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I offer an comprehensive service that offers an individually tailored, comprehensive and honest physiotherapy assessment and treatment for you and your horse.

🌟 Speciaist in Equine Rehab - The Rehab Pathway

💫 Complete physio service for Horse & Rider - Performance, Recovery and Rehab

📍Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Berkshire, New Forest, West Sussex & Surrey Covering Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex

Working closely with other professionals to offer a truly holistic package, Focusing on your goals and aspirations.

30/08/2025

How should rehab look for your horse….

When your horse suffers an injury or is diagnosed with a condition, and your vet advises now is the time to start rehab- there is so much advice out there; it can be hard to know what the best thing to do is!

Having been involved in over 100 rehab cases, here our top tips of what your horses rehab should look like

1. It should involved static strength exercises
2. Specific of what type of exercise, what terrain and what focus (long reining/ ridden/ lunging)
3. Be progressive; building your horse’s body up slowly
4. Rehab should be at least 12 weeks; depending on condition/ severity etc. this length of time is required to build up muscle, flexibility & re- educate your horse’s body
5. It should be possible- every owner has their own limitations and this should be considered when prescribing a rehab programme
6. It should be relevant for the condition/ injury your horse has sustained.
7. It should be structured- day by day with exactly what you need to do!
8.Find yourself a specialist rehab physio- this can be game changing to the success of the rehab

Share this with a friend that might need some support though their rehab journey

These are just a few elements of rehab- we will be deep diving rehab, different conditions, different techniques over the coming weeks

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15/08/2025

Creating fitness plans is one of the most fun things about supporting performance riders, to be able to help horses work more efficiently and climb the levels, without increasing the injury risk due to muscular or cardiovascular fatigue.

If you aren't sure how fit your horse is, taking baseline heart rate measurements is a great place to start, and then from there a structured fitness plan can be created. We use for the heart rate monitor - these are a great piece of kit to have at home if you are serious about getting your horses fit!

Comment FITNESS and we'll send you our FREE fitness guide to get started yourself!

08/08/2025

Meet the team behind Award Equine Physio!

Sophie is mega popular with clients; with attention to detail, not accepting the norm as good enough and being a super communicator, there are not many problems Sophie can’t solve!
Her background of being a coach, brings another layer of experience- and she is an absolute god send with anything tech ☺️

Double tap to show Sophie some love 🧡

03/08/2025

All driven by horsepower, but one with legs and one with wheels.... Lets dive into the lessons we can learn from F1, which we can apply to our 4 legged horse power!!

🏎 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Just like an F1 driver, a detailed and personalised prep plan is crucial for success. We should be preparing ourselves and our horses months before an event, with a clear strategy that focuses on key areas.

🏎 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮: Data might sound boring, but it's a game-changer. Tools like heart rate monitoring and gait analysis provide an unbiased look at how your horse is handling the demands of training. This insight helps us detect early issues and gives us a clear focus for our fitness program, ensuring both horse and rider are on the right track.

🏎 𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Taking a closer look at key factors like sleep, nutrition, strength, and fitness for both horse and rider can be transformative. Moving past old habits and truly optimising these areas won't just boost performance—it can dramatically improve both of your qualities of life.

🏎 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀: Now this is used in lots of sports, not just F1 (think British cycling and see what results they had with it!). We can totally take this approach with our sport (whatever the discipline). By looking at every element of you and your horses lives, small marginal gains can be made to performance improvement (if you gain 1% improvement every day, that is 100% improvement in 100 days!)

🏎 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸:No driver can just go out alone; there team behind them in the garage & back at base is critical for reaching the podium. Just like F1, you need to make sure your team around you, has the same goals and work together to create the best outcome.

I know the direct comparison of F1 to equestrian sport needs to be taken with light dusting of salt, but our sport needs to take guidance and learning of other sports to bring it into another league.

Let us know your thoughts below ⬇

30/07/2025

Meet the team behind Award Equine Physio!

Matt is a very popular physio with both clients and their equines, who is very well versed in speaking 'horse'! He loves facts and figures and a good coffee, and if he's not working can normally be found on his lovely horse Robbie or at the gym!

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25/07/2025

We are so excited to be bringing you another coaches' CPD, this time all about horse and rider biomechanics! We had so much fun at the last CPD and received the most amazing feedback so we thought we had better get another one in the diary. Places are super limited to enable the day to be as interactive as possible with plenty of discussions. If you would like to book, get in touch ASAP as we would hate anyone to miss out!

22/07/2025

If you want to get to Badminton Grassroots 2026 there are a few things you HAVE to avoid!
1. Not knowing how fit your horse is
2. No structured plan in place
3. Not knowing how and what to feed your horse
4. Not having a rider strength and conditioning plan in place
5. Not having a solid recovery plan

We are running a FREE webinar to help you address all these elements of your horse's prep, so that you can be confident that you are maximising your chances of success!

To sign up visit https://www.awardequinephysio.co.uk/grassroots-webinar

18/07/2025

We're not for everyone....and we don't want to be ✨

16/07/2025

A human athlete would not see a generic physio, they would see a sports physio, who specialises in performance, functional training and enhancing the athlete’s ability to perform as well as they possibly can.

So a competition horse, who’s rider has goals they are working towards and knows where they need to get their horse to…should see an equine sports physio.

Our sports physio is super focussed and looks at all the details to ensure that the horse COMPETES as well as they possibly can, not just trots up well or does a nice tight circle. We look at functional discipline specific movements to ensure that when it counts, you have the best possible version of your horse underneath you.

DM us SPORTS for a chat about how sports physio could fit into your competition prep routine.

15/07/2025

🌟 The Performance Pathway is here!
We’ve created a programme for riders who want to get the best out of their horses - and themselves.
Whether you’re aiming for small wins or big goals, this is all about helping you make real progress, with the right support behind you.
No more guesswork, no more plateauing, just planning, strategy and expert support.
Let’s do this together 🙌🐴
DM us Performance today to find out more about how this could take you and your horse to the next level 💪
OR apply today: https://www.awardequinephysio.co.uk/registration

14/07/2025

We love our horses like family - treating them with care, comfort, and all the extras. But even with the best intentions, it’s easy to miss the foundations of their ability to perform.

It’s not about guilt - it’s about growth.

Tomorrow, we’re launching something designed to bridge that gap. For horse owners who want to know better, do better, and truly show up for their horses, with big ambitions and an even bigger plan to get there. 🐎

Follow now to be first in the know when we launch tomorrow 🤩

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South West
Blandford Forum
DT117RR

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+447900565500

Website

http://www.awardequinephysio.co.uk/

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