Equidogphysio

Equine Services

Course of a session

Each encounter with an animal is different.

My first action is... observation! Understanding the horse’s environment, its lifestyle, and the factors of well-being and stress surrounding it; examining and evaluating its locomotion.

Once this analysis is complete, I perform a palpatory examination and functional inspection to feel its tensions, its range of motions. I build up a relationship of trust and openness with the horse during this initial contact.

Then, I massage the horse, which is now in a serene and calm state of mind.

My work as a physiotherapist centres on comfort, training, recovery and the rehabilitation of the animal's motor skills.

I am there to improve the horse's physical and mental relaxation, which in turn plays a preventive role, enabling the horse to perform better.

Should the horse suffer from locomotor disorders, its physical rehabilitation activities are exclusively carried out under veterinary diagnosis and prescription.

For whom?

• For sporting, competition or leisure horses

- Preparatory physical training sessions before an effort

- Maintenance sessions

- Recovery physical training sessions after an effort

- Relaxation and wellness sessions

- Lymphatic drainage sessions

• If your horse has undergone surgery, if it has to stay in the stable or if it is following a rehabilitation programme, a physiotherapy session under the supervision of its usual veterinarian will often prove exceptionally beneficial.

The advantages

• Sporting preparation

- warms up muscles and joints

- stimulates blood circulation (supply of oxygen and nutrients,...)

- prepares the body for the effort

- reduces the mental stress of a competition

- awakens neurotransmitters

• Sporting recovery

- helps muscle relaxation

- helps to eliminate the body's metabolic residues accumulated during exercise (toxins, lactic acids)

- reduces the impact of joint shocks

- prevents muscle stiffness

• Maintenance

- softens the muscle fibre

- increases your horse's ability to relax

- helps its concentration

- keeps the muscular and skeletal structure in shape