Equine Therapy or Equestrian Therapies are treatments that resort to activities with horses with the purpose of contributing positively to the cognitive, physical, emotional, social and occupational development of people suffering from some type of disability or special need.
Animals are able to improve human health completely through many avenues, in fact, animal-assisted therapies were initiated in England in 1872 and it was in the year 1875 when a French neurologist discovered all the benefits that horses could offer their patients ..
It is an integral therapy, since it not only improves physical aspects in the human being, but also social, mental and psychological. The different types of therapies with horses that we can find are mainly indicated for the following cases:
Muscle coordination problems
Cerebral palsy
Autism
Down's Syndrome
Spinal injuries
Parkinson
Multiple sclerosis
Fibromyalgia
Developmental disorders
