horse rider physiotherapy
Reduce pain and improve your riding experience.
Helping you identify movement impairments in yourself and transferring this knowledge to ensure your horse is using its body to the best of its ability!
Lower back pain or aching.
Pelvic pain
Foot going numb in the stirrup
Pinching through the front of the hip.
Your riding is not what you want it to be
You're in pain. You're feeling off balance. Instead of an enjoyable ride, you’re experiencing…
Restriction or tightness through the front of your hip.
Feeling like you cannot steady yourself in the saddle (feeling off balance).
If you have anything that is not quite right, it will be amplified in your horse, creating pain and injury for them too.
When you ride with an asymmetry in your body, even a subtle imbalance can have a huge impact on your horse. As riders, it is our responsibility to make sure we are sitting correctly under saddle before we ask our horse to do something. It’s impossible for you to see on your own what’s happening with your spine and your movement pattern when you ride.
That’s where the assessment of a physiotherapist can give you the insight you need to become a better rider.
REVIEW
“Physio for All have provided myself and my team of dressage horses with extensive, high-quality physiotherapy.”
“I highly recommend Maddie and her talents to anyone - human or animal!”
India Levine, Alaria Equestrian
What We Treat
Some of the conditions physiotherapy can be effective in treating:
Total hip replacements
Labral tears
Rotator cuff injuries
Migraines
Scoliosis
Tendonopothy
Tennis elbow
Disc injuries
Acute injuries i.e. fractures, sprains, tears, hematomas
Arthritis
Sciatica
Sacroiliac joint pain
Total knee replacements
Horse Rider Physiotherapy Sessions
40 minute session
Thorough discussion of your concerns.
Establish your short and long term goals.
Full objective assessment of the whole body to locate tightness or pain and assess areas you might require more strength or flexibility.
Balance test to access your seat and normal postural imbalances under saddle
Treatment to target the affected area.
Personalized exercise/treatment program for you to continue with at home in the short term.
INITIAL ASSESSMENT
AU$ 145
30 minute session
Discuss how you felt after your previous treatment and how you got on with the exercise plan.
Carry out a comparison of your body from the first assessment until now, looking for any improvement in movement or pain.
A treatment to target the affected area.
Update your personalized exercise/treatment program as needed.
Assessment can be quite subjective, so we aim to create measurable, specific markers and goals so we can track your recovery more accurately.
Follow up Session
AU$ 125
REVIEW
“Madeline is extremely comprehensive in all her treatments and provides so much follow up support with programs and answering all and any questions I might have.”
“I have been so privileged to have Madeline as a physio for both myself and my horse Alfie. I’d be lost without her expertise to guide me through an old injury and keeping Alfie in the best shape possible!”