Westerlands

EQUINE WELLNESS

5* LICENCE BY CHICHESTER COUNCIL | ABRS+ & BHS APPROVED | INSURED BY NFU

Equine Wellness

Owning a horse is a rewarding journey, but it also brings responsibility. At Westerlands, we offer personalised guidance from experienced instructors and hands-on demonstrations with our horses, giving every owner the skills and confidence to provide the very best care.

  • Equine Massage

    SATURDAY 6 SEPTEMBER
    9.30am to 3pm
    £110 per person

    Focus: Horse Therapy
    Instructors: Elly & Denise
    Location: Trekking Centre
    Suitable for Horse Owners

    All horse owners can help their horses relieve tension, feel more comfortable and perform at their best. This Horse Owners Workshop is a fun and informative day spent with like minded horse owners and friendly horses to practice on, all to help you gain lots of confidence and enthusiasm to help your own horse. Workshop includes:

    - Understand how riding and care can effect your horses body 
    - Learn massage therapist techniques the how, why and when
    - Recognise potential problems 
    - How to check your horse for discomfort 
    - Yoga for your horse 
    - Learn some basic anatomy 

    This workshop is a UK Rural Skills Accredited Course & is British Horse Society approved CPD.

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  • Equine Kinesiology Taping

    SUNDAY 7 SEPTEMBER
    9.30am to 3pm
    £135 per person

    Focus: Horse Therapy
    Instructor: Elly & Denise
    Location: Trekking Centre
    Suitable for Equine Therapists & Horse Owners

    Why do we use Kinesiology with our horses and what benefits can we expect? There are many different ways that 'K Tape' can be applied to achieve different results. On application it acts like a second skin. Here are some of the main benefits:

    - Increases circulation
    - Reduces muscle fatigue
    - Relieves pain and soreness
    - Helps with fascia restrictions and keeps fascia healthy
    - Reduces inflammation and swelling
    - Supports and stabilises joints, tendons and ligaments
    - Helps the removal of toxin build up
    - Improves range of motion
    - Facilitates healing
    - Can help relax or activate muscles
    - Helps with proprioception and re-educating the neuromuscular system

    This workshop is recognised by the BHS for use as CPD for Equine Professionals.

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  • Equine First Aid

    SEPTEMBER (DATE TBC)
    Time TBC
    £TBC per person

    Focus: Horse Therapy
    Instructors: TBC
    Vet Speaker: TBC
    Location: Trekking Centre
    Suitable for Horse Owners

    This comprehensive and practical course equips you with the basic skills to handle equine health emergencies confidently. Here's what you'll learn:

    - Knowing what is normal for your horse, vital signs and preventive health care
    - The Horse First Aid Kit – what to include, products that you don’t need and why
    - Types of wounds, how to manage and care for a wound and which wounds need a vet
    - Emergencies – Nosebleeds, the Trapped Horse and Choke
    - Colic signs you might not know, what to do, what to tell the vet, colic surgery and making a colic plan
    - Lameness
    - Eye conditions
    - Infectious diseases including Equine Influenza and Strangles
    - Biosecurity – practical suggestions, hints and tips to implement
    - Worming

    With personalised guidance from the instructors and hands-on demonstrations with the horses at Westerlands, this course is a must for every horse owner.

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Our Instructors

Elly Middleton

WESTERLANDS EQUESTRIAN MANAGER

  • Elly manages Westerlands Equestrian and has over 30 years experience taking care of horses and teaching riders of all ages and abilities. She also specialises in natural complimentary equine therapies. Her qualifications include: BHS Accredited Professional Coach, BHS Stage 3 in Complete Horsemanship, Q Equine Behaviourist, Certified Reiki Practioner, Safeguarding Officer and Fully qualified First Aider.

Gemma Peterson

HEALTH, WELLNESS & MINDSET COACH

  • Gemma is an experienced and qualified wellness professional with experience in Equine-Assisted Learning. Her qualifications include BSc (Hons) Psychology, MSc Health Psychology, Strategic Life Coaching, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) and Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP). Gemma is also qualified in Reiki, Mindfulness, and Meditation and has Level 3 Qualifications in Equine Psychology, Mental Health, Personal Training, Nutrition and Counselling Skills. More info >

Denise Cheese

EQUINE MASSAGE THERAPIST

  • Denise is an experienced and qualified Equine Therapist. As well as treating horses she runs workshops for horse owners wishing to learn equine massage and kinesiology to care for their own horses.

    Denise is a qualified and registered member of the International Institute of Animal Therapists (IAAT). More info >

Nicola Kinnard-Comedie

BUSINESS & MINDSET COACH

  • Nicola is a business coach and mentor for equestrian practitioners and horse owners.

    An experienced instructor with a Master’s degree in Equine Science, Nicola is also an NLP Coach Practitioner, a BHSA and also has practitioner skills in Time Line Therapy™, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT or ‘tapping’) and hypnosis. More info >

Further reading

Westerlands Life

Westerlands Life
What is Zoopharmacognosy?
What is Zoopharmacognosy?

In the wild horses will roam across vast areas foraging for food and water. They will naturally seek out herbs for general health and they instinctively seek out medicinal herbs to aid any ailments they may have. Domesticated horses do not have access to this variety of herbs, so at Westerlands we bring the herbs to the horses.

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