© The Author (s) 2016;This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, PolandOpen Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium,provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercialuse, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper.Received: 02.10.2016. Revised 12.10.2016. Accepted: 27.10.2016. Zastosowanie hipoterapii w postepowaniu usprawniajacymThe use of hippotherapy in the proceedings streamlining Katarzyna Strojek¹, Milena Kawka¹, Agnieszka Radziminska¹, Zuzanna Piekorz¹, Urszula Kazmierczak¹, Walery Zukow2 1. Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika w Toruniu Collegium Medicum w Bydgoszczy, Katedra Fizjoterapii, Zaklad Podstaw Fizjoterapii, Bydgoszcz, Polska2. Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego w Bydgoszczy, Bydgoszcz, Polska Slowa kluczowe: hipoterapia, postepowanie usprawniajace.Key words: hippotherapy, proceedings streamlining. Streszczenie W czasach dynamicznego rozwoju fizjoterapii powstaje wiele metod usprawniania, w których role terapeuty odgrywaja zwierzeta. Jedna z nich jest hipoterapia, oparta na interakcji miedzy koniem, terapeuta a pacjentem. Róznorodnosc tej formy oraz wieloplaszczyznowe dzialanie decyduja o uniwersalnosci omawianej metody. Hipoterapia wplywa równoczesnie na sfere fizyczna, psychiczna, emocjonalna i spoleczna czlowieka, poprawiajac jego jakosc zyciai funkcjonowania na codzien.Istotna kwestia przed rozpoczeciem terapii jest rozpatrzenie wszystkich wskazan i przeciwwskazan, wybór odpowiedniego konia oraz wykwalifikowanego terapeuty. Celem pracy jest zaprezentowanie wplywu hipoterapii jako terapii wspomagajacej leczenie pacjentów z róznorodnymi schorzeniami. Podczas hipoterapii dochodzi do rozluznienia, eliminowania odruchów patologicznych, torowania wlasciwych reakcji, normalizacji napiecia miesniowego, korygowania postawy, poprawy pracy narzadów wewnetrznych. Efektem terapii z koniem jest wzrost koncentracji, poprawa pamieci i samopoczucia, umiejetnosc radzenia sobie ze stresem, wyzsza samoocena i pewnosc siebie. Summary In times of dynamic development of physiotherapy there are many methods of rehabilitation, in which the role of the therapist played by animals. One of them is hipotherapy, based on interaction between the horse, the therapist and the patient. The variety of forms and multi-faceted operation determine the universality of the method. Hippotherapy affects simultaneously on the sphere of physical, mental, emotional and social person, improving the quality of lifeand functioning on a daily basis.An important issue before the therapy is to consider all the indications and contraindications, selecting the right horse and a qualified therapist.The aim of the paper is to present the impact of hippotherapy as an adjunct therapy to patients with various diseases. During hippotherapy comes to relaxation, eliminate pathological reflexes, paving the appropriate response, normalize muscle tone, correct posture, improve the work of internal organs. The effect of therapy with a horse is to increase concentration, improve memory and mood, coping with stress, higher self-esteem and confidence.