Barguse Riding Centre Horse Clinics

Barguse runs various clinics for owners who wish to give their horses a health check. We use only fully qualified practitioners. These include vaccination and dental checks, physiotherapy and saddlery checks."

Vaccinations and dental checks.

These are carried out by our own in house vet, Alistair Todd.

Physiotherapy Clinics

These are carried out by Gillian Tabor.

Physiotherapy is the application of a number of techniques that help muscles, joints and nerves (the musculoskeletal system) recover from injury and function to their full potential. Musculoskeletal injury is the most important field in veterinary physiotherapy and the majority of soft tissue injuries can benefit from treatment.

If your horse has had an accident, fallen, been cast or pulled back badly he may suffer soft tissue damage which leads to abnormalities in the way he moves with a resultant change in his way of going and poor performance.

Physiotherapy can also be useful in the treatment and management of secondary problems due to orthopaedic conditions such as navicular syndrome and spavin. It is important that these conditions have first been diagnosed by your veterinary surgeon.

Chartered physiotherapists assess and treat a wide range of condition using manual techniques. These include joint and soft tissue mobilisations/manipulations. Laser, ultrasound and electrical muscle stimulation may be used alone or in conjunction with manual techniques to optimise the horse’s ability to heal.

Chartered Physiotherapist’ is a title that gives the public the guarantee that the person using the title has gained a certain level of academic training and is qualified and registered to practice. A Chartered physiotherapist will have the letters MCSP (Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy) and HPC registered (Health Professionals Council) after their name.

Gillian Tabor

(Category A A.C.P.A.T, MSc (Vet Phys) BSc (Hons) MCSP, HPC Reg.

Gillian trained in Cardiff, graduating with a BSc Honours degree in Physiotherapy in 1998 and then worked within the NHS in Hampshire. After training with Anna Johnson (Sydney and Athens Olympics British Equestrian Team Physio), she worked within Anna’s practice in Buckinghamshire. Whilst completing the first Masters Degree in Veterinary Physiotherapy at the Royal Veterinary College, London she moved to Devon.

Saddlery Checks

These are by master saddler, Janet Legg of Nutwell Saddlery.

Janet joined Nutwell Saddlery at its inception in Spring 2005. Janet is a qualified Saddle fitter and Master Saddler and a member of the Society of Master Saddlers.

Janet studied Saddlery and Leather goods at Cordwainer’s in London for 3 years. She then spent two years working at Pittards Tannery, Leighton Buzzard before returning to Dorset in 1991 to open a saddlery repair shop.

Janet qualified as a Saddle Fitter in 1995 and since moving to Devon has run a busy remedial saddle fitting business. In 2005 Janet was invited to become a Master Saddler, one of only eight in the South West. She continues to provide an excellent remedial saddle fitting service and saddle sales, based from Nutwell Estate.

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