Equine PagePhysiotherapy for horses varies from maintenance checks to performance enhancement to treatment for injury or rehabilitation.
Maintenance checks/treatments could improve the following:
- Poor performance
- Change in behaviour
- Reducing the risk of injury.
- Something not right and you can’t quite put your finger on it.
- Signs of pain such as flinching away when you go to touch and area.
- Swelling.
- Issues when ridden.
- Heat in a particular area.
Physiotherapy for the performance horse:
- Reduces the risk of injury.
- Maintaining the muscolosketal system.
- Strengthening of the muscolosketal system.
- Ensuring symmetrical build-up of muscle.
- Increased performance.
- Reduces risk of DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness).
Physiotherapy for injury healing/rehabilitation:
- See treatments for equine.
- These programmes are designed for the individual depending on the injury occurred such as wound, tendon/ligament strain or tear, muscle damage or fracture/splint.
Conditions treated:
- Ligament and tendon strains, tears and damaged.
- Muscular injuries.
- Splints.
- Bone Spavin.
- Post-operative treatment.
- Wounds
- When stitches have broken down.
- Wound that can’t be stitched.
- Osteoarthritis.
- Degenerative disorders.
- Muscle spasms.
- Trigger points.
And many more, please contact Nicki and discuss your horses specifics.