The American Hippotherapy Association describes hippotherapy as “how occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech-language pathology professionals use evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning in the purposeful manipulation of equine movement as a therapy tool to engage s ensory, neuromotor, and cognitive systems to promote functional outcomes.Best practice dictates that occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech-language pathology professionals integrate hippotherapy into the patient’s plan of care, along with other therapy tools and/or strategies.” (AHA, 2025).
Hippotherapy is an evidence-based practice with a growing number of studies being completed and published.
Hippotherapy research articles:
Centerstone Therapy 