Animal Rehabilitation and Health Academy

09/11/2025

30/10/2025

For the sake of all our animals who are scared of fireworks, please sign the petition and help this be brought to parliament 🙏

22/10/2025

We are delighted to be partnering with the team Broughton stud to provide dummy training for stallions and semen collection 🥳

Our dummy training programme is designed using evidence-based methods developed by Dr. Sue McDonnell, PhD, at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center and presented at the American Association of Equine Practitioners Annual Convention.

Research demonstrates clear welfare advantages of dummy training over live covering. Using a stable, height-adjustable dummy minimises risk of musculoskeletal injury to stallions and mares and also prevents kicks and slips allowing for safer, calmer handling during semen collection.

The process also reduces disease transmission and maintains semen quality by reducing stress and frustration.

All training is delivered using progressive, positive-reinforcement techniques aligned with AAEP and New Bolton Center best-practice protocols, ensuring safety, welfare, and efficiency at every stage.

Please contact us or Broughton Stud directly for more details. Spaces are limited for training over the winter.

Dummy training season is upon us!

We are pleased to be able to offer dummy training at Broughton stud.

Reasons to dummy train:
- Reduced risk of injury to both stallion and handlers as mare not involved. Eliminates risk of kicks from a live mare.

- Can help competition stallions, associating collections with the dummy mare rather than live mares.

- Better hygiene. No risk of STI.

We have expert stallion handlers and semen collectors to give your stallion the best possible introduction, practising positive reinforcement.

Chilled semen extender testing is included in our dummy training.

Spaces are very limited please contact us for more details. We are based in Aylesbury, Bucks

16/10/2025

This is going to be a fantastic event!! 👌

Whoop Whoop!!!

Which lecturer are you most excited to see at the Vet Rehab Summit??

Comment DYNAMIC if you want to have a closer look at this year's line-up and get your ticket!!

12/10/2025

⏰ Applications closing!!

The 2025 class of the Advanced Diploma in Equine Exercise Rehabilitation starts next week.

⏰ Applications close tonight!!

If you are an equine therapist and you feel lost and confused with rehabilitation - this course is for you 👈

If you want to learn a method that you can use as your guide for every patient and never feel lost with a programme again - this course is for you 🙌

If you want to take your equine therapy business to the next level and gain your Certified Status in Equine Rehabilitation and Strength and Conditioning - this course is for you👌

Start now and by this time next year you could be a Quad X® Equine Strength Conditioning and Rehabilitation Coach and be providing the highest level of Equine Rehabilitation to your patients!!

Comment or DM 'Rehab' for more information and link to apply.

06/10/2025

Our FREE course is now underway!

Today starts with the first lesson looking at what is going wrong and where we need to change!

There is still time to join. Comment ‘strong’ to register 💪

04/10/2025

Do you have a horse that’s injured and in rehab?

Have you addressed the primary cause of injury?

Because the primary cause MUST be addressed during the rehab process.

Otherwise the original injury will most likely reoccur 😔

Find a therapist that can help you find the weakness..

And use this downtime to correct it!!

Don’t just go back to what you did before

Otherwise you will just get what you got before!

Search our certified practitioners list for a therapist who can help you find your horses areas of weakness and address it during the rehab process!!!

Comment ‘CP’ to find your Quad X® Equine Strength, Conditioning and Rehabilitation Coach 💕

04/10/2025

FREE 5-day mini VIDEO series for Equine Therapists 🎥

Comment ‘Strong’ to register for….

‘How to use Strength and Conditioning in Equine Rehabilitation’

✨ Certificate on completion.

✨ Study at your own pace—lessons delivered straight to your inbox.

What you’ll learn:

What is equine strength and conditioning?

Why every horse in rehab needs a strength and conditioning programme

How to use these exercises in your therapy business

Discover our unique Quad X® Method

Including static, ground, and ridden exercises

Your tutor is Katie Lawrence, lead Veterinary Physiotherapist and founder of the Quad X® Method.

Course starts Monday 6th October

⏰ Last chance to join!

Comment ‘Strong’ to register 😍

30/09/2025

Free 5 day mini course where you will learn how to use Strength and Conditioning in Equine Rehabilitation.

EVERY horse in rehabilitation should undergo a strength and conditioning programme to reduce the chance of reinjury.

EVERY ridden horse should undergo a strength and conditioning programme to reduce the risk of injury in the first place!

The Quad X® Method is a framework that brings together the essential elements of equine rehabilitation.

Over 5 days these bitesized lessons are delivered straight to your inbox.

Just click play ▶️

DM the word ‘strong’ to register 🌟💫

25/09/2025

Can resistance bands be useful in equine rehab?

Research by Ellis et al. (2023) and Zarski et al. (2024) found the use of resistance bands improves spinal stability and stride symmetry in horses.

When used correctly and at the right time, under the guidance of a professional, resistance bands can help to activate postural and core muscles.

Consider incorporating resistance bands into your equine rehab practice as a means to improve dynamic stability and gait symmetry 👌

22/09/2025

Beautiful new clinic facilities opening up in Bannockburn, NZ

Canine Central, run by ARHA Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner Jacqui Chittock offers a combination of therapeutic exercise, myofascial release and laser therapy for canine patients.

Jacqui completed her Canine Rehabilitation and Electrophysical Therapy training with us back in 2023 and has since been running a mobile Canine Rehabilitation service.

We are delighted to see Jacqui’s business expanding and the progress with her new practice facilities!!

For anyone looking for a canine rehabilitation service near to Bannockburn, check out Jaqui’s page and drop her a message 😊