In the winners' enclosure
Equusperformance always assists you in ensuring your horses secure their rightful place in the winners enclosure every time. Our highly esteemed clients have had the most profound success in all equestrian disciplines including racing, showjumping, eventing, endurance and Arabian showing. Through our meticulous eye and attention to detail which is rivalled by none, we ensure success at the very highest level.
Elite Equine Care
As a well established and recognised international equine sports consultation and therapy business, we have been providing first class care to the competitive equine industry with year round service and peace of mind with first class availability. Our services include massage and laser therapy, myofascial release therapy and consultation in nutrition, veterinary diagnostic and therapeutic choices, equine behaviour and fitness regimes. The knowledge imparted has been gleaned over a 20 year career in the industry and a highly esteemed education from the incomparable and world renowned Royal (Dick) Veterinary School at the University of Edinburgh. This is why our discerning clients are always safe in the knowledge that with Equusperformance, their horses are in the best possible hands.
Services
Massage Therapy
At Equus Performance, Massage Therapy is our main modality and during our sessions we work on a holistic approach. After gait and conformation analysis is carried out we carry out a whole body massage session which ensures that all areas of the body are worked on. This means that the horse does not end any session with compensatory issues forming. Correct use of massage techniques requires knowledge and skill and this way we can improve circulation and lengthen muscle fibre. The lengthening of muscle fibre is essential in maintaining our healthy equine athletes. The increase in stride length from efficiently functioning muscle fibres means the difference between first and second place and as your horses therapist we leave no stone unturned in our achievement of excellence.
Myofascial Release
Myofascial release is a non-directional modality which works on the fascia in the body of the horse. The fascia is the web which holds the muscle tissues and is a 3 dimensional interconnecting web which runs through the body. For this reason, working on one area often impacts another with astonishing results being seen with tense horses who hold and internalise a lot of issues.
Laser Therapy
At Equusperformance we use the latest veterinary grade class 3B laser. Low level laser therapy (LLLT) is used to improve wound and soft tissue healing in horses and involves the use of a portable laser unit. The process is non-invasive and can give relief for both acute and chronic pain. Miraculous results have been achieved in our experience with open wounds and tendon lesions. The laser works on the body at a cellular level, stimulating the mitochondria of the cells and increasing cell permeability. The release of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is increased and this in turn reduces inflammation and enhances tissue repair.
About
Kat Michael has obtained her MSc Equine Science from the highly esteemed and world renowned Royal (Dick) Veterinary School of the University of Edinburgh. Modules of Scientific Methodology, Equine Behaviour and Welfare, Equine Nutrition and Digestion and Equine Orthopaedics were passed with distinction and with a dissertation on a Review of Equine Tendinopathies.
Kat Michael is no stranger to equine rehabilitation and even as a youngster took a great interest in ex racehorses who had suffered tendon and ligament injuries. She successfully rehabilitated and rode many thoroughbreds in her formative years in the field of 3 day eventing. When her own ex racehorse suffered a horrific accident in 2002 Kat gave up her days to rehabilitate him herself. He made a miraculous recovery which astounded the chief surgeon at the Royal Veterinary College. He returned to his showjumping career despite having been given a prognosis of never being more than a pasture ornament and defied all the odds. This spurred Kat on to change her career.
Kat left the legal profession and retrained in 2005 as an Equine Bodyworker with the highly esteemed and regarded anatomist and Olympic physiotherapist Debranne Patillo. Kat then went on to specialist in Myofascial Release and in 2008 purchased her first Grade 4 Laser. This began a very successful time healing and rehabilitating horses with severe injury and torn tendons. So successful was this first foray into laser therapy that core lesions of approximately 2cm were scanned as healed within 12 weeks with racehorses returning successfully to the winning enclosure. Kat has worked with all kinds of injuries as well as congenital and acquired deformities in foals with hugely successful results.
In 2012, Kat was seeking even more knowledge and information and was accepted and enrolled successfully on the MSc Equine Science program run through the Royal (Dick) Veterinary Hospital at Edinburgh University. In 2015, Kat achieved the award of Master of Equine Science with distinctions. This has given Kat a wealth of knowledge and ability to scrutinise scientifically and objectively all products and procedures marketed to the ambitious and conscientious horse owner, breeder and trainer. This is where Kat truly shines, having consulted for many top clients on many topics, thus ensuring their equine athletes receive “diamond level” care and expertise which gives them the best competitive edge in the international arena. Kat is also able to advise, recommend and formulate alternative supplements and read and decipher blood results, again with a holistic approach, to produce horses who not only shine but outstrip the competition.
Contact
To get in touch, please use the information below:
- Phone: +44 7572 467827
- Email: kat@equusperformance.com