Therapists in Kings Lynn area, and what type of therapist to go for

[4eva bankrupt]

Hiya,
i have had my horse since January, and she is turning out perfect, and so to repay her for being so good, I want to make sure that I keep her in perfect health.

I am going to buy her a new saddle as the one a have (which is a wintec) just doesn't seem to sit right and although it doesn't seem to be causing her any discomfort she isn't building as much muscle as she should be.

Because if this is would also like her to be seem by some sort of therapist like a chiropractor or physiotherapist, however I have two problems with this, I dont know of any in the area, and I dont know what type of therapist to go for.

I dont just want a person that comes out to your horse like once every 6months and thats it, I want some one that will treat any problems and give me exercises that will help, if you know what I mean.

So can anyone help me

[Holly B]

You could try a massage therapist? They tend to be able to do both regular treatments (say once a week or once a month), and occasional ones. I think most would be able to give exercises to help but I'm not 100% sure on that, might depend on their training. There's a list of massage therapists who qualified through Equinenergy on their website (http://www.equinenergy.com/), click on 'UK Body Workers' on the left hand side and you can see all the ones in your area. You could maybe email or ring one and see if they would be able to help. There may be others in your area but I'm not sure where to find details of others I'm afriad, I just know the Equinenergy site well as I'm hoping to go into equine sports massage when I leave school! :)

ETA: Equine Touch, Bowen therapy or TTouch may be helpful as an alternative, to find out more and look for a practitioner in your area:
http://www.equinebowentherapy.com/index.htm
http://www.ttouchtteam.co.uk/
http://www.theequinetouchuk.com/index.html

Personally I'd be more inclined to use a massage therapist/bowen/ttouch/equine touch etc. for regular work or to keep a pretty much healthy but occasional little problems, or even 100% healthy, horse fit and avoid any problems. I'd be more likely to use a physio or chiro as a one-off if my horse had a more serious problem but that's just me. :)