ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE AND THERAPY

Holistic approaches to horse care focus on all aspects of the horse's health, physical, mental, and emotional. Often working in conjunction with conventional health care methods, alternative approaches include bodywork, the use of herbal and nutritional supplements, and therapeutic techniques for both horse and rider.

So-called alternative medicine for horses evaluates a horse's needs on a case-by-case basis, looking at the overall circumstances under which a horse is kept. A practitioner evaluates such things as the horse's likelihood of exposure to diseases, worms, infections etc. and then determines what medical treatment (if any) that individual horse needs. Holistic approaches to horse health care typically involve the use of herbals, different forms of bodywork, and energy balancing.

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Nutritional and topical supplements. Massage. Chiropractic. Acupuncture. Therapy. Herbs.

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Complimentary and Alternative Veterinary medicine www.altvetmed.com A comprehensive web-site offering a wealth of inflrmation and resources about complementary and alternative therapies in veterinary medicine (CAVM). The recently redesigned site is intended as a portal for information on CAVM. It also offers ¹basic articles that provide an overview of various CAVM modalities and articles that provide specific information about selected disease problems."

Chamisa Ridge www.chamisaridge.com Chamisa Ridge is the official distributor of Hilton's Herbs in the United States, one of the largest sformulators and suppliers of natural herbal remedies for animals. Chamisa Ridge has excellent customer service representatives whose goal is to "partner with our customers in caring for their animals."

Cheval International www.chevalinternational.com Provides products for natural "horse health and beauty." Most well known for their color enriching coat enhancers, Cheval International also offers a number of natural insect control products and "Tranquility Oil" aromatherapy oil.



Dynamite www.dynamitemarketing.com Dynamite describes themselves as "Your source for nutritional supplements for horses, dogs, cats, humans, exotics, even soils!" One of Dynamite's many fine qualities is its excellent customer service. Dynamite products are only available through local distributors.

Epona Equestrian Services www.taoofequus.com Epona was founded by best- selling author, (The Tao of Equus and Riding Between the Worlds), horse trainer, and riding instructor Linda Kohanov, and her colleague Kathleen Barry Ingram, a therapist and counselor. Epona offers personal development workshops and private sessions in equine facilitated psychotherapy. "Through a holistic approach to the equestrian arts, clients explore assertiveness, stress reduction, and emotional fitness skills, strengthening self-esteem and personal empowerment in the process."

Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association (EAGALA) www.eagala.org is a non-prifot organization developed to asses the needs for resources, education, and professionalism in the field of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP). "The mission of EAGALA is to promote, educate, and provide standards of practice, ethics, and safety in the field of EAP."

Midway College, in Midway, Kentucky www.midway.edu/degreeprograms/equine offers a professional degree in Equine Studies with a concentration in Equine Therapy through its Womens' College, as part of its traditional day-time curriculum.

Wendals Herbs www.wendals.com A family owned company that specializes in natural health care products for horses and dogs.

Western Montana School of Equine Massage www.equinetouchmontana.com East meets West at Western Montana School of Equine Massage in the heart of the Bitterroot Valley of western Montana. Coreen Kelly brings traditional Chinese bodyworking principles together with western massage techniques as she leads each student through an exciting five day equine massage certification course that will prepare them for a fulfilling career in therapeutic equine massage. The holistic format of the course helps students discover the energetic and spiritual nature of the horse as well as the physical and provides the tools to integrate them into a seamless modality. Our small class sizes give each student the opportunity to recieve individual attention from the instructor and plenty of hands on work with a variety of horses using many techniquesÓ.