What is Equine or Horse Therapy?
Equine or Horse therapy is where a series of exercises are performed, while the person is sitting or riding on a horse. There has been an increase in the number of horse riding academies that are offering equine or horse therapy as a physical therapy or rehabilitation for people with a variety of different health conditions, which is having an amazing impact in helping to improve how well people with often severe health problems to improve in how well they can function. As another form of physical therapy, horse therapy has been gaining more support and has been found to have dramatic results with helping people, both adults and children, with more severe health conditions, like Multiple Sclerosis, ADD/ADHD, severe autism or even people that have suffered a mild to severe stroke to be able to function better again. Exercising on the horse strengthens the muscles and increases balance, which allows the person to be able to stay on the horse without falling off. Once the person is able t
