Schooling & Rehabilitation

Schooling & Rehabilitation


Rehabilitation

Michelle is able to help with the care of your horse during recovery from injury or sickness – liaising with outside  professionals to assess and plan for your horses recovery.   She works with a calm and consistent approach using ridden or in hand exercises, or her skills as an Equine Sports Massage Therapist using massage to aid restoration of joint and muscle flexibility or simulate inactive muscles during periods of restricted exercise.

Retraining and schooling

Schooling and re training

Michelle is able to school or  train/retrain  your horse, she is a very sympathetic rider and focuses on working the horse  in a relaxed and rhythmical way.  She particularly enjoys and works well with young horses taking time and ensuring that the basic firm foundations are in place before progressing further.

Michelle is able to advise on injury prevention and injury management and pre season fitness programs.

Testimonial – Judith Sharman

Lunging

An exercise which helps coordinate the horses body and find their balance without the weight of the rider

  • Strengthens and tones the horse’s outline
  • Improves lateral flexibility

Lunging Over Poles

  • Encourages joint flexion and stride extension,
  • helps establish balance and co-ordination
  • increasing athleticism
  •  Side-reins helps to maintain the horse’s outline and support him with a steady contact on the bit.

Pessoa Training Aid

The pessoa is a lunging aid for horses that:

  • strengthens the back
  • stretches the top line and gentle encourages the horse to work correctly.
  • Encourages the horse to come off the forehand and work through the back bring the hindquarters underneath to find balance and flexibility.
  • Encourages the horse to work rather than using force.
  • Works to free the back muscles so that the horse can use them for balance, impulsion and support for both himself and the rider’s weight.
  • maintains and builds  muscle tone

Training & Coaching

Rehabilitation

Equine Sports Massage

Eventing

Michelle Williamson Eventing
based at White Horse Liveries

Michelle Williamson BHSI ESM
Bridge House Cottage
All Cannings, Devizes
Wiltshire