Importance of Equine Therapy

Faced with the need of people with a disability or personal suffering, resorting to different types of therapies is always recommended and healthy. Among this type of treatment we find equine therapy, one that is carried out with horses and whose objective is allow the person to contact another living being, who can be rehabilitated in their physical ailment but also emotional and social.

The therapy of peace and harmony: working with horses

For a long time now, medical specialists from different areas, as well as therapists, educational psychologists and professionals Mental health practitioners have begun to recognize that animal therapies can help a person bond with others in a different way. living beings and sentient. The type of treatment that these therapies can represent vary according to each case but they always pose something as simple as elemental: that we are sentient beings just like animals and that connecting with them can bring us peace, harmony, emotional health and mind.

Equine therapy is designed to come into contact with horses that have been domesticated but also show traits of personality kind, sociable, who enjoy being in contact with human beings, who are peaceful and calm, obedient and friendly. All these elements are fundamental since they make the comfort of both parties: the person and the animal. There are horses that have been domesticated but still maintain strong personalities and for this reason their use in this type of therapy is not recommended.

The transformations possible from this type of treatment

Although it may seem magical or unreal, it is scientifically proven that therapies like the one we describe here are important for improving different aspects of a person's life. Generally speaking, being around horses can help us feel at peace and feel safe. Connecting with an animal also opens emotional doors for us that perhaps we did not have registered as possible, since the horse is a noble animal that enjoys the company of the animal. human being. This is especially important in the case of children or adults with diseases such as autism, since in this case the emotional connection with the animal that is achieved is extremely important.

On the other hand, equine therapy gives us the possibility of performing different types of exercises that can be used to improve conditions such as cerebral palsy, injuries such as trauma, muscular rehabilitation, improving the sensory abilities of the person, the fulfillment of tasks and goals simple, the self-esteem and self-confidence.

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