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Farrier - William Collyer
Will is our regular farrier not only at home but also at competitions. Will is a registered FEI farrier and so you will often see him at the big 3 Day Events around the country. He has trained all over the world, is a member of the master farriers association and loves to work with a vet or physio to get t the bottom of an issue!
Body Work - Sherie VC, Equi-Senses
My motto is,
‘every horse deserves to feel good, regardless of its job’
The therapies I use are focused on the muscular and skeletal systems. Depending on the problem, I have a few 'tools' at my disposal to treat your horse. The bulk of my work is a form of myofacial trigger point release and I back this up with Deep Oscillation(R) and massage.
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Physio - Katrina Varcoe-Cocks (MAnimSt, BPhys(Hons))
Katrina graduated as a Physiotherapist from the University of Melbourne in 1997. Following five years of developing her skills working on humans, she followed her grand plan of working with horses and spent four months in the UK training with Chartered Animal Physiotherapists. On returning to Australia, Katrina completed her Masters in Animal physiotherapy at the University of Queensland with honours and has been working primarily with horses for the past 14 years.
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Nutrition - Kentucky Equine Research
Serving Horse Owners and The Feed Industry
Kentucky Equine Research is an international equine nutrition, research, and consultation company serving horse owners and the feed industry. The company’s goals are to advance the industry’s knowledge of equine nutrition and exercise physiology, apply that knowledge to produce healthier, more athletic horses, and support the nutritional care of all horses throughout their life.
Here at Spring Creek we are fortunate to be aligned with KER to provide Nutrition and Research support for all horses under our care. This means first hand access to world leading rehabilitation and nutrition information and best practice feeding and nutrition support.
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Shockwave
Sports Massage Therapy
Sports Massage Therapy
Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) has become an emerging new technology for treating musculoskeletal problems, soft-tissue injuries and bone injuries in horses. ESWT is non-invasive, used to stimulate healing to return horses to a level of fully sound, useful activity without recurrence of disease.
More about Shockwave here: https://ker.com/equinews/extracorporeal-shock-wave-therapy/
Sports Massage Therapy
Sports Massage Therapy
Sports Massage Therapy
Hands-on massage techniques are used for the purpose of increasing circulation, relaxing muscle spasms, relieving tension, enhancing muscle tone, and increasing range of motion in high performance horses.
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Corrective Shoeing
Sports Massage Therapy
Corrective Shoeing
The weight and balance of a shoe changes the way a horse moves its leg and foot. This can be corrective, as in shoes that prevent racehorses from hitting one leg with another hoof as they gallop.
Find out more about shoeing here: https://ker.com/equinews/the-hoof-and-its-relation-to-balance-and-soundness/
Solarium Therapy
Poor Performance Assessment
Corrective Shoeing
Equine solariums produce short-wave infrared heat. The same heat produced by the sun with the benefit of Vitamin D3 but without the harmful UV rays. The infrared heat increases the metabolic activity of cells resulting in capillary dilation. This in turn increases blood flow through the body bringing oxygen & nutrients to the cells particularly in the superficial muscles of the horse. This increased circulation also improves muscle elasticity, recovery and health, which helps in the reduction of injuries & speeds up the recovery process,
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Poor Performance Assessment
Poor Performance Assessment
Poor Performance Assessment
Poor performance in three-day-event and other sport horses, like racehorses, can often be linked to more than one cause. In order to pinpoint the most likely reasons, it is important for a veterinarian to adopt a methodical approach to a poor-performance workup.
Find out more about poor performance asessment here: https://ker.com/equinews/poor-performance-sport-horses/
Nutrition Assesments
Poor Performance Assessment
Poor Performance Assessment
“While there are some methods currently being investigated to better evaluate a horse’s nutritional status, the only reliable means of determining whether your horse is receiving adequate nutrition, including micronutrient intake, is nutritional consultation with a qualified professional,” advised Kathleen Crandell, Ph.D., a nutritionist for Kentucky Equine Research.
Find out more about nutrition assessments here: https://ker.com/equinews/consultation-best-way-assess-horses-nutritional-status/