E.C.H Physiotherapy

19/10/2025

Discuss with your veterinarian about Physiotherapy for your horses 🐴 🙏

Equine lameness expert veterinarians from the global ISELP community participated in a recent survey from SLEIP.

More than half of veterinary respondents reported an increasing trend in lameness associated with genetic predisposition (54%) and training load (50%) over the past five years. Nearly one-third (32%) have seen a rise in cases they attribute to changes in sports surfaces.

Read more insights from the survey here: https://myseniorhorse.com/diseases-and-conditions/lameness/survey-gives-equine-lameness-insights/

15/04/2025

Mid-week stretches. Spent the morning with wonderful clients 🐴.
Thanks again

17/03/2025

Unlike humans, horses don’t have collarbones. Their shoulders are held to the rest of their skeleton via a sling of muscles and ligaments instead, often referred to as the “thoracic sling.”

Why is this important? We often ask our equine athletes to perform complex movements that require tremendous strength and coordination, and horses carry the majority of their weight in their front end. Therefore, it is imperative that the bulk of the muscles that support the front end are kept healthy and conditioned, and the horse is trained to use their “motor” — that is, engaging the large hind end muscles as much as possible to avoid excessive weight bearing on the front end.

If the front end of the horse is consistently overweighted or not at an appropriate level of fitness, repetitive biomechanical stresses get transferred down the leg to the smaller ligaments and tendons that were not designed to bear this weight, which can then lead to injury.

Brought to you by the AAEP Horse Owner Education Committee.

10/02/2025

22/01/2025

🐎FREE Horse Health Lecture Series - Gatton campus or zoom

We are inviting horse owners to attend 7 short lectures on Saturday, February 1st, from 3pm – 7pm. To attend in person or to watch online via Zoom, register here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/uqvets-horsemans-health-lecture-series-tickets-1206200531259?aff=oddtdtcreator

Topics include:
▪️Equine emergencies- when to call the vet
▪️Horse parasitology myths
▪️MRI in standing horses
▪️QLD itch
▪️Hendra vaccination
▪️Obesity/EMS/PPID
▪️Toxic plants and poison risks

📍Location: Hamon Centre Lecture Theatre on Services Road
Places limited. Snacks provided.

Thank you to our sponsors Boehringer Ingelheim, Zoetis, Red Healer and Australian Society for Parasitology.

03/01/2025

Best of luck to all vendors, buyers and future track champions 🐴

DM for Physiotherapy consultation availability 3-12 January

20/10/2024

It is an absolute pleasure getting to work with these two giant gentlemen Oscar ⬅️and Vale➡️🐴.
Owner and competitor 💃🏽 is incredibly hard working and dedicated on improving and getting the best out of her equine athletes 💪

Utilise your physio for !
☑️Exercise prescription
☑️Program load management
☑️Corrective exercise
☑️Physical assessments
☑️Manual therapies