Matthew Ryba
Marine veteran and PTSD researcher who helps run the Man O’ War Project, an eight-week equine-assisted therapy program studied at Columbia that produced clinical and fMRI evidence of benefit for veterans with PTSD.
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Feb 10, 2026 • 1h 18min
Breaking the Cycle: PTSD, Veterans, and the OODA Loop of Equine Therapy
Matthew Ryba, a Marine veteran turned PTSD researcher who helped run the Man O’ War Project, discusses an eight-week equine-assisted therapy studied at Columbia. He recounts combat, moral injury, and military coping cultures. Short scenes cover the program’s hands-on exercises, horses mirroring arousal, surprising clinical and fMRI shifts, low dropout, and why veterans connect with this outside-the-clinic approach.
