EQUINE VETERINARY PHYSIOTHERAPY
Since qualifying as an Equine Sports Massage Therapist in 1998 Clair’s speciality is equine sports massage, especially her renowned ability to identify any compensations and interpreting how this can and is affecting your horse. This will still form a large part of your horse’s physiotherapy sessions but in addition Clair can now offer (depending on your horse’s clinical needs):
Pulsed Magnetic Field Therapy
Photo Therapy (laser)
Ultrasound
TENS and Neuromuscular-
Kinesio taping and other proprioceptive enhancements
Assess available joint movements (range of motion, ROM) and interpret any limitations and how this can affect your horse
Develop exercise programmes depending on the interpretation of the palpation of weak/overused muscles, limited joint range or neurologically weak that can address this imbalance and promote a healthy balanced horse
The additional skills that Clair has been trained in also enable her to offer physiotherapy in the more acute phase of some conditions such as wound healing, soft tissue strain and bone fractures.
Your horse can benefit from Veterinary Physiotherapy as part of its routine care as well.
Benefits to your horse include:
Techniques that enable your horse to move/compete to its full potential
Enhance muscle tone
Relax muscle spasm
Prevent and relieve adhesion
Increase range of movement
Help prevent injury
Contented Horse
If you have noticed any of the following problems when exercising and training your horse?
Reluctance to work in an outline
Lacking impulsion
Stiffness through the back
Resistance on one rein more than the other
Saddle fitting issues
Bucking, napping or rearing
Refusing to jump
Veterinary Physiotherapy could potentially help with these training difficulties
Veterinary Physiotherapy can work in conjunction with veterinary medicine in the treatment of these following conditions:
Wound management
Tendon and ligament injuries
Muscle strains and tears
Muscle wastage
Spavins, Curbs and splints
Back problems
Sacro-
Fractures
Asymmetry
Trauma from falls or accidents
Neurological dysfunction
All treatments are performed with referral or permission of the treating veterinary surgeon in accordance with the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966.
Clair Andrews
Veterinary Physiotherapist AdvCertVPhys
RAMP Registered Member
Remedial Massage Therapist LCSP(Assoc)
Equine Sports Massage Therapist ITEC Dip ESMA
T : 07762 436697 E : c.andrews@working-
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