Wednesday, 30 May 2007

A Guide to Basic Equine Stretching Course

One Day Course: 9:30am - 4:30pm (including lunch)

Tutor: Pam Bryan - E.A.A.F. - E.S.M.T

A comprehensive course of well defined principles & techniques for safely stretching your horses muscles. The exercises will enhance the performance of your horse & minimise the incidence of injury.

Course Outline:

  • The importance of stretching
  • When to stretch
  • How to stretch
  • Order of stretch
  • Typical Equine problems
  • How muscles work together in groups

Cost: £75

Prerequisite:
This course is suitable for all owners & trainers, be it beginners or advanced, who wish to contribute to the development of the horses they ride.

Please Note:
This class is open to everyone in good physical condition.

Please contact me for places on this course, booking form and any further information required.

www.pambryan.co.uk
Pamela is a fully qualified Equine Sports Massage Therapist working nationwide for individuals, as well as larger organisations

Tuesday, 15 May 2007

About Pam Bryan Equine Sports Massage Therapist

I have been riding since I was 5 years old and spent most weekends and summer evenings riding and caring for other peoples horses.

At the age of 16 years old, I left school to work and train towards my British Horse Society Exams with a Dutchman called Frans Koeman at his BHS approved riding school, which had liveries, breaking and schooling of young horses and a dressage stallion.

Once qualified, I left to work on a Hunt Yard to be in charge of 8 hunt horses, hunting every Wednesday and Saturday with the Brocklesby Hunt and point to pointing. I moved away from working with other peoples horses as wanted to buy and compete with my own. I bought my first horse, which I owned for 20 years, and I now own and compete 3 horses of my own and also have 2 youngsters.

I compete at local level in shows, hunter trials, one-day events and show jumping and I am a member of the North Lincs Riding Club, and member and Treasurer of the Holton Le Moor & District Riding Club.

After having a livery yard of my own for a few years, and having people come round to look at my horses with back problems that were not qualified, I decided to look into the area of horse therapy and becoming an equine chiropractor myself. After a lot of research I found that I had to qualify by working with humans first, before I could move onto equine therapy. I spent 2 years at North Lindsey College training for anatomy and physiology, body massage and sport massage. I then moved onto horses, training with Renee Castle from the Active Foundation in Ipsden, Wallingford, Nr. Henley & Windsor, training and working on the polo ponies in this area. This course took me another year to complete.

I qualified as an Equine Sports Massage Therapist in May 2001 and have been working on horses ever since, with either maintenance checks or injury problems. I am also now working for the BHS as a Welfare Representative.

www.pambryan.co.uk
Pamela is a fully qualified Equine Sports Massage Therapist working nationwide for individuals, as well as larger organisations