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“Everything was going so perfect until the age of 18 months; everything changed with my little girl,” Monica recalls. Monica has been bringing her six-year-old daughter Jessie to Ride On St. Louis for two years now. “She was totally different, she would refuse to eat or drink anything.” Jessie’s equine-assisted occupational therapy and equine-assisted activities has largely impacted her speech and gait pattern, as Monica shares that Jessie has been able to communicate better

There have been numerous studies on the benefits of general movement and activity towards both physical improvements as well as cognitive improvements. Because the horse moves in a way that imitates human ambulation, clients on horseback receive that input affecting the clients hips and body almost as if they were walking. For able bodied individuals and individuals with disabilities, the movement of the horse is highly beneficial to humans across many areas, increasing circu