Remarkable stories of natural therapies keep rolling in. Have you every considered giving bare back horse riding a trial run? The progress report from Hanne below (whose case story was posted on the Parkinsons Recovery Blog last year) would inspire anyone to give horse back riding consideration!
Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.
Pi0neers of Recovery
http://www.pioneersofrecovery.com
Hanne was diagnosed with Parkinsons Disease in 1998 by a neurologist and again in 1999 by two other neurologists. She had a PET-scan in 2000. The result was a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease in the early stages.
Hanne stopped taking Parkinson’s medications in 2000 and has adopted her own approach to treating her disease. Her balance and muscle strength was very bad at that time.You can read her full case story posted here on the blog by clicking on Parkinsons disease .
Horse riding is a good way to facilitate better balance and strengthen muscles. Hanne is riding her Icelandic horse Jari nearly every day, but once or twice a week she rides bare back as it facilitates better balance and strengthens the muscles even more. Below is a photo from Hanne from October 2011 as she rides in a gallop up a hill. Hanne was born in 1954.
