Theraputic riding

Therapeutic riding is a term that was first used in Germany. Therapeutic horseback riding is also known as Equine Assisted Activity or Adaptive riding. Therapeutic horseback riding is used for a range of individuals with physical, emotional, cognitive, and social disabilities. Children are most often seen getting treated this way, but many adults are helped by horses as well. To put it in simple turns a special horse trainer teaches people with disabilities how to ride a horse. The environment around the horse also teaches students companionship, responsibility, leadership, vocational, education skills. The direct contact with horses makes the person feel that they are in control of the situation. To learn anything the student hast to pay attention to what the instructor is saying along with what the horse is doing. This provides a special environment in which to learn. There are hundreds of programs that are dedicated to using horses to help people. Most organizations run off of donations. Horses are also very unpredictable animals to it give the student a real life situation that they have control over. Thousands of people are helped by horses each year.