Course Description:

Elevate your coaching practice with this innovative training program developed through an international collaboration between Imagine Equine Education (USA) and the Equine Massage Academy (UK). Combining decades of expertise in equine science, advanced therapy techniques, and targeted training methods for fitness, competitive disciplines, and rehabilitation, this course is specifically designed to empower professional riding instructors to take their career to the highest level. 

Structured into ten comprehensive chapters, each delivered through engaging, easy-to-follow video presentations and written course manuals, this course provides the practical knowledge you need to assess your lesson horses for lameness, monitor their progress through training and rehabilitation programs, ensure correct tack fit, and more. 

You’ll gain valuable insights to significantly enhance your coaching techniques, improve horse welfare, and achieve peak performance, whether preparing riders for competition or leisure.

Join a community of forward-thinking equine professionals committed to excellence, welfare, and sustained success.


Approved for 14 hours of continuing education credit through NBCAAM.


Who should enroll?

Riding Instructors whose aim is to set the benchmark for excellence:

·         Transform your coaching. 

·         Optimize horse welfare.

·         Achieve extraordinary results

Course curriculum

    1. Lesson 1 - Welcome

    2. Lesson 2 - Importance of Understanding Equine Musculoskeletal Function and Health

    1. Lesson 1 - Signs and Symptoms of Musculoskeletal Pain and Injuries

    2. Lesson 2 - Assessing a Horse Through Movement

    3. Lesson 3 - Equine Spinal Biomechanics

    4. Lesson 3 - Equine Lameness

    5. Lesson 4 - Spinal Biomechanics Part 2

    6. Lesson 5 - Spinal Biomechanics Part 3

    7. Lesson 6 - Lameness in the Forelimbs

    8. Lesson 7 - Lameness in the Hindlimbs

    9. Lesson 8 - Preventative Measures with Correct Training Categories

    1. Lesson 1 - Assessment of Hoof Health and Balance

    2. Lesson 2 - Assessing for Healthy Hoof Landings

    1. Lesson 1 - Retraining and Rehabilitation Strategies

    2. Lesson 2 - Correct Supportive Exercise for Professional Riding Coaches to Implement

    1. Lesson 1 - Managing Discomfort During Lessons

    2. Lesson 2 - Intersection Between Coaches and Therapists

    3. Lesson 3 - Comprehensive Equine Health Assessment for Professional Riding Coaches

    1. Lesson 1 - Dental Anatomy

    2. Lesson 2 - Common Dental Imbalances

    3. Lesson 3 - AP Restrictions

    4. Lesson 4 - Lateral Restrictions

    5. Lesson 5 - Diminished Inclination

    6. Lesson 6 - TMJ Biomechanics

    7. Lesson 7 - Continue Learning

About this course

  • $500.00
  • 41 lessons
  • 9 hours of video content

Instructors

Equine Massage Academy Angela Hall

Angela Hall, FISAP, MIRVAP(MT) is the founder of Equine Massage Academy, and author of the book Is My Horse In Pain?. A highly qualified professional with a wealth of international equine therapy and lecturing experience, her love for horses drives her therapy practice and her teaching. Angela draws on her extensive experience in the equine industry across the UK, Europe, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, and the UAE to bring a diverse perspective to EMA. She is constantly exploring ways to improve the human and horse partnership. At the heart of all the EMA courses is improving equine welfare, wellbeing and performance.

Physical Therapist Barbara Parks

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.