Who said that therapy needs to be boring? Indeed, a majority of the population could think that rehabilitation treatment, which is a process of returning to a healthy and autonomous life, should take place in an official place such as hospital, clinic or care center. However, there is an alternative way that is more recreative than usual therapy and that involves horses! The Canadian Therapeutic Riding Association (CanTRA) has developed this concept. This organization promotes a stimulating and fun rehabilitation to improve the speed of healing of the patient. The Canadian Therapeutic Riding Association (CanTRA) was founded in 1980. It is a registered charity that encourages the rehabilitation of children and adult by using a horse. This kind …show more content…
Hippotherapy could be used by many health professionals such as physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists. Horses are a great animal to improve motor movement and behavioral disabilities because the riders need to enforce the strength of their body and increase the capacity of focus. Micah J. Vail explained in his article "How horseback riding changed my life" published on January 10, 2013, on Global Mail and updated on March 26, 2017, that riding had also enhanced his emotional growth well beyond his years, and it had affected his social life as well. Furthermore, horses are sensitive to their riders, so they must keep calm and adopt the great posture. Hippotherapy facilitates the communication because an animal doesn't judge instead of people. Finally, the patient develops a social confidence that can help him make friends by pushing the limits of the patient more than if the therapy was only with the health professional. The course of a session depends on the initial evaluation prepared by the therapist with the help of the rider’s medical team, such as his doctor and his