Dr David Marlin discusses the topic of Respiratory Problems in Horses.

How to recognise, manage and avoid and what we're going to cover is what does the respiratory system do?

How's it put together?

What causes respiratory problems?

How can we avoid respiratory problems and how can we manage and treat respiratory problems once they occur?

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Dr Kirstie Pickles discusses and answers attendes questions on the topic of Vaccinations. 

Answering questions such as;

Q. Can vaccines cause issues for a horse that suffers with allergies if they are given at the time of year?

Q. Are we over vaccinating? And are annual boosters really necessary?

Q. Are annual boosters buying in an older retired horse?

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Dr. Gillian Tabor discusses the topic of Cupping for horses.

Cupping has been around for thousands of years, but past anecdotal and hearsay what evidence and research are there and what are Dr. Gillian Tabor’s thoughts are about this style of therapy.

Is it positive or detrimental? Does it improve recovery or damage the tissue?

Gillian looks at the history of cupping, what cupping actually does to the body, the different ways of administrating cupping and what limited research there is investigating cupping.

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Dr David Marlin discusses the topic of cold therapy for horses.

Many people are now aware that there is an Anti RICE movement, (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation) growing in human use. RICE has been used widely for the treatment of acute soft tissue injury in human therapy for years and RICE is still widely used in professional sport despite some medics campaigning against it.  However, in the equestrian world cold therapy or Cryotherapy is widely used without a lot of negativity; let’s look at why this is and at the benefits of RICE in equestrian sport in more detail

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Dr Gillian Tabor discusses a rehabilitation exercises paper by Ellis & King.

Dr Gillian Tabor, a Chartered Physiotherapist who specialises in the treatment and rehabilitation of horses, takes a look into a journal article that was published last year by Ellis & King. Discuss what they did, how they measured it and what they found. The article references the rehabilitation exercises that Gillian also recommends that you can do with your horses of different ages and experiences.

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Dr Gillian Tabor on Equiband and the use of training aids.

Dr Gillian Tabor, a Chartered Physiotherapist who specialises in the treatment and rehabilitation of horses, discusses training aids. Although training aids aren't compulsory, they are useful in the right context with the right horse, at the right time and set up correctly. Gillian talks about the use of this specific system made by a company called Equity Core concepts.

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Dr David Marlin discusses the topic of Stress in Horses and Riders.

When most of us hear the word “stress” we probably immediately think of it as something bad.  So is there such a thing as “good stress?”. What is too much stress?  Can you have too little stress?  In this Podcast we’ll look at stress from a different perspective.

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Dr Gillian Tabor is the Programme Manager and lectures on the MSc Veterinary Physiotherapy course at Hartpury University and is undertaking research, both her own equine projects and supervising students.

Gillian discusses Underperformance in horses and how it can be linked to Gut Health - This podcast accompanies Dr David Marlins Gut Health Webinar, click here

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Dr David Marlin discusses the topic of Stress and is it always a bad thing?

When most of us hear the word “stress” we probably immediately think of it as something bad.  So is there such a thing as “good stress?”. What is too much stress?  Can you have too little stress?  In this Podcast we’ll look at stress from a different perspective. This is the full discussion with Dr David Marlin.

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Dr David Marlin discusses the topic of Stress and is it always a bad thing?

When most of us hear the word “stress” we probably immediately think of it as something bad. So is there such a thing as “good stress?”.  What is too much stress? Can you have too little stress? In this Podcast we’ll look at stress from a different perspective.

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