This introductory course provides a comprehensive foundation to increase your awareness and knowledge of how the equine athlete works.
This course will help you:
- Manage your horse’s health and soundness
- Train more efficiently
- Maximize potential
- Minimize injury
- Maintain a healthy pain free life
- Prolong your horse’s athletic career
In this course we build the horse from the inside out to give you a working knowledge of how the horse’s body is made, how it functions, and how to recognize if something is going wrong. We explore the major factors that affect the horse’s overall health and performance. And we practice integrating new skills into your daily routine so you can apply them right away.
Course Content:
- Basic anatomy and physiology of the musculoskeletal system
- Conformation, structure and function
- Gait analysis
- Soundness evaluation
- Shoeing and hoof balance
- Biomechanics
- Equipment fitting and use
- Resistance and behaviour
- Introduction to neuroscience
- Injuries, common and sport specific
- Drug use
- Prevention and maintenance
- Performance enhancement
- Manual therapy overview
- Information on various treatment modalities