A Practical Guide to Exercise Prescription in Equine Rehabilitation
Designed for equine practitioners, this book introduces the core principles of exercise prescription and clinical reasoning required to deliver effective, evidence-informed rehabilitation programs. Drawing on both human and equine research, it bridges the gap between theory and practice to support safe progression, optimal tissue adaptation, and improved performance outcomes.
The focus is on helping practitioners confidently design and progress rehabilitation programs that facilitate a return to pre-injury function-or enhance performance-through structured, goal-driven exercise prescription.
Across 126 pages, the book covers:
- Fundamental principles of rehabilitation and exercise prescription
- The stages of equine rehabilitation
- Pain, mobility and flexibility, strength, power, endurance, and interval training
- The Goldilocks Principle: finding the optimal exercise dose
- Setting meaningful and measurable SMART goals
- Selecting and applying outcome measures
- A critical review of current research on equine rehabilitation tools and practices
- Step-by-step guidance on designing effective rehabilitation programs
Three detailed case studies illustrate real-world clinical reasoning, including program design, goal setting, and outcome measurement. Case examples address:
- Acute tendon injury
- Kissing spines
- Thoracic asymmetry and postural dysfunction
An extensive reference list supports further learning and evidence-based practice, making this book a practical resource for equine physiotherapists, veterinarians, and rehabilitation professionals seeking to strengthen their clinical decision-making and exercise prescription skills.
Please note: This is available as a digital download only and can not be printed. Hard copies are available via Amazon, see link below.
Price is in $AUD
"So I just finished skimming your new eBook (haven't read every section thoroughly, but I leafed through it all), and I just wanted to say, chef's kiss ❤. The amount of work you guys put into that and the clarity, design and evidence sourced throughout is phenomenal. Obviously as a physio most of the concepts are familiar to me, but I can see as a vet, even a vet with rehab training, this would be a pretty incredible resource to have. And I'm definitely picking up pointers from your objective measures and case studies. OM's weren't covered well in my Diploma program, and I've read Gillian Tabour's thesis but it's valuable to see how you guys use it in practice. It's also really valuable to see how you've progressed though some case studies. I'm sure you know, the equine physio field is small, and often I feel a bit challenged when I recommend timelines/prognosis for rehab to vets modeled after human care (which is often far slower than the vet would have prescribed themselves), so to see you guys doing similar things (and presenting the research behind it) is really validating to my practice". - Katie Wood
"Fabulous book! Love the format, love the language, loved the bringing together of current research equine plus relevant other. Not being a practitioner I still found it incredibly relevant and I’ll be referring to it time and time again. I train gallopers and I’m already taking learnings from your book and putting them into practice. Congratulations on a brilliant book.
- Jacqui Sims