Signs your horse may benefit from veterinary physiotherapy 

• Changes in behaviour or temperament 

• Resenting tacking up

• Ridden behaviour problems developing - bucking, rearing or napping 

• Difficult transitions

• Loss of impulsion or shortened stride 

• Stiffness on one rein 

• Reduction in performance 

• Loss of muscle or condition 

Equine conditions that may benefit from veterinary physiotherapy 

• Tendon or ligament injury 

• Muscle tear/strain/sprain 

• Fractures

• Neurological conditions 

• Kissing spines (Conservatively and post-surgically) 

• Sacroiliac disease 

• Upward fixation of patella (Locking stifles)

• Osteoarthritis 

Physiotherapy techniques that may be implemented 

• Massage 

• Stretching (baited and passive)

• Passive range of motion 

• Electrotherapies

• Thermotherapy

• Remedial exercise prescription​

• Tailor made home exercise programmes 

• Kinesiology taping