Therapy Horse Saddle

Development of a Therapy Horse Saddle for hippotherapy

A few details

The Project

Therapy horse saddle was developed and designed for children with disabilities mainly autistic.

Some special

Specifications

The purpose was to develop a product that will know to answer the autistic child needs during the lesson and provide a toll to the instructor and the therapist teem.

How we solved it

Ergonomy

Providing a new avenue of therapy riding. This product deals with ergonomic movement of the horse and his influents on the rider.

What is the child spatial need

Frontend Development

Working directly with the children and their specialists, for learning about the main needs during the lesson. Creating a clear time line from the lesson preparation, functionality to the lesson ending. Researching the current market.

Material and functional product development

Backend Development

The saddle seat is made of a compressed sponge called lox and an orthopedic sponge called latex. The function of the sponge is to maintain the movement of the horse and the latex sponge is to support and protect the rider’s back. The seat shape is worn on the horse’s muscle for protecting the spine.

Research

Learning about existing products and industry needs.

Planing

Planning of the production process, collection of tolls and materials.

Testing

Testing designs with users in real-world scenarios.

Fine-tuning

Pay attention to the finest elements of the product for high quality.

Documenting

Creation of a clear study for the preservation of the project content.

Monitoring

Focus on the main requirements of the function for better usability.