Equipt - Equine Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation

22/10/2021

🏇🏇 Patrick's Park aka Paddy 🏇🏇

Soooo delighted to have Patrick's Park in my yard for the foreseeable to continue his re-education as a riding horse. We will spend the next few weeks getting to know each other, working away in the background before we start getting out and about. Paddy is a fast learner and I'm excited to see how he progresses. Our plan is in place so now we work hard!! 👊

Thank you Equine Education and physiotherapy - Equi-Ed for considering me for Paddys continued re-education ❤ He's come back to Rachel Blackmores home county!!

21/10/2021

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Great Stable Management course for anyone interested in learning more around general care and maintenance of horses/ponies. This would be really beneficial to those sitting Pony Club exams in the next year so get in contact with Cashel Equestrian Centre to book your spot.

16/10/2021

The laughable truth 🤣

Things you should know before buying a horse:

1. They will multiply. You’ll have one, then suddenly you’ll have another, and the cycle repeats itself for all of eternity. Pro tip: Some horses are the exact same color. This means those free souls who are not horse people aka husbands will not be able to tell the difference. You can have multiple horses of the same color and claim to have only one and your husband will never know.

2. You will buy specific outfits to wear around your horse. They will smell terrible. Then you will go shopping in these outfits and everyone in the grocery store will turn their noses up and avoid you. These outfits will cost more than everyone’s grocery carts combined and yet you will smell and look like a complete pauper.

3. Barn time is not like other time. You might go to the barn planning on spending an hour there, but you won’t leave until the barn feels its time for you to go. A week later you might walk out to see your husband and kids lying in the driveway waiting for dinner. There’s no telling what the barn will decide. It is its own entity. Respect it. Don’t make plans around it.

4. They wear shoes. Like human shoes, except 5x more expensive. Also, they only wear them if they want to. Some days, they’ll take their shoes off and leave them piled up in the mud. It’s impossible to find these shoes after they leave them somewhere.

5. You will be called horse girl. You can take this as you’d like to take it. Some horse girls take it poorly. Some take it well. Sometimes its an insult. Sometimes it’s a mark of respect for a human who is strong enough to keep a 1200Ib “my sole purpose is to die from stomachaches” animal alive.

6. Oh yes, stomachaches. Did we not cover stomach aches yet? My bad. Let me explain. Horses don’t like having stomach aches. When you have a stomachache, you might have a soothing drink and sit down a minute. Horses are not like you. Horses will feel slightly off anywhere in their bodies and will simply decide to give up the ghost. Everything and anything can kill a horse. If it moves, it will kill a horse. If it doesn’t move, it will kill a horse. If you’re not sure if it moves or doesn’t move, it will still kill a horse.

7. Most importantly, horses will change your life. You will cry and laugh at the same time. You will look like a total fool at a show, but you will have the time of your life doing it. You will meet people who’ve got the horse bug too and suddenly you’ll have a second family. You will ride one day and then spend four days trying to learn how to get out of your car without groaning. You will have horse cookies in your laundry and your house will smell like your best friend. You will spend every waking minute and every sleeping half second thinking about them. And, when the moon aligns with the earth just right, the tree sways in the exact manner needed, and the birds quiet for one instant, you will realize you are living inside the dream you had as a child. You will be the princess on a horse.

-- Angelina Vita

06/09/2021

Lucky to have had just that 🥰

"If you give your child a pony, they will want to ride. You’ll buy them the best pony you can find, followed by a helmet, boots and all the other things pony.

You look for a local barn to ride at where you start to socialize with the equestrian community…………And then life as you know it, will end.

Before you know it, they want to show so you find a circuit …..There will be no more lazy weekends watching tv. You will see more sunrises than you ever thought possible.

Every spare minute of your time will be spent hauling campers, horse trailers and horses and enduring a crazy addiction to practice for the next show.

Your house may be a mess, and your car will be dirty. All because you gave your child a pony. Your weekends will be spent freezing or burning to death on a fold up chair. And their weekends will be spent gaining confidence and friends, learning new skills and having fun and getting dirty!!!!

You will be there the day he or she takes the first few steps of canter, the first taste of a jump, first ribbon, first championship. And they will make you SO proud. Other parents will congratulate you, but you feel weird saying thank you because it's not you on the pony, it’s your child. It's everything that they did, they achieved. And right before your eyes, your little boy/girl will be transformed from the baby who bounced around on their rocking horse into an exceptional young horse enthusiast on the hunt for the next pony finals or maybe even the Olympics!

When you give your child a pony , you give them more than just something to ride. You give them a sport, a talent, hope and dreams. Friends, a new family, a place to learn about life, room to grow as a person where they can push their limits, and bravery, and courage, and memories. And they will have ALL of these things, simply because you gave your child a pony.

Because you gave your child a pony, you too will develop new/lifelong friendships, developed solely from the same passion for the sport. You will have a equestrian family because you gave your child a pony.

Then one day, many years from today…they will be in their room and a certain trophy will catch their eye. And they will pick it up and realize instantly that when you gave your child a pony, you also gave them a childhood that they would never forget, at this point, you realize that everything you gave up along the way and sacrificed was totally worth it…..

All because you gave your child a pony..."

14/07/2021

Last chance to get booked in for one or both days 👍 get in touch with us now to avoid disappointment 📞

25/06/2021

I'm excited to announce that EquiEd is coming to Kerry for a workshop weekend 💚💛

Get in contact asap to book as places are limited. These are really interesting courses and will benefit you in ways you didn't even realise! Suitable for riders, owners, trainers and coaches - everyone has something to gain.

Equine Education and physiotherapy - Equi-Ed
Equipt - Equine Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation

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Collins Equestrian
Bill Maguire Equestrian
Derra Farm Equestrian
Eagle Lodge Equestrian Centre
Holmes Equestrian
North Kerry Harriers Hunt Club
Tralee Equestrian Centre
Kingdom Pony Club
Woodlands Equestrian Centre
Streamside Stables

30/04/2021

A Sea Therapy Day for Gary & Sooty 🦄

Gary is coming back into work after some time at grass (🐖) while Sooty is an old boy of 23yrs keeping his joints, bones and muscles healthy, mobile and supple 👏

27/04/2021

🆕️ Kinesiology Taping 🆕️

I'm excited to now offer K-Taping. I was blown away by how effective and beneficial K-Taping is for horses 🐴 It's being used daily by professionals and race yards to optimize training.

I've had K-Taping treatment myself on my back for muscle tension, the relief it offered was something else so just imagine what it can do for your horse.

Benefits of Equine Kinesiology Taping:
⭐ Decompression for swelling, trigger points and adhesions
⭐ Myofascial Release
⭐ Help build muscle in training
⭐ Help de-tone overworked /compensating muscle
⭐ Aid in therapy & rehabilitation
⭐ Posture & movement support

Thanks to Sports Physio & Performance Ltd for the Rock Tape supply 🙏

15/04/2021

Mental Simulation 🤯🧠

Took him 5 minutes to demolish what took me 15 minutes to make!!! God knows he loves his food!

🔑 But mental stimulation is just as important for your horse as exercise and nutrition

Just remember to supervise these things, just to be safe 🦺