Imagine Equine Education

Dr. Barbara Parks, PT, DPT, CERP is a physical therapist for horse and rider based in the Nashville, TN area. Barbara received her doctorate in physical therapy from Belmont University and her Certified Equine Rehabilitation Practitioner credentials from UT-Knoxville. She is also a PATH Intl. certified therapeutic riding instructor and spent some time teaching adaptive riding lessons prior to becoming a physical therapist. Barbara has a passion for positive reinforcement training and using clicker training in rehabilitative exercise and has pursued continuing education in equine bodywork, barefoot hoofcare and composite shoeing, equine nutrition, and equine behavior and learning theory in order to provide a whole-horse approach to rehab and injury prevention. She lives on a small farm with her husband, 5 horses, 4 cats, and 3 dogs.

Casey French has been a professional barrel racer for nearly twenty years. She has gained a wealth of knowledge through her experience riding and training for some of the best horsemen in their respected disciplines from Quarter Horse racing, to Hunters and Western Pleasure. Some of her accomplishments include the Louisiana High School Rodeo State Championship, 2X National High School Rodeo Finals Qualifier, Old Fort Days Derby finalist, BBR world Finals NMNQ Champion, an American Semi Finals qualification and multiple 1D average super show wins. Casey now gives lessons to the public, conducts clinics and contributes content to online media outlets. She is a wife to Team Roper and soil scientist, Lang French, and mother to Aiden, age five, who competes in Junior Rodeo.