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Horses Helped My MS. Now Some Need Our Help.

Posted on April 18, 2019April 14, 2019

Have you ever thought about getting on a horse and riding? It may sound impossible for someone with MS, but it’s not. In fact, equine therapy can help your body and your mind, and it’s fun. Several years ago, in my early 60s and not having ridden a horse since I was a kid, I was back in the saddle with an instructor from the Great and Small therapeutic riding…Continue Reading

Therapeutic riding: a winner for M.S.

Posted on July 11, 2016

A few years ago I got back in the saddle again. At age 63, more than 30 years after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and about 50 years since I’d last ridden a horse, I found my feet in the stirrups, butt in the saddle and riding a gentle, friendly horse that was led around the ring at the Great and Small therapeutic riding center in Boyds, MD outside Washington,…Continue Reading

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