Welcome
Thank you for taking the time to visit our website. We hope in the next few pages that you find it interesting and informative in understanding your horse or pony as an "athlete", and how any dysfunction can affect them in so many ways at any stage of their lives.
The definition of an athlete is to acquire strength, agility and stamina for physical exertion. This applies to any animal fittened up for a purpose from the happy hacker to a competition horse.
These therapies are for prevention of injury NOT only for the injured animal as part of their rehabilitation. It is also very beneficial in helping all equines cope with different levels of fitness, strenuous exercise, competition, travelling and the general day to day stresses of life.
Alternative therapies help to stimulate all the systems of the body by improving circulation, digestion, calms nervous system, relaxes muscles, improves skin elasticity, increased lymphatic drainage to detox and more. All these changes help the animal's overall physical and psychological wellness in a very natural way.
Complementary therapies are not a substitute for conventional veterinary care.