Bodywork & Lameness Weekend Workshop 13th & 14th June
Overview
Join Hayley Druce and Aliyah Woodland to learn how to help your horse. Covering behavioural symptoms, learning how to spot subtle lameness + compensation, how to assess for muscle pain and apply massage therapy at home to help your horse. Come and get hands on with the NAC Herd and take home invaluable skills your horse will thank you for.
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Hayley Druce BSc (Hons) Vet Phys, MIRVAP (VP)
NAC Tutor, Veterinary Physiotherapist & Qualified Saddle Fitter
Aliyah Woodland ABTC-ATI
NAC Tutor, ABTC Accredited Animal Training Instructor
Day 1:
Meet Greet and Get Coffee
Introduction to Equine Anatomy: Learn the key muscles, discover how they work within your horse.
Postural and Behavioural Signs: Hidden signs your horse is experiencing muscular dysfunction or discomfort.
Subtle Lameness in Motion: Learn how to spot the smallest signs of compensation and lameness in motion, and what these mean for how your horse is feeling in their bodies.
How You Can Help: Learn the huge range of benefits that massage can have to your horse and how you can help through learning massage.
Get Hands On: You’ll be guided through assessing the horse’s body for hidden pain and tension. Begin learning a wide range of message techniques and when we apply each one.
Day 2:
Get Coffee and Recap: Grab a coffee and we will recap yesterday’s massage techniques.
Putting It All Together: Taking your new assessment and massage skills to the test, we will work with the NAC herd to consolidate your new learning from start to finish through a massage routine.
A New Routine: Learn how to use massage for warm up, cool down and to keep muscle pain at bay. Discover how to integrate massage into your horse’s life, a small change to your day-to-day makes a huge difference to your horse.
Exercise For Health: A happy horse is more than just one who can move freely and comfortably through the tasks we ask of them. Learning how to use exercise to benefit your horse’s body is a key element of good training. Just ‘doing pole work’ isn’t enough, we have to get the right set up, the right posture and navigate the exercise in a way that promotes relaxation and correct movement – to finish off the weekend of learning we will guide you and the horses through key exercises and how to get the horse moving through them ‘just right’.
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"Don't hesitate, just do it! Financially I was treated to the course as a gift as at the time it was too much of a stretch financially, but I knew…"
"The support from the tutors is genuinely brilliant. The one to one calls are invaluable as I can ask any questions I may have. The opportunity in the calls to…"
"I think this diploma is offering something very important This course has offered me some other perspectives on how people work with and train their horses. It has allowed the opportunity…"
"I enjoyed the weekend and particularly found the practical sessions on the second day really useful. I feel like I came away with some good ideas from the other people…"
"My expectations being an introductory course were that it wouldn't contain as much information as it did or be in depth. I was really surprised and also glad that I have…"
"I really loved the horse centric approach throughout this course, the constant reference to ethics and welfare was refreshing as was the support for R+ training and definite avoidance of…"
"The live lectures have been really useful! I have really enjoyed the course. The materials are easy to navigate in the website. I've definitely learned how to troubleshoot training scenarios much…"
"Thank you and all the staff so much! I had an absolute blast and learnt so much to aid me in my everyday care and training of my own horses…"
"I would say this course is one of a kind and well on its way to improve the equine training and instruction industry."
"I’m loving it! This whole course has opened up my eyes - I'd just finished Uni and was planning on doing a masters but now I no longer want to…"
"I had an amazing couple of days. I felt recognised which was just such a confidence booster. With it being a small group I didn’t feel overwhelmed, and…"
"Tutors were always helpful and quick to respond to any questions The course was very well run. Course material was clear and comprehensive. The learning platform was easy to use. Weekly…"
"The Diploma I received from NAC was life changing! If you want a career with horses, I highly recommend starting with NAC!"
"I really enjoyed it. I've been using positive reinforcement as a training method for years but I believe you can always learn more. I've now learned the correct terminologies used…"