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16.9.2021 Thank you

By Sue Palmer on September 16, 2021

I feel so lucky to do a job that I love, and that I know makes a difference. Physiotherapy treatment consists of four main areas, manual therapy, exercise therapy, electrotherapy, and advice and education. Physiotherapists chose appropriate treatments based on a thorough assessment of the horse, and a detailed discussion with the owner....

12.9.2021 Sharing the Science

By Sue Palmer on September 12, 2021

A study in 2016 looked at what owners saw as the main issues for their horse(s) in dressage and eventing, and the main reasons they fed supplements.

4.9.2021 New Treatment Clinic In Stafford

By Sue Palmer on September 4, 2021

The most exciting part of this for me is the opportunity to help more horses, and in turn you, the owners, riders and handlers.

2.9.2021 Sharing the Science

By Sue Palmer on September 2, 2021

“Physiotherapy assessment of the equine athlete is carried out by qualified physiotherapists…”

1.9.2021 It’s Good To Be Back

By Sue Palmer on September 1, 2021

“He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much…”

17.9.2021 Follow me…

By Sue Palmer on June 17, 2021

Join me in an ongoing discussion on the links between performance, pain and behaviour in horses. Read about...

28.4.2021 Sam and Rabbit – March

By Sue Palmer on April 28, 2021

Guest blog from Sam and Rabbit So another month has sped by. Rabbit and I have continued training hard in the last month, and very excitingly have booked our first dressage test for over 12 months! We have managed to qualify for the PetPlan Area Festivals at Elementary level. This is in May, so in […]

25.4.2021 Guest Blog from Dr Sue Dyson

By Sue Palmer on April 25, 2021

An ethogram is a series of behaviours each with strict definitions, for example ears back behind a vertical position for five seconds or more. The Ridden Horse Pain Ethogram (RHpE) was developed to facilitate the recognition of discomfort in ridden horses, which was likely to reflect either primary musculoskeletal pain or discomfort caused by the […]

18.4.2021 What is an orthopaedic surgeon?

By Sue Palmer on April 19, 2021

Webinar with Warren Schofield MRCVS As a Chartered Physiotherapist, I specialise in working with the musculoskeletal system, and it fascinates me. I find it incredible that everything is attached to everything else through the fascia, a thin, cling film like tissue that runs throughout the body. It’s amazing that our bones give our bodies such […]

The Effect of a Physiotherapy Intervention on Thoracolumbar Posture in Horses

By Sue Palmer on April 15, 2021

This is the title of a peer reviewed study published in the journal Animals in October 2020. The authors are Amy Shakeshaft and Gillian Tabor. The link to the full article is below, it is open access which means it’s free for anyone to read. Amy and Gillian looked at whether baited stretches changed the […]

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