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This is a unique book, written by a professional therapist and horse owner/rider, for horse owner/riders. The author Jill Firth, who is a graduate of the McTimoney College of Chiropractic, works in Yorkshire and looks after the backs of 100's of horses and ponies for their owners and vets.

The book has sections dealing with nearly all the factors which can affect your horse's back and mobility - from conformation and saddle fit to shoeing and your riding!

There is a large self-help section, which will teach you to assess your horse's back and his general mobility and perform some useful massage techniques and mobility exercises.

By the same author as the above... Dog back problems and mobility...

• the anatomy of the dog's spine
• what a slipped disc is
• what treatment is available
• the causes of mobility problems in dogs
• how to assess your dog's mobility
• how to recognise early signs of problems
• how to massage your dog
• how to perform mobility exercises that improve your dog's suppleness
• how to improve your dog's performance
• complementary therapies and their usefulness

No padding, no waffle - over 50 pages of facts and practical help illustrated with many diagrams and photographs and based on the experience of a very busy and successful animal therapist.

Sara Wyche is a veterinary surgeon and a highly experienced practitioner of holistic medicine, as well as a horse owner and an accomplished dressage rider.

Much more than an anatomy textbook, The Horse's Muscles In Motion is a unique guide to how and why the horse moves as he does: an essential aid for all who care about the horse's health and athletic performance.

A unique guide to understanding the horse's back: how it works, what can go wrong and why, how to recognise problems and how to prevent them - an essential handbook for all owners and riders:-

• Basic Anatomy of the Horse's Back
• The Implecations of Various Back Shapes
• Sources and Causes of Problems
• Recognising Pain in the Horse
• Professional Diagnosis and Therapies
• Orthodox and Complementary Treatments
• Rehabilitation and Recovery
• Remedial Exercise and Training
• Back-friendly Riding and Management
• Back-friendly Shoeing and Saddle Fitting

What is the best way of getting Homoeopathic treatment for your animal?...... Go and see a Homoeopathic Vet!

For those of you who insist on treating your animal yourself you could do worse than following these books written BY a vet
FOR owners and breeders.

George Macleod MRCVS, DVSM, Vet FF Hom, a graduate of Glasgow University, was one of the world's foremost authorities on the homoeopathic treatment of animals. He was one of the few veterinary surgeons to use homoeopathic remedies wholly and exclusively and was President of The British Association of Homoeopathic Veterinary Surgeons.

Each book indexes and categorises 100's of diseases and ailments, giving a range of homoeopathic remedies for each, indicating potencies and frequencies for each remedy. Also included in each is a Materia Medica - a detailed explanation of most remedies and their effects on the animal.

If you want to treat your animal homoeopathically once you have got a diagnosis from your own vet, what you need to know will almost certainly be in one of these books... click on them to go to Amazon's secure on-line ordering system...

Mary Bromiley - a Chartered Physiotherapist for over 35 years and the leading authority on Equine Massage has written this excellent little book showing you how to to apply massage techniques to enhance your own horse's performance, health and well-being. It explains how massage assists the circulatory and lymphatic systems, shows you how to apply different techniques, such as effleurage and petrissage, and shows how specific massages should be used for different equine activities.

For anyone seriously interested in Equine Massage this book by Mary Bromiley goes into greater depth - explaining muscle structure and function, muscle fibre types, muscle fatigue, massage techniques, effects and uses, shows the areas of stress on the horse different activities produce, which areas should not be massaged and has a section showing you how to get your horse more supple through passive stretching.
The book also has detailed sections covering nutrition, the use of Herbs, Homoeopathy and Acupuncture/Acupressure
More expensive but contains 180 pages of Mary Bromiley's experience and knowledge