XIV Congress of Therapeutic Horse Riding

25 - 27 April, 2012, 
The XIV Congress for Therapeutic Riding will be held in Athens, Greece on 24th to 27th of April 2012. The Congress will be jointly organized by Therapeutic Riding Association of Greece (TRAG) and Federation of Riding for the Disabled International (FRDI).

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The therapeutic value of horse riding for people with disabilities was well known to the Greeks as early as the 5th Century B.C. Historians quote Hippocrates as saying, "Riding in clean air strengthens body muscles and keeps them in good form".
In 1952, Danish Liz Hartel won the silver medal for Dressage in the Helsinki Olympic Games while suffering from partial paralysis of both her lower limbs, caused by Polyomelitis; thus becoming the inspiration for the establishment of the first therapeutic riding centers in the U.K. and Scandinavia.
In 1983 therapeutic riding came to Greece, at the Varibobi Riding Club, thanks to the initiative and work of Aideen Lewis. In 1992 Therapeutic Riding Association of Greece (TRAG) was established.
At the celebration of 20 years of TRAG we invite everybody in Athens, on April 2012, to join forces and to promote the idea of Therapeutic Horse Riding.
Main Topics of the congress

• Physical Disabilities

• Mental Health

• Emotional Disorders

• Autism

• Learning Disorders

• Promoting Social Inclusion

Main Topics for the seminars and the workshops

• Carriage driving

• The Greek pony from Skyros

• Yoga and therapeutic horse riding

• Training of the trainers

For more information, please go to XIV Congress of Therapeutic Horse Riding site.
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