Horses are brilliant puzzles – and I like puzzles. Osteopathy is my latest piece to help unravel the puzzle of the horse. Understanding the difference between a behaviour response and a pain response is what had me seeking. Osteopathy was a natural fit.
Osteopathy is a hands-on manual therapy where I take your horse through a range of motions to understand their body. I identify what is working well and what may need help. Osteopathic articulations impact joints and all the muscles, ligaments, tendons, nerves and fascia. Mobility improves movement of the synovial fluids of the joints. Movement increases blood and lymph flow and ultimately all the systems in the horse. With each horse the challenge is to find piece that may be the source of a lameness, or as is often the case “Why is my horse not quite right?” The goal is to help the horse adjust itself.
A requirement for The London College of Animal Osteopathy program is a final thesis. The topic I chose “Osteopathy in treating mysterious hindlimb dysfunction”.
If you believe Osteopathy would be right for your horse. Contact me – 4 0 three 669.3666 and I’d love to learn how I might be able to help
Excerpt: “Osteopathic thinking is the body has everything within itself to return to health. Health1 means all the systems of the body are operating efficiently including the nervous, respiratory, circulatory, digestion, endocrine, muscular and skeletal systems.
A dysfunction or a lesion, is a lack of physiological physics1 or the inability of the body to either replenish what it needs or eliminate what it does not. The Osteopathic ROM assessment and treatment is designed to assist all bodily systems return to normal, or homeostasis, by improving movement and distribution of fluids and forces1 of body systems, eliminate waste and introduce proprioceptive change in the muscles. It is the repetitive and relaxed movement of osteopathic work that helps to enhance the body’s own systems.”
Excerpt from final thesis – Osteopathy in treating mysterious hindlimb dysfunction – Nancy Lowery 2025
1 – Classical Osteopathy – Wernham, 1996 pg35