Performance

Modern sports horses are athletes where fully physical function and mobility are vital for every discipline, from dressage horses, to show ponies, to three-day event horses. Physiotherapy can help maximise musculoskeletal performance through the correct development of the strength, stability and suppleness required for our elite athletes.

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Bespoke plans are built around each horse's training and competition schedule, ensuring optimum timing of treatment and exercise progression relative to workload demands.

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Physiotherapy and acupuncture, as part of an integrated approach, can help:

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• Increase joint range of motion

• Increase protraction, stride length and flight arc

• Promote full cervical and spinal flexibility and comfort

• Enhance lumbar and sacroiliac strength and resilience

• Improve hindlimb propulsion and engagement

• Reduce muscular tension, hypertonicity and myofascial trigger points

• Strengthen core musculature improving stability and control

• Condition bone density and tendon and ligament resilience

• Identify subtle asymmetries or sub-clinical issues, allowing early veterinary intervention

• Improve balance, straightness and freedom of gait