Hartel won a silver medal in equestrian sports. She told her story about how riding helped her
“handling, grooming, lunging, riding, driving, and vaulting.” - (Naomi Scott). This type of therapy does not help you physically, however being around the horse helps phycological healing. Therapeutic riding goes all the way back to world war one where it was used to help veterans (Naomi Scott). “Riding for the handicapped began in Scandinavia” -(Naomi Scott). There are many different well known Equine facilities like the WETRA, CARD, EAGALA, NARHA, and CANTRA. Therapeutic riding can benefit you in many
My dream career would be owning and operation my own therapeutic riding center for disabled children and veterans. I would allow those with emotional, mental or physical disabilities into my program. Together we would increase their physical, emotional, spiritual, and cognitive abilities. Studies have shown that horse back riding is the only exercise that gives riders the swinging motion that is very similar to that of walking. Therefore it develops core muscles and soothes the mind because it can