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Equine Physiotherapy

​​CHAPPS Physio will provide an in depth assessment of your horse to identify any areas of dysfunction. This will include:

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  • Detailed history taking from the owner and vet

  • Gait and movement analysis

  • Palpation assessment including joint and soft tissue

  • Range of movement assessment

  • Strength assessment

  • Neurological assessment (if indicated)
     

Following this, treatment will be individualised based on the assessment findings. A risk assessment will also be carried out prior to seeing your horse.

Equine physio

We offer yard visits across Surrey and West Sussex

Horse poll release

  • Muscular asymmetries or imbalances 

  • Dysfunctions in posture including head tilting, "cold backed" or “tucked up"

  • Dysfunctions in movement including stiffness, disuniting, hollowing or lameness

  • Pain secondary to lameness, illness, surgery or tack issues

  • Post surgery

  • Following diagnosis of a medical condition

  • Behavioural changes including bucking, rearing, stopping at fences or changes in mood

  • Difficulty with daily activities including walking up/down hill, rolling or getting up from lying down

  • Decline or changes in performance

  • Progressing through levels in training or competition

  • Maintenance and performance

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Indications For Physiotherapy

  • Postural asymmetries 

  • Movement dysfunction 

  • Pain or reactivity to being touched, tacked up or handled

  • Limb lameness

  • Joint stiffness 

  • Soft tissue injuries including muscle, ligament or tendon

  • Osteoarthritis

  • Post fracture or trauma

  • Sacro-iliac disease

  • Patella luxation

  • Pelvic pain 

  • Kissing spines

  • Post surgery  

 

 

Equine Stretches

Common Conditions We Treat ​​​

Equine stretches

  • Soft tissue techniques including massage, myofascial release and trigger point release

  • Joint mobilisations

  • Joint manipulations under sedation (veterinary surgeon required)

  • Stretching

  • Exercise therapy including core strengthening, limb and pelvic stability and home exercise programmes

  • Neuromuscular rehabilitation including balance work and muscle activation

  • Performance focused rehabilitation 

  • Electrotherapy including Hofmag (PEMF), H-Wave, laser and muscle stimulation

  • Kinesio taping

  • Education and advice for management​

 

 

 

 

Treatment Options

All treatment programmes will be tailored to the individual horse and may include a variety of the above treatments.​​We regularly speak to your team of vets, farrier, dentist and saddler to ensure a multidisciplinary approach is adopted to optimise outcomes.

HCPC
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy is the professional, educational and trade union body for the UK’s 60,000 chartered physiotherapists, physiotherapy students and associates’

APCP
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