Osteopath for Horses
Your Horse's Path to Natural Healing
As an experienced equine osteopath, I treat your horse using a mixture of gentle and firm hands-on techniques such as massage, mobilisation and manipulation to address the root causes of their discomfort.
I’m passionate about helping your horse move and perform better. Whether they’re dealing with back stiffness, restricted movement, or performance issues, I’ll work with their body’s natural healing abilities to restore balance and provide lasting relief.
Equine Osteopathy Targets The Whole Body
Equine osteopathy is a comprehensive, hands-on approach that recognizes how your horse’s entire body works as one interconnected system. Horses often compensate from front to back and from left to right, hence I always work on all 4 corners of the horse.
Through gentle manipulation techniques to release restrictions and improve mobility, I can support your horse’s natural healing mechanisms and optimize their movement patterns without medication or invasive procedures.
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Back and Neck Problems
Head carriage issues, lameness due to back or neck problems.
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Reduced Performance
Reduced or inconsistent performances can be the result of an underlying injury or musculoskeletal change, treating these areas can have a positive effect on performance.
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Changes in Gait
Such as lameness, altered stride length, uneven gait or difficulty turning in one or both directions.
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Behavioural Changes
Some behavioural changes can be a symptom of pain. Examples of these in horses may include head shyness, kicking, rearing and unwillingness to jump or be ridden; while in dogs it may result in unwillingness to exercise, difficulty walking/ jumping or aggression. Osteopathy may be able to help with these by treating the underlying causes.
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Age Related Issues
Although we cannot fix ageing related conditions such as arthritis, osteopaths can help in maintaining mobility in older horses.
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Assisting in Rehabilitation
Including from minor injuries such as trips or falls as well as more serious injuries. Osteopathy can help at the site of injury, as well as assist in maintaining mobility in horses while on box rest.
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Other Issues
Osteopathy works on finding the root cause of pain. We work on the musculoskeletal system, and cover all joints and muscles from head to toe.
Pricing For Horses
Horses are incredible athletes, but they can also be prone to aches and pains due to training, competition, or deterioration over time. I will come to your horse and assess and treat them in their familiar environment. This approach helps find and identify any musculoskeletal issues that may be affecting your horse’s comfort and performance.
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Initial Consultation
£100This is where I assess the horses movement via walk up, trot and canter. We will also assess via palpation and moving each joint passively. Where possible, having an area to be able to lunge the horse is also beneficial. I may also ask that the horse is tacked up and ridden, especially if the complaint is exacerbated when ridden or felt when ridden, e.g. turning or the issue is performance based.
- Note: Consent from the vet will be needed if the issue does not come under a ‘maintenance’ treatment as per the Veterinary surgeons act 1966. This will be discussed pre consultation.
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Follow Up Consultation
£90After the initial consultation, follow up visits will be tailored to the individual needs of the horse and rider, and may last around 45 to 60 minutes.
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Group Discounts
from £160For multiple horses having follow-up treatment at the same yard on the same day, the follow up rate is £80 per horse. I need a minimum of two for this.
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Horse and Rider
£160A joint appointment to treat both the horse and the rider during the same visit using my portable couch either in a tack room or clean stable.
Group Discount: It’s an additional £80 per person treated at the same location at the same time.
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What is osteopathy?
Osteopathy is a type of manual therapy that uses our eyes and hands to find, diagnose and treat musculoskeletal conditions. Osteopaths apply a range of techniques to help reduce pain, increase joint mobility, relieve muscle tension and enhance the blood and nerve supply to tissues, helping the body’s own healing mechanism.
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Whats the difference between an osteopath and a chiropractor?
Chiropractors focus mostly on spinal integrity, using x-rays of the spine to form a diagnosis and work on subluxations with spinal manipulation. Sessions are generally 15-20 mins and often recommended 2-3x per week. depending on the condition.
Osteopaths like to find the root cause of a problem, using palpation and examination of the body using orthopedic testing to confirm a working diagnosis. From there we then like to treat the symptoms and cause of pain, allowing the body to regain balance. Sessions generally last 30-45 mins and recommended 1-2x per week depending on the condition.
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What can osteopaths treat?
Osteopaths can treat a wide range of conditions including:
- Neck and back pain
- Headaches arising from cervicogenic origin
- Arthritis
- Shoulder and elbow pain
- Pelvic, hip and leg pain
- Tendon injury
- Pregnancy-related pain and postural problems
- Minor sports injuries including ligament and muscle strains
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What techniques do Osteopaths use?
Depending on your symptoms, some of the treatment methods I use include:
- Soft tissue massage
- Spinal manipulation
- Articulation and mobilisation of joints and muscles
- Muscle energy technique
- Stretching to encourage muscles to work against resistance
- Dry needling
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Will I feel sore after treatment?
As your body readjusts and adapts to the changes that occur during treatment, you may sometimes feel tired or even a little achey (soreness rather than pain) after treatment. If this happens, effects can last from 2-24 hours after treatment. After this you should feel much better!
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