Physiotherapy for your Horse

Whether your horse is for hacking, showing, hunting or competing, physiotherapy can help a vast array of problems and assist you and your horse in maximising performance potential. Physiotherapy is not just limited to treating spinal and pelvic pain or muscle, tendon and ligament injuries, but can also help address movement compensations due to underlying lameness, degenerative joint conditions and saddle related problems.

Performance problems

Physiotherapy can assist in addressing the physical causes behind problems such as lack of suppleness, difficulty maintaining an outline or behavioural changes including
bucking and napping.

Acute Injuries

Physiotherapy techniques may be incorporated into a rehabilitation programme to reduce pain, improve movement and restore normal function. Physiotherapy can re-educate muscles following disuse or trauma and assist neural regeneration following injuries to nerves.

Following Surgery

Physiotherapy can encourage healthy repair of tissues and minimise the formation of scar tissue. It can prevent muscle atrophy and maximise return to normal function.

Injury prevention

Physiotherapy is useful prior to competition to enhance mobility and flexibility and following competition to enhance tissue recovery. Early detection of movement dysfunction, is key to limiting development or worsening of pain and loss of performance. Physiotherapy is widely acknowledged as beneficial in achieving and maintaining optimal performance in the human athlete and can do the same for your animal.

The Older Horse

Physiotherapy can help relieve stiffness, pain and muscle loss often seen in the older animal. It can help with flexibility and improve muscle function, thereby enhancing quality of life in the older horse.

As a Chartered Physiotherapist, Hazel is a highly skilled and qualified practitioner who customises each treatment to the individual horse. Treatments may consist of a combination of manual techniques and massage, electrotherapy (Laser, Ultrasound, TENS, Muscle Stimulation), exercises and stretches.

Prices

Horse assessment at your yard £65* per horse, a session takes approximately 1- 1.5 hours.

Horse and rider assessments are also available. A full session takes approximately 1.5 – 2 hours. Please contact for more details.

Areas covered include Northumberland and Scottish Borders.

*Travel charges may apply.