Hippotherapy - a physiotherapeutic treatment, based on the
neurophysiology of riding a horse. It is made under the guidance of specially
educated physicians, with an instructor and a horse-holder. This method of
treatment was approved by the German Physiotherapeutic Association (Deutsche
Verband fur Physiotherapie - Zentriverband der Krankengymnasten)
The State Institution of "The Rehabilitation Centre for
Hippotherapy" in Samara Region was open in August 2001. It is situated in the
ecologically clear district of Samara city in the park-forest zone near the
Volga River. This Centre accepts patients (older than the age of 3 years) with
different diseases. Within the Individual Programme of Rehabilitation, given by
the Office of Medical and Social Expertise, hippotherapy is free-of-charge. For
patients with Multiple Sclerosis it is used an individual approach, and is
developed the scheme of treatment.
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