Equine Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy is imperative for every ridden horse to move their best and feel comfortable. Whether you are a happy hacker, are flying round 1.20m, or anywhere in between, your horse will benefit from regular physiotherapy treatment, because ultimately horses aren't designed to be ridden and compensation patterns are one of the first signs of a possible future injury, which, with if corrected early enough, are often preventable.

 

What to expect: we ensure that we address all aspects of your horse's movement. A full assessment is completed prior to treatment including gait analysis, movement assessment and thorough palpation of all the key joints and muscles.​ Our treatment uses manual techniques, allowing us to feel areas of issue, and address these during the treatment process. This allows for horses to accept the treatment, with great results and improvement seen after treatment. 

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You will be given and demonstrated exercises, to help your horse to continue to improve between treatments. Along with this, you will be sent a full and comprehensive report, and written instructions for each exercise so you don't need to worry about remembering each individual thing in the moment. 

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We are committed to evidence based practices, which means we don't take the quick fix route and a lot of our work is modelled on the human approach. There is limited good-quality evidence in the equine world so we use the human research that has been conducted and translate this directly onto your horse. This is very different to many other therapists, and also means that we don't use machines in our treatment: there is minimal evidence to support their use, and what there is does not show that they work!

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In depth rehabilitation or strength and conditioning plans are also available to provide a more structured, detailed approach for when this would be beneficial.