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Osteopathy

72 Hours – 8 Days | 12000 AED

Teaching language: Arabic / English - according to the student’s choice.

Delivery: Face to Face / Online / Hybrid

Audience

This study program is intended for all horse and animal lovers, for riders, for horse owners, for veterinarians, for stable workers, and for those working in all equine therapeutic fields. With the aim of treating and caring for your horse, or the horses under your responsibility, and also to acquire new effective therapeutic tools, develop your profession, stand out from other practitioners and acquire professions that are in great demand in the labor market, with international certificates from the leading institutions in the field and for the first time in the country.

About the program

The course in equine osteopathy will teach you how to assess, osteopathically diagnose and treat musculoskeletal conditions in horses and ponies.

The main osteopathic approach is based on ‘classical’ osteopathy and is fundamentally a structural approach to manipulation involving ‘long lever’ rather than ‘short lever’ manipulation. The techniques involve joint and muscle mobilization and articulation. This is a tried and tested method for treating musculoskeletal problems in horses.

The classes will involve revision of the anatomy relevant to the structural techniques to be learned.

The main theme of teaching the early techniques will involve:

1) learning/revising the anatomy.

2) Palpating the anatomical structures.

3) articulating the tissues palpated.

We try to instill the idea of ‘Osteopathic intention’, which involves visualizing the tissues being palpated and treated. This method ensures an osteopathic input that generates healing and healing energy.

Other essential and necessary subjects will include visual assessment and lameness, equine behavior and psychology, handling and control of horses and patterns of somatic dysfunction and biomechanics and vertebral manipulation.

The visual assessment at walk and trot gives the osteopath an opportunity to assess the quality of movement and detect lameness. It also helps formulate an early indication of where to begin the structural assessment or target treatment.

Equine psychology and behavior are essential for a practitioner to remain safe when assessing or treating horses. It also enables the osteopath to apply structural osteopathic techniques effectively and safely.

Learning the patterns of dysfunction, (osteopathic lesions, somatic dysfunction, pathophysiology) in horses explains why horses behave the way they do whilst being handled or ridden. It gives the practitioner a means of explaining to the rider or owner why their horse finds it difficult or impossible to perform certain actions.

This pathophysiology causes some predictable patterns in the horse so learning how to detect these patterns shows the osteopath how to approach and resolve those issues with manipulation.

To properly understand how the patterns of dysfunction affect the horse, a sound knowledge of equine biomechanics is required.

The process of applying osteopathic articulation and joint mobilization involves learning how to assess and treat every joint in the horse’s body.

We begin with the distal forelimb, starting with the most distal articulations in the foot, and work carefully up the limb to the shoulder, using the anatomy and palpation prior to joint articulation. This involves mobilizing both bony and soft tissue, treating muscles, ligaments, tendons, and joints.

The next stage involves the same approach to the hind limb. It is just as important to be able to safely assess and treat the back leg from the most distal tissues up to the hip and pelvis.

The osteopathic approach to the cervical spine is covered next. Each vertebral level in the neck can be palpated, assessed, and treated with joint articulation and manipulation.

The structural approach includes treatment to the thoracic and lumbar spine.

Once the fundamental classical approach to treatment of the horse has been covered, you will learn how to apply direct manipulation. The course will finish with student clinics whereby you will assess and treat a range of horses.

Craniosacral is an energy therapy that uses hands-on approaches to the cranium, spine, sacrum and extremities to address physical and emotional tension and stress caused by day-to-day life and pressure on the cranium from wearing tack, being led, ridden and so on, which in turn can affect the bone position and create compensatory patterns in the temporomandibular joint and mastication, which affects the biomechanics of the horse.

Craniosacral therapy is now very much practiced around the world and continues to develop in popularity for a wide range of people and animals. It is a gentle but very powerful way of working with the body using light touch.

CST supports your body’s innate ability to (re)balance, restore and heal itself, as well as helping to reduce stress and build your underlying energy. The practitioner senses tensions in the body and helps to release them in a supported and comfortable way using CST techniques.

A significant amount of time is devoted to practical work with horses, so that students can develop the skills necessary for addressing each individual horse's needs. The equine skull houses the brain, which is well protected within the cranial cavity.

However, just below the thin layer of skin covering the skull, the complex labyrinth of muscles, veins, connective tissues, and nerves, are all vulnerable to injury, poorly fitting tack and environmental influence. In this training we will study this powerful therapeutic method in depth.

Each student receives the “Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology” worth 10,000 dirhams, for free!

Includes also Cranio-Sacral Therapy

Certification by Ryada Training Center - The American University in the Emirates, Dubai Racing Club, AUEDI Training Center, Dubai Equestrian Club and the International Association for Complementary Medicine (CMA) located in London, UK.

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Theoretical studies and practical application in each lecture	Syllabus
This typically includes an introduction to the course. This includes registration, an introduction to the key staff and lecturers, health and safety, legal and ethical considerations and an introduction to equine anatomy and anatomy of the forelimb. The practical sessions involve an introduction to correct procedure for handling and management of horses in hand while being treated, safety of students and animals in stables, and horse and stable management for those students with little equestrian experience. There are two practical sessions on palpation, articulation, and mobilisation of the distal forelimb of the horse. We discuss animal osteopathy and the law. Legal and ethical considerations. We finish, as always, with a brief session of student and staff feedback.	Lecture 1 & 2
This session builds on the first two days. Anatomy and differential considerations of the axial skeleton, forelimb, and hindlimb of the horse. Articulation, and mobilisation of the equine forelimb and the hindlimb. The course is fundamentally structural, based on classical osteopathy. Practical sessions build session on session. Student and staff feedback.	Lecture 3
This typically involves building on the principles of classical osteopathy. Revision of the equine forelimb and hindlimb, leading on to articulation of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine, gait analysis and visual assessment of horses at walk and trot with an introduction to lameness. Student and staff feedback.	Lecture 4
This session continues to build on the structural approach to equine general treatment (GOT, BA, OAB). Students commence ‘whole horse’ treatment. Dissection of the equine forelimb follows study of distal limb pathology. The case history and communication with the veterinary profession. Student and staff feedback.	Lecture 5
This session includes the theory and a practical session on equine soft tissue treatment. Student clinic begins and continues through to the end of the course. Equine general treatment continues with treatment of the whole horse, including initial gait analysis and active assessment. The role of paraprofessional communication and integrated therapy is discussed. Student and staff feedback.	Lecture 6
Typically, this session includes the introduction of pathophysiology and the study of biomechanics and patterns of dysfunction in horses. Reference is made to the structural anomalies discovered during practical sessions and how these patterns fit together in pathophysiology and somatic dysfunction. Work continues with equine general treatment and student clinical practice. The technique sign-off form is introduced. Students may commence the signing off for techniques forming part of the general treatment. Upper cervical manipulation and HVT is introduced, involving short lever and long lever manipulation of the occiput and atlas. The pain gate and osteopathic short lever recoil technique is introduced. Student and staff feedback.	Lecture 7 & 8
Manipulation continues, Atlas/axis and mid cervical HVT. Equine coxo/femoral manipulation using the ‘hip-tug’ technique. Clinical practice, full treatment of racehorses in training. Practical ‘sign-off’ continues. Equine conformation and morphology are discussed. The principles of equitation and the effects of the rider on the horse are introduced. Student and staff feedback.	Lecture 9
Manipulation of the equine cervical spine continues. Student clinical practice, follow up full treatment of racehorses in training. Biomechanics of the equine foot and corrective farriery are discussed, along with some of the problems caused by poor or incorrect trimming and shoeing. Technique sign-off continues. Student and staff feedback.	Lecture 10
This session typically involves several practical sessions allowing students to continue to follow up horses they have previously treated in the student clinical practice, and to continue signing off technique. Distal limb manipulation (P2/P3), treatment using fascial release and the IVM are built into practical sessions. Lumbar manipulation. Student and staff feedback.	Lecture 11
This weekend is the culmination of all the principles and practices of osteopathic philosophies and techniques applied to horses. Students will finalise their technique sign-off cards and there would be a workshop to discuss the treatment of horses they have worked with. There is a lecture on setting up in animal practice. Final feedback.	Lecture 12
What is craniosacral therapy, how to prepare for the session, how to perform craniosacral therapy, The benefits, Science behind craniosacral therapy, Practice on oneself and each other, The 10-step approach on horses, Palpate horses before and after treatments, statically assess horses, apply craniosacral therapy specific to the horse’s requirements.	Lecture 13
Cranio-Sacral Arthrology such as ligaments, tendons; osteology: skull bone, hyoid bone and its functions. Where are the other structures in interrelation with the hyoid and the skull? neurology: Cranial nerves = what are they? What are their functions? What are the consequences if there are any dysfunctions? Meninges, cerebro spinal fluid. myology: group of muscles deep middle and superficial. Physiology (respiratory system, digestive system, internal organs and their roles). Equine Sinuses: anatomy, functions, interaction with other systems in horse’s body.	Lecture 14
Indeed, the main principle of the cranio-sacral therapy is the primary respiratory movement. Complex mechanism that we need to go through to be able to master the techniques: What is it? When does it start? Why is this so important in our daily routine as a therapist? Role, Physiological mechanism in Humans and Equine. Description of the anatomy structures involved with this. What is the role of the brain in this mechanism? The practice on a panel of several horses to learn how to feel. Descriptions and display of the different techniques available depending on horses needs and horses’ reactions. Self-care: how to get ready before a treatment and what you should know before to start anything related to manual therapies. Primary respiratory movement, Somato-emotional release – cross over with fascias, Impact of poor tack: saddles, bridles, lunging system, martingales, gogues, draw reins, Stable management: what to do to avoid dysfunctions?	Lecture 15 & 16