Eloisa Townsend: Muscular - Skeletal Therapist
About Eloisa Townsend: Muscular - Skeletal Therapist
For a no obligation consultation and assessment call Eloisa on 07941 272506
Or email equinephysio@hotmail. co. uk or completecanine@outlook.com
Fully Insured.
Eloisa Townsend: Muscular - Skeletal Therapist Description
Eloisa Townsend has been involved with horses since being a child and during her career has managed a large equestrian centre with rehab hydrotherapy unit. Her varied experience and knowledge of horses has lead to a successful career as a registered and insured animal manipulation physiotherapist. She is also a fully qualified and insured human deep tissue massage therapist.
Manipulation Physiotherapy has many applications for the equine athlete, the main being:
Improve and Maintain peak performance for pleasure or competition riding
Injury and Illness Rehabilitation
Improve and Maintain the health and soundness of the pleasure and competition horse
Eloisa works on a skeletal and muscular level assessing and treating the horse as a whole and in isolated areas. she prides herself on finding the root cause not just treating the symptoms. Eloisa works alongside vets, trainers and riders to offers assistance in ridden and rehabilitation programmes in order to optimise the horses performance.
She has worked in the UK, Canada and New Zealand with accomplished riders in eventing, dressage, show jumping, racing and polo. Example of current clients include Bettina Hoy, Charlie and Abi Hutton.
All Physiotherapy legally requires veterinary approval /referral.
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Spring Sale! 50% !!!! off new clients in Wiltshire, Somerset and Dorset first treatment for horses and dogs. Eloisa Townsend has just relocated to Somerset and is a fully insured and RAMP registered Animal Chiropractor and Muscle Therapist having practiced for many years both in the U.K. and internationally treating Olympic horses through to family pet dogs. Please contact via Facebook or on 07941272506 for details or with any questions. Vet recommended.
No price increases for 2 years. Prices still stand : Price list as of 1st August 2016
Horse treatment : £45-60 depending on location and number of horses. Treatment last at least one hour.
... Dog treatment: £35-45
Human: £45-£55 depending on location. Treatment last at least one hour.
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Clinic days will be monthly! Clinic days for May 2018! I will be based in the Cirencester/swindon area 8/9/10 May. If any of my clients are happy for me to be based at their yard for one of those days and have the clinic at their yard please let me know. Anyone with bad loaders or no transport I will do my best to get to you. If your happy to travel locally to me let me know also. ... Please private message me if you’d like an appointment
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Another day in the office for my sponsored rider Suzanna Hext and her horse Sid. Go team! 👌💪
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I'm so pleased to be part of this team and sponsoring and supporting Suzanna and sid in their world class adventures!! What great feedback on your test 😀
Horse owners of the southwest I want to help you help your horse !! Would you like to be able to dramatically cut down on the amount you spend on physiotherapy/osteopathy/chiropractic and massage you spend on your horses? Would YOU like to be the one who treats your horse whenever and as soon as you think your horse needs it? This Autumn sees the start of my beginners course in MusculoSkeletal therapy for horse owners.
... Course details This certificate is taught on a ONE TO ONE basis at YOUR yard (my undivided attention and no travel for you or your horse) Length: 2 days specifically tailored to you and your horse. Cost: £300 (includes full anatomy and exercise workbook plus certificate of completion)
At the end of the two days you will have the knowledge to offer a basic massage treatment to your horse that will help to reduce injury and improve performance. Please contact me on Facebook via message or text 07941272506 to book two dates that are convenient for you.
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Price list as of 1st August 2016
Horse treatment : £45-55 depending on location. Treatment last at least one hour.
Dog treatment: £40
... Human: £45-£55 depending on location. Treatment last at least one hour.
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No complicated and intricate layout just pure control, suppleness and core strength. Can you do this on your horse? 😃
A good news story I wanted to share. I was called out, as a last resort, to a show-jumper that was being dangerous when ridden and lunged. It didn't take me long to establish the horse was actually pain free but I heavily suspected she was in foal ! Sure enough the vet returned to the yard and agreed. The horse is now not 'naughty' but having a surprise foal. Moral of the story is if your horses behaviour changes always give them a full mot with vets, therapists and dentists ! Don't just assume they're being bad. #LoveMyJob
Massive good luck to all my clients competing at Nunney horse trials this week. I have a record number of clients competing. 5 in total! 😃
Some incredible case studies at the moment. I've had some real break throughs with my clients. One horse with chronic back pain has had tremendous improvements using my LED therapy another has overcome shoulder issues using my stretching, massage and manipulation techniques and has therefore massively improved their jumping performance. Good luck to Charlie and Abi Hutton who are off to Keysoe and all my clients going to Badminton. 😃
If your horse had a sore back, would you be able to tell? Recent research by a French behavior team suggests that you might not. In a recent study, caretakers estimated that less than 12% of horses at various equestrian centers had back pain. In reality, however, nearly 50% of these horses suffered from back pain.
“These results are worrisome,” said Clémence Lesimple, PhD, of the University of Rennes. “While it’s true that back problems can be difficult to detect outside of a... clinical evaluation, they usually lead to behavioral signs—in particular, aggression—that should alert owners and caretakers of a problem.”
Lesimple and her fellow researchers investigated 17 equestrian centers in France with a total of 161 horses. The primary caretaker at each facility completed a questionnaire about the estimated back pain in each horse in the facility before each horse underwent either manual palpation by a certified professional or surface electromyography (sEMG) to provide a more objective view of the pain level.
Lesimple found that in individual riding schools, caretakers estimated between 4 and 22% of horses had back pain, whereas clinical examination showed that between 37% and 85% were suffering from back pain.
The researchers also noted a distinct difference from one riding center to another, with only a few horses having back pain in certain schools and nearly all the horses having pain in other schools. The differences were the opposite, however, when it came to the evaluations: The lowest percentages of horses in pain came from sites where caretakers actually overestimated the number of horses in pain, Lesimple said, while the highest percentages came from the stables where people assumed their horses were mostly fine.
Although it’s hard to recognize physical signs of back pain, owners and caretakers can be on the lookout for behavioral signs, Lesimple said. The horse’s posture is important to watch. Recent study results from the University of Rennes have revealed that many horses with back pain tend to adopt a concave posture or high-neck posture at rest, rather than low and rounded.
Owners should also be on the lookout for grumpy horses, as chronic pain can lead to an aggressive attitude, she added. “Horses aren’t born aggressive; in general, they become aggressive over time when something is wrong,” said Lesimple.
Riders can also take a close look at their riding techniques, she added. “If we’re blocking a horse in a high-neck position during training, or forcing his nose into his chest, the back cannot function correctly, and there’s a strong possibility that this will lead to vertebral or musculoskeletal disorder and to pain in the back.”
The study, "Comparison of clinical examinations of back disorders and humans' evaluation of back pain in riding school horses," will appear in an upcoming issue of BMC Veterinary Research.
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Some very satisfying results being achieved with the horses I'm treating at the moment. Improved performance and responsive recovery from injury. Plus I'll be running some very exciting courses in the spring, so look out for upcoming details. Busy, fun times ahead!!!