11/10/2026
How do I actually work with you?
I recently had a conversation that made me realise something...
I know how I work... but maybe I expect you to know too based on my online footprint... but I know that not everyone sees everything I share!
I provide equine massage, movement analysis and rehabilitation for horses across the North East, County Durham, North Yorkshire and surrounding areas.
From the moment you message me with your initial queries, the experience has started.
I will ask you what your horse is currently doing, any veterinary issues, the reason for reaching out, what your goals are, what facilities you have, what you like to do with your horse and more. This is how I get a good understanding of the parameters in which we can start to explore.
We then arrange a session. The first session will include a short chat to get to know you in more detail. We assess the horse wherever they are presented to me. How do they stand? What is their energy like? How attentive and alert are they? Posture, even loading patterns, obvious injuries?
Then we see them walk, trot and sometimes lunge or be ridden (depending on your challenges). Do they bear weight evenly? Are they functioning throughout the entire body? Any uneven loading patterns? Weakness? Compensation? Limb path, freedom through the ribs, spine, pelvis, neck....
Can they step backwards. Can they turn on a tight circle and navigate this correctly? How do they respond to sternum lifts, thoracolumbar flexion?
This is everything that is running through my head when I am watching them move for those 2 minutes. So when you ask me "does that face mean something is wrong?!" I promise my concentration face is not my "oh s**t" face! Unless your horse is clearly on 3 legs!
We then take them back to their preferred place and the session starts. All therapists work in their own way. My method is to start at the shoulders, working my way back to the bum and legs, then finish on the head and neck - it is just my preference. Everything will be addressed so expect this to take an hour.
Limb and neck stretches will be performed if fit to do so.
You may see me doing some questionable methods. This might look like "soft punches" ... this is a method called percussive therapy. It is the rhythmic tapping or bouncing of the fingers or fist to stimulate the muscle and blood flow (there's more to it) and it is encouraged from the elbow with no direct force.
Other methods include skin rolling, gentle stroking, myofascial and trigger point release (which look like I am just having a break) and red light therapy, with a few more methods in there.
You will be told what I find with plausible explanation and a report will be sent to your email as a follow up.
Then, if you wish to book your horse into regular sessions, you are invited to.
It doesn't stop there! I am one of the most approachable people I know. If you wish to ask questions, send me videos or would like someone to talk to - I am your girl!
We can arrange exercise prescription sessions where I show you what would benefit your horse or you can book in for more bodywork sessions... that is entirely up to you :)
