Italian Matteo is a former shooting champion who is now learning to walk again. After a car accident, he spent several months in a coma, and his body felt like someone else’s. The horse helps him regain control. Hippotherapy sessions are carried out right in the hospital in Rome. Medical technology has advanced greatly in recent years. It is possible to achieve great success in the field of rehabilitation of patients with brain disorders. But in some situations, expensive equipment and cutting-edge equipment cannot give the same results as hippotherapy. Therapeutic horse riding allows you to use muscles that are not used in normal life. Patients with Parkinson’s disease also undergo such rehabilitation. Due to the disease, their musculoskeletal system also suffers. But hippotherapy is not only about physical recovery. Communication with a horse helps to find spiritual harmony. Doctors say that patients are positively influenced by the horse’s calm breathing and steady heartbeat. The person also calms down and focuses less on problems. According to doctors, patients also feel that the horse needs human care. This helps you stop perceiving yourself as weak and sick.
In 2016, the San Giovanni Battista Hospital became the first hospital in Italy to house horses and conduct hippotherapy sessions. It is also the only hospital of its kind in Rome so far.
