Equine Services and prices
We offer a mobile physiotherapy service for horses of all shapes and types. Physiotherapy is not reserved for elite or high-level horses, the aim of physiotherapy is to identify and treat reasons for any poor or limited performance or obvious discomfort.
Common conditions treated are:
- Injury prevention - strength and conditioning
- Rehabilitation from chronic conditions such as Kissing spine (conservative management or post surgical)
- Osteoarthritis of various joints.
- Muscle pain or injury - strains or tears
- Sacroilliac disease
- Gait abnormalities
- Tendon injuries - strains or ruptures
- Muscle asymmetry
- Acute or chronic pain
Signs your horse may need to see a veterinary physiotherapist:
- Performance issues
- Reluctance to go forward.
- Changes to behaviour, bucking, rearing, napping, biting
- Objection to being groomed – particularly along their back or rugging
- Difficulty lifting feet for farrier or for you
- Toe dragging
- Inability to work in an arena or on a particularly rein
Positive reinforcement training
Positive reinforcement training is a science based training that involves the introduction of a posiitve stimulus, scratches, treats etc to shape desired actions. It allows for voluntary participation and gives your horse freedom to work out what is wanted from them.
We have spent the past 6 years learning how to train horses using positive reinforcment training and specifically using positive reinforcement for exercise prescription to encourage correct movement which is force free and teaches your horse how to move their body correctly to build strength and condition.
We offer positive reinforcement training session to support you and your horses journey into this incredible training modality.
Prices
Initial assessment: £70
This appointment takes 1-2hrs and involves a static and dynamic assessment of your horse with indepth palpation and appropriate treatment. You will be advised on appropriate exercise prescription which will also be detailed in a report sent post treatment.
Follow up appointments: £60
These appointments take 60-90 minutes and involve similar static and dynamic assessments, however this tends be more treatment based as your horse is known to the therapist. Any changes to exercise prescription will be discussed and detailed in this session and the report.
Exercise prescription sessions: £40
These involve an hour session detailing how to correctly achieve the exercises given by the physiotherapist. This can also be combined with taught sessions on positive reinforcement training and how teach any exercises given using positive reinforcement training.