GP Equine Therapy

GP Equine Therapy Equine Sports Massage Therapist and Human Massage Therapist covering areas of East Sussex and Kent

๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿผ ๐ŸŽ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜บ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ! ๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿผ ๐ŸŽ I am really trying to feel festive in this not so festive weather! ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿซ I only have a handful o...
01/12/2025

๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿผ ๐ŸŽ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜บ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ! ๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿผ ๐ŸŽ

I am really trying to feel festive in this not so festive weather! ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿซ 

I only have a handful of appointments left between now and the big day so please contact me ASAP if youโ€™re needing to book before January ๐Ÿ“ฒ

And what way to spread a little festive cheer than a COMPETITION! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ‘€

To be in with a chance of winning ยฃ25 off an appointment in January entry is easy:

Go onto your app and change your horses profile photo- a festive or funny theme please! And the winner will be picked by my 2 little elves on Sunday 21st December ๐Ÿฅฐ

I will post a step by step of how to find your horses profile in my stories and save as a highlight incase itโ€™s proving tricky. You do not need to be a client of mine to enter but if you do fancy a chance of winning then please DM me and I can let you know how to connect with me on app (completely free to download and use) and you would also just need to confirm I travel to your area.

Good luck! ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿผ

Just a heads up that I wonโ€™t be on messages over the weekend as both my girlies are off to a dance competition โ˜บ๏ธI will ...
20/11/2025

Just a heads up that I wonโ€™t be on messages over the weekend as both my girlies are off to a dance competition โ˜บ๏ธ
I will get round to replying next Tuesday and priority made to the messages sent in the app as they are much easier for me to find when all in one place! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ
Hope you all have a great weekend โ˜บ๏ธ

Itโ€™s that time of year alreadyโ€ฆ. Good luck horsey people, brace yourselves! โฐ ๐Ÿ‚ ๐ŸŒš
25/10/2025

Itโ€™s that time of year alreadyโ€ฆ. Good luck horsey people, brace yourselves! โฐ ๐Ÿ‚ ๐ŸŒš

18/10/2025

๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ -> ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ด!

Backing up is such a great exercise to help with a variety of things- strengthening, posture, body awareness BUT only if done โ€˜correctlyโ€™.

I try and keep things simple but the key is to remember- The aim of the exercise is NOT to get from A to B backwards, but HOW the body is travelling ๐Ÿ”‘

We want the horse to be able to engage its core and use its hind end to go through full ROM to produce the movement, not for head and neck to compress and block shoulders so they are shuffling back โ€˜pushingโ€™ their front end away from you.

โœ… Softness through head and neck in a lowered, neutral position- due to design and action of nuchal and supraspinous ligament this allows a better position and alignment of spine for this movement and also encourages correct recruitment of muscles of thoracic sling and core.

โœ… Slow, controlled movement better than rushed to ensure correct muscular activity rather than tendon recoil.

โœ… Straightness- the movement should be as symmetrical as possible between limbs so if horse tends to drift then use of channel poles useful.

โŒ โ€˜My horse canโ€™tโ€™โ€ฆ. ALWAYS remember when introducing an exercise like this or changing how youโ€™re asking for it to be executed that YOUR HORSE ISNT GETTING IT WRONG- if theyโ€™re not doing what youโ€™re aiming for then itโ€™s a you problem, not them! They donโ€™t have any idea why youโ€™re asking this of them so itโ€™s important you break it down for them and reward once they offer correct movement, always always reward with forward steps and a moment to pause and think about what theyโ€™ve done.

โŒPressure- this exercise is best learnt when the horse figures out for themselves where they need to go. Donโ€™t bang bang bang on the rope to get them to go backwards and donโ€™t push them in the chest (they will push back!) ๐Ÿ˜…

I always try to advise and trouble shoot what might be going wrong if this exercise isnโ€™t going as well as it could so please feel free to send videos if youโ€™re having issues or if youโ€™d like me to help at your horses next treatment โ˜บ๏ธ

15/10/2025

๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜โ€™๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จโ€ฆ.

Iโ€™m not riding my own horse Skylla much at the moment but thought it would be useful to share some exercises and environment set ups I use to keep her using herself correctly.

Here is a video where Iโ€™ve tried to explain what Iโ€™m doing and trying to achieve- I feel itโ€™s important to add she is currently living out 24/7, unrugged and I donโ€™t have access to a school so I very much โ€˜use what is availableโ€™!

Please let me know if itโ€™s useful to see and if youโ€™d like me to share similar of what my own horses set up is like? Thankyou โ˜บ๏ธ๐Ÿ’™

๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’š World Mental Health Day ๐Ÿ’š๐ŸŒIโ€™m sure for all of you that follow me and are reading this can relate- horses have helped ...
10/10/2025

๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’š World Mental Health Day ๐Ÿ’š๐ŸŒ

Iโ€™m sure for all of you that follow me and are reading this can relate- horses have helped my own mental health throughout my life.

Beyond grateful for their presence and the peace they bring without even realising, how lucky are we?โ˜บ๏ธ ๐Ÿ’š

05/10/2025

Sick season is defo upon us..!๐Ÿ˜ท
Due to illness I have last min availability for TOMORROW- either human or equine appointments available, please send a message to book

15/09/2025

Last minute availability this week- Wednesday 17th AM
Message to book โ˜บ๏ธ

๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ตโ€ฆ. ๐Ÿฅ ๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐Ÿ‘€A year ago today Minnie Moose officially became sponsored by  so what better way to...
11/09/2025

๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ตโ€ฆ. ๐Ÿฅ ๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐Ÿ‘€

A year ago today Minnie Moose officially became sponsored by so what better way to celebrate our 1 year anniversary than with a little supriseโ€ฆ ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿ™Š

Minnie Moose has had someone join the family this summer- introducing her little sister Bonnie ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿฉท

Beyond cute like her sister but potentially more sassyโ€ฆ.! ๐Ÿ˜ˆ๐Ÿคฃ

Canโ€™t wait to follow her journey alongside her big sister Moose and big brother Hecky โ˜บ๏ธ

๐™ฝ๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›๐š•๐šข ๐š๐š’๐š–๐šŽ ๐š๐š˜ ๐šœ๐š ๐šŠ๐š™ ๐šœ๐šž๐š–๐š–๐šŽ๐š› ๐š๐šž๐š— ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐šœ๐šŒ๐š‘๐š˜๐š˜๐š• ๐š›๐šž๐š—๐šœโ€ฆ. ๐ŸŒž๐Ÿฆ๐ŸŒป๐ŸดWhilst Iโ€™ve had a lovely summer Iโ€™m looking forward to the โ€˜berโ€™ mo...
31/08/2025

๐™ฝ๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›๐š•๐šข ๐š๐š’๐š–๐šŽ ๐š๐š˜ ๐šœ๐š ๐šŠ๐š™ ๐šœ๐šž๐š–๐š–๐šŽ๐š› ๐š๐šž๐š— ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐šœ๐šŒ๐š‘๐š˜๐š˜๐š• ๐š›๐šž๐š—๐šœโ€ฆ. ๐ŸŒž๐Ÿฆ๐ŸŒป๐Ÿด

Whilst Iโ€™ve had a lovely summer Iโ€™m looking forward to the โ€˜berโ€™ months and work/ home balance not being quite such a juggle! ๐Ÿซ 

Little Libby is about to start her school journey too which means 2 extra days in my diary! That saidโ€ฆ. I am fully booked the first half of September so please get in touch if youโ€™re needing to book your horses, ponies and yourselves in after a busy summer as we head into Autumn ๐Ÿ‚ ๐Ÿด๐Ÿโ˜•๏ธ๐ŸคŽ ๐Ÿชต

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