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A.P Equine & Canine provides individually tailored McTimoney Animal Chiropractic and soft tissue treatments. What is A.P Equine & Canine? What do they do?
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A.P Equine & Canine offers both combined and standalone McTimoney and massage treatment programs for horses and dogs. About the Practitioner...

A.P Equine & Canine is founded by Amanda Purchas who is the sole practitioner within the business. Amanda is a fully insured McTimoney Animal Practitioner and Massage Therapist who has a first class honours degree in Equine Sports Science, a MSc in Animal

Manipulation and is qualified in Merisha Animal Massage Therapy. In addition to the above Amanda is active in equine performance research and previously presented her findings at the Alltech conference (2013). Amanda is currently interested in equine biomechanics, rider asymmetry and pressure algometry and hopes to conduct further research into these topic areas. What is a McTimoney Practitioner? A McTimoney Practitioner is an individual who has completed a MSc in Animal Manipulation at the McTimoney Collage of Chiropractic. A McTimoney Practitioner works to restore neuromuscular function that has become impaired through the resultant muscle spasm and pressure of skeletal miss-alignments. A miss-alignment is when a vertebra/bone is no longer aligned with its neighbouring bones and has become "stuck" within its normal range of movement. When this happens tightening of the surrounding musculature or direct pressure caused by the miss-alignment, impairs the function of the nerves inserting and exiting the spinal cord. In such event pain, discomfort and compensatory movement patterns occur. McTimoney Practitioners aim to restore symmetry in the animal’s musculoskeletal system through the correction and rehabilitation of miss-alignments. The manipulation of miss-alignment carried out by the practitioner is achieved using only their hands. Once they have identified the miss-alignment, a high speed directional thrust is applied to the bone/vertebrae. As McTimoney animal treatments utilise speed in the adjustment animals experience minimal pain and discomfort throughout the process, this meaning that treatments can be conducted without sedation and are often happily accepted by the animal. What are the signs and causes of miss-alignments? Causes of miss-alignments can fall into two categories, acute and chronic. Acute causes tend to be short term and are often the result of some level of recent trauma i.e falling, tendon injury, rolling ect. The effect of acute causes are often short lived but if left untouched could result in them developing into a chronic problem particularly, if a compensatory movement pattern is adapted in the recovery. Chronic causes are often long term and are usually related to a previous condition or an underlying predisposition i.e OA of the hock, hip dysplasia or poor conformation. Because of this chronic issues usually require a long term treatment plan to help the issue at hand and maintain the benefits of the treatment thereafter. A few common signs of miss-alignments:

- Change in behaviour
- Loss of performance i.e struggling to strike off on the correct lead.
- Cold backed
- Struggling to bend
- Refusing to jump
- Reluctance to work
The above are just a few examples of miss-alignments symptoms however; all animals are individual and may display their own indicators of discomfort. Vet Consent:

Under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 an owner must consult their veterinary surgeon and gain their permission before a McTimoney Practitioner can proceed, as without this consent it is illegal for the practitioner to treat the animal. However, most veterinary surgeons understand the benefits and place of McTimoney treatments in maintaining and improving an animal’s wellbeing and will readily give their permission for treatment. What to expect when booking a treatment with A.P Equine and Canine? Amanda will first conduct a thorough history that will include gathering details of the animal’s medical history, performance and lifestyle. Within this record taking you will be required to sign that vet consent has been gained for the animal under treatment. Once all details have been gathered a static and dynamic assessment of your animal will be conducted, this will include a conformational assessment, trot up, circling and stepping back. Additional tests may be carried out to gather further information if necessary. When conducting these assessments Amanda will be looking for areas of predisposition to injury or strain, establishing if the animal is lame and identifying any movement or postural patterns that could suggest underlying miss-alignments or musculoskeletal issues. By gathering all this information a full picture of the animal’s musculoskeletal health can be made and Amanda can establish if the treatment will targeting primary or secondary issues. After completion of the above Amanda will then palpate for miss-alignment and muscle spasm, once identified Amanda will use either McTimoney or myofascial release techniques to kick start the healing process. Once the treatment is completed a full report of the treatment will be provided for the owner. Amanda will then discuss an appropriate treatment plan for the animal and provide after care advice aimed at optimising and maintaining the animal’s musculoskeletal health. Follow up treatments:

Follow-up treatments are scheduled and tailored to each animal however; it is likely that at least one follow-up treatment may be required to optimise the animal’s healing response. Should I expect any side effects and how long until I see the benefits? McTimoney is a holistic approach meaning that it considers the entire body rather than focusing on one area. It also utilises the body’s own innate intelligence to heal rather than forcing a change to happen that the body may not be ready to accept. Because of this the benefits of the treatment may not be seen for upto 2 weeks as it has to rely on the individuals own healing response time. However, benefits can often been seen immediately or a few days after treatment, although this depends on the severity of the issue in the first place and whether further treatments are necessary. As mentioned with McTimoney using the body’s own healing response some side effects to the treatment can occur, this is usually the result of the body having to re-program its self to correct compensatory movement patterns and utilise potentially weakened musculature. This means that some animals may be stiff, sore or not their self for a short period after treatment. It is for this reason that a rest period will be recommended after a treatment followed by a gradual return to work. However, this response is perfectly normal and is in fact part of the healing response! How to book a treatment:

You can either contact Amanda either by phone, email or facebook, texts are welcome. Amanda will endeavour to get back to you within 24hours. Email: [email protected]
No: 07824306297
Amanda will be covering all areas within the three counties (Gloucestershire, Worcestershire & Herefordshire) however, clients further afield are welcome. If you have any more questions please do not hesitate to contact me. Prices:

Please contact Amanda for treatment prices. Logo images courtesy of Flaticon from Freepik

14/08/2024

Woop what a fab outing for sponsored rider Rosie Blossett Show Jumper 👏 Well done!

13/08/2024

Fantastic summary of the SIJ with age, training and trauma.

13/08/2024

📆 Save the date! 🤩

📨To book text or WhatsApp 07824306297

👉Limited spaces (max 6)
📍Venue in Haresfield, Gloucestershire. 2mins off the J12 M5.

13/08/2024

📆 Save the date! 🤩

📨To book text or WhatsApp 07824306297

👉Limited spaces (max 6)
📍Venue in Haresfield, Gloucestershire. 2mins off the J12 M5.

10/08/2024

And that's a wrap for this week! 😅

Stourport- > Yorkshire-> Shrewsbury->Abingdon ...

I've been everywhere this week teaching and meeting a fab lot of students and peers.

Here's some snaps of fellow peers rounding off thier final advanced equine chiropractic technique day with myself on the behalf of the McTimoney College of Chiropractic 👌👏

McTimoney Animal Association

10/08/2024

📚 My pole work library 📚

Page 7: 🪜

Alternating Raised Poles:

These pole layouts are often a huge part of my strength and conditioning plans for either general conditioning or as part of an equine rehabilitation programme. 💪

👍Like and follow for more go-to pole setups! Posted weekly.

08/08/2024

I'm just back home from a fab couple of days teaching the advanced equine chiropractic techniques on behalf of the McTimoney College of Chiropractic. Well done all, it was an absolute pleasure! 😀

01/08/2024

📚 My pole work library 📚

Page 6: 🌽

Maze Layouts.

These pole layouts are often a huge part of my strength and conditioning plans for either general conditioning or as part of an equine rehabilitation programme. 💪

👍Like and follow for more go-to pole setups! Posted weekly.

31/07/2024

Sponsored horse and rider Calvin and Rosie Blossett Show Jumper 😍🤩

25/07/2024

📚 My pole work library 📚

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One-sided raised poles.

These pole layouts are often a huge part of my strength and conditioning plans for either general conditioning or as part of an equine rehabilitation programme. 💪

👍Like and follow for more go-to pole setups! Posted weekly.

22/07/2024

📱Tech issues!!📱

Hi! Apologies if I have missed any messages since mid last week, my work phone quit working for me (you can't get the staff these days..🙄). So I have been running off two partially broken phones (don't ask 😅).

However, I have a new fancy pants one arriving tomorrow, so all should be plain sailing again! Although, some of my recent message history on WhatsApp and text messages may be lost, so if I've yet to respond by tomorrow evening, pop me a message again. I will also send any reports not yet sent from last week for those of you that are waiting.

Thanks for your patience!

13/07/2024

Hi Everyone!

A few of you know I like to attempt flexibility and elegance in the air in my spare time 😅

Anyhow..

I'm taking part in the Momentum Pole & Aerial 24hr Charity Pole/Aerialathon today and tomorrow, I'll be putting my few hours in to help raise money for the Cancer Research UK.

If you fancy donating, pop to the link below ☺️👇

https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/24hr-pole-and-aerial-marathon

11/07/2024

📚 My pole work library 📚

Page 4: 💤

THE ZIG ZAG SETUP (See image 1 & 2 for more approaches)

These pole layouts are often a huge part of my strength and conditioning plans for either general conditioning or as part of an equine rehabilitation programme. 💪

👍Like and follow for more go-to pole setups! Posted weekly.

04/07/2024

📚 My pole work library 📚

Page 2: 📦

THE BOX SETUP

These pole layouts are often a huge part of my strength and conditioning plans for either general conditioning or as part of an equine rehabilitation programme. 💪

👍Like and follow for more go-to pole setups! Posted weekly.

04/07/2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/K22PLDxAS9DfgpbB/

27/06/2024

📚 My pole work library 📚

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THE ARROWHEAD SETUP

These pole layouts are often a huge part of my strength and conditioning plans for either general conditioning or as part of an equine rehabilitation programme. 💪

👍Like and follow for more go-to pole setups! Posted weekly.

McTimoney Animal Association McTimoney Animal Association

27/06/2024

Another good day for sponsored rider Rosie Blossett Show Jumper 🤩 Well done!

26/06/2024

When the patient really embraces the stretch 🤣.

Bella really tested my ability to hold an awkward pose today, but it was totally worth it for the release she achieved 🤩

Ellen Evans

24/06/2024

I had the pleasure of teaching advanced equine chiropractic techniques, on behalf of the McTimoney College of Chiropractic to a lovely group of fellow practitioners yesterday! 🤩. What a fab way to spend a Sunday (minus the evading cornish sun..)!

Well done all and a big thanks to Jenna Payne - McTimoney Veterinary Chiropractor for hosting and organising horses for the group.😄

McTimoney Animal Association

20/06/2024

🤩 Welcome to my pole work library! 🤩

Page 1: 🕘

👍Like and Follow for more go to pole set ups! Posted weekly.

The coming layouts are often a huge part of my strength and conditioning plans for either general conditioning, or as part of an equine rehabilitation programme.

McTimoney Animal Association

13/06/2024

Sponsored horse Zena with Paula Jane Wooster (Zorro's sister 😍) is off to Wales and West this week. Charlie wanted to get involved in her pre comp check up, so helped with some Photizo doses 😎

Good luck guys!

12/06/2024

Chilled and happy ponies post treatments this afternoon at Hesteyri Horses

05/06/2024

Hi All!

Less than fun post incoming! 🫥

💰PRICE INCREASE…

Sadly, with business expenses continuing to climb, I’m begrudgingly going to have to put my prices up, which I appreciate has a knock-on impact on my lovely client base. I’ve always strived to remain affordable to as many owners as possible, in the hope that owners have a better chance to finance a full treatment schedule for maximal therapeutic gain, rather than be limited to single, patch up treatments.

To minimise the impact of the price increase I will be staggering the changes (2 phases) to the below:

1️⃣➡️1st July 2024

Initial assessment price increase of £5. This applies to animals that are new purchases/not been seen before by myself, or are a new client all together. This increase covers the additional time needed for these appointments, that permit me the time to get to know your animal’s full history ect.

This will price out as below:

🐎Equine:

Initial Equine Treatment £60
Follow up Equine Treatment: £55

Multi Horse Treatment (3+):
3+ Initial Multi Horse: £55
3+ Follow up Multi Horse: £50

🐕Canine:

Initial Canine Treatment £50
Follow up Equine Treatment: £45

Multi Dog Treatment:
2+ Initial Multi Dog: £45
2+ Follow up Multi Dog: £40
3+ Initial Multi Dog: £40
3+ Follow up Multi Dog: £35

2️⃣ ➡️ From 1st January 2025, the £5 increase will then come into effect to all follow-up appointments.

This will price out as follows:

🐎Equine:

Initial Equine Treatment £60
Follow up Equine Treatment: £60

Multi Horse Treatment (3+):
3+ Initial Multi Horse: £55
3+ Follow up Multi Horse: £55

🐕Canine:

Initial Canine Treatment £50
Follow up Equine Treatment: £50

Multi Dog Treatment:
2+ Initial Multi Dog: £45
2+ Follow up Multi Dog: £45
3+ Initial Multi Dog: £40
3+ Follow up Multi Dog: £40

📢 Note: Any appointment already in my diary (as of 4/6/24) will remain on the current pricing structure.

I really hope not to loose any of my current client base, but equally I do fully understand that most of us are feeling the financial pinch. 😥

Thanks for your (hopefully?😬) understanding!

04/06/2024

Hi All!

Less than fun post incoming! 🫥

💰PRICE INCREASE…

Sadly, with business expenses continuing to climb, I’m begrudgingly going to have to put my prices up which I appreciate has a knock-on impact on my lovely client base. I’ve always strived to remain affordable to as many owners as possible, in hope that owners have a better chance to finance a full treatment schedule for maximal therapeutic gain, rather than be limited to single, patch up treatments.

To minimise the impact of the price increase I will be staggering the changes (2 phases) to the below:

1️⃣➡️1st July 2024

Initial assessment price increase of £5. This applies to animals that are new purchases/not been seen before by myself, or are a new client all together. This increase covers the additional time needed for these appointments, that permit me the time to get to know your animal’s full history ect.

This will price out as below:

🐎Equine:

Initial Equine Treatment £60
Follow up Equine Treatment: £55

Multi Horse Treatment (3+):
3+ Initial Multi Horse: £55
3+ Follow up Multi Horse: £50

🐕Canine:

Initial Canine Treatment £50
Follow up Equine Treatment: £45

Multi Dog Treatment:
2+ Initial Multi Dog: £45
2+ Follow up Multi Dog: £40
3+ Initial Multi Dog: £40
3+ Follow up Multi Dog: £35

2️⃣ ➡️ From 1st January 2025, the £5 increase will then come into effect to all follow-up appointments.

This will price out as follows:

🐎Equine:

Initial Equine Treatment £60
Follow up Equine Treatment: £60

Multi Horse Treatment (3+):
3+ Initial Multi Horse: £55
3+ Follow up Multi Horse: £55

🐕Canine:

Initial Canine Treatment £50
Follow up Equine Treatment: £50

Multi Dog Treatment:
2+ Initial Multi Dog: £45
2+ Follow up Multi Dog: £45
3+ Initial Multi Dog: £40
3+ Follow up Multi Dog: £40

📢 Note: Any appointment already in my diary (as of today) will remain on the current pricing structure.

I really hope not to loose any of my current client base, but equally I do fully understand that most of us are feeling the financial pinch. 😥

Thanks for your (hopefully?😬) understanding!

30/05/2024

Woop well done Calvin! Love this sponsored horse 🤩

22/05/2024

🏖🌴Annual Leave 🏖🌴

I'm now off on holiday with my boys (man child and actual child 🤣) until 27th May 2024! I'll endeavour to respond to messages as soon as possible once I've returned. Thanks for your patience 😄

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Hardwicke
Gloucester

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 7pm
Tuesday	9am - 7pm
Wednesday	9am - 7pm
Thursday	9am - 7pm
Friday	9am - 7pm
Saturday	10am - 12pm

Website

http://apequineandcanine.com/

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Sponsored horse Billy getting competition ready 👌 @katecowelldressage @mctimoneyanimalassociation #horse #dressage #dressagerider #upcoming #international #britishdressage #equine #equinechiropractic #equinephysiotherapy #sponsored

Magic enjoying his maintenance treatment today! 😃 Most of my treatments include a combination of mctimoney chiropractic, massage, fascia work, stretches and mobilisation. All of which are tailored to the individual animal both in tolerance and the physical complaint at hand 😊 @McTimoney Animal Association @Photizo.eu #mctimoneyanimalassociation #animalchiropractic #animallover #animals #animaltherapy #massagetherapy #massage #dogsofinstagram #spaniel #dog

Magic enjoying his maintenance treatment today! 😃 Most of my treatments include a combination of mctimoney chiropractic, massage, fascia work, stretches and mobilisation. All of which are tailored to the individual animal both in tolerance and the physical complaint at hand 😊 McTimoney Animal Association Photizo.eu #mctimoneyanimalassociation #animalchiropractic #animallover #animals #animaltherapy #massagetherapy #massage #dogsofinstagram #spaniel #dog

Week 3 of Zorro's rehab has begun! Here's a little snippet of one of the pole layouts I'll be using 😊 Just a bit of extra info: 1) I prefer to lunge off the headcollar in the early stages of pole work for a couple of reasons: 👉 Gives the horse freedom to self balance when miss steps happen. Yes, miss steps and stumbles will happen and is a natural part of conditioning to pole work but I want to give the horse the best chance to "catch itself ", this is how proprioception and balance develops. 👉 Allows the horse to set its frame according to its comfort. This is important at this stage as I do not want to encourage an outline that's too advanced for the pole task. (Encouraging more engagement and collection comes later). 2) In this first week of poles, I tend to use larger spacing between poles to allow for a potentially inconsistent pace, which is often seen post injury either through physical restriction and/or pain memory/discomfort. I will then increase the difficulty week by week depending on how quickly the horse adapts, balances and recovers from each session. 3) Duration: 10 mins per rein with a total of 6 mins working through the pole task per rein. Walk only. 4) Pole work in Zorro rehab plays a role in re-establishing his core, balance, and preparing him for more specific HL strength layouts later in his rehab. #polework #equinerehab #rehabilitation #equine #horse #equinephysiotherapy #strenghtandconditioning #mctimoneyanimalassociation #equineinjury #animals

My own trusty steed has been off injured (suspected HL suspensory branch injury) 🥴. After 9 weeks of paddock rest, rehab has begun! Like and Follow to track his progress! 👉 Week 1 & 2: Walk unridden Posoa: 8 mins per rein, predominantly around the arena edge. 3 per week. Inhand "hacking": 30mins at Walk. 2 per week. Backing up: 3 steps, reps 5 times. Photizo Application: Week 1 - Alt days to medial and lateral branches and sesamoids. Week 2 - Every 3rd Day. #equinephysiotherapy #equine #equineinjury #horserehabilition #recovery #injured #horse #pony #Chiropractic #equinechiropractic #rehab #journey

That's it Minky ....you beat on that puddle 🤣 .....I think my old mare about sums up my thoughts on this winter 👊🌧 And yes......I can confirm that despite their best efforts I do infact own two greys..... #hippos And yes....Minky is wearing travel boots due to her age induced ability to self harm at an alarming rate 🤣 #vetbillinthemaking

Now the cooler months are coming in, you might see me parking more cautiously! That's because my little "co worker" will be joining me again on suitable routes 🥰

🤓 Why use A.P Equine & Canine for your animal’s chiropractic and soft tissue care and management? We'll let our client feedback speak for it's self 😁 #mctimoneyanimalassociation #mctimoney #animals #animallovers #animalcare #animalwelfare #recovery #injury #maintenance #physiotherapy #dog #puppy #horse #pony #cat #equine #animalrescue #feedback #performance #comfort #smallbuisness #businesswoman #softtissuetherapy

I'm super impressed that this piece of kit stays cold untill atleast 2pm 🥶 😎 ! Given it's taken out of the freezer at 7am and kept in the cool bag with ice packs (...well popsicles as who the hell knows where the real ice packs have disappeared too! 🤔) ! Made by Epiony 😃

Some of you are aware of my new side hobby 🙈 but as it's now shorts season! 🌞 I thought it might be best to pre-warn you that although my legs may be a bit bashed up all is fine! I've just taken up an aerial sports that's pretty mean on the skin 🤣 I'm to determined to tan the milk bottle legs while working in the often sun traps that equine yards provide to hide them away 🤣 So apologies for the multicoloured legs! #bruises #aeriel #aerealist #lyrahoop #aerialhoop

The lovely Oatis having a routine tune up yesterday, I think it's safe to say he enjoyed himself 😴 Kate Cowell McTimoney Animal Association Fresh Perspective Education

I forgot to put my out of office on (21st - 23rd April) 😅 and I'm aware messages are building up sorry! I'll be back in to respond on Monday, many apologies for the delay...here's a bit of happiness to offset the unexplained wait... 😅 My son Charlie.....

🤪 Lets have a bit of fun! 🤪 Its a Saturday night after all, and our four-legged friends (big and small!), have probably cost us a small fortune being the royalty they pretend to be, that we have sacrificed our social lives to finance their petty demands 🤣 Comment with a picture of said culprit and add a dating profile blog for a laugh 😏🦄 I'll go first.... NAME: Delectable Daisy HATES : Rain, hat wearing folk and anything that requires effort. LOVES: Food (fillet cuts only!) and endless tickles. SEARCHING FOR: A dog that likes a dominant bitch, doesn't mind sharing his food and succumbing to her every whim. Must not be intimidated by a heavy eye brow 🤣

🌨Snow 🌨 I hope you're all enjoying the cold snap! Well I'm having an awful time with it........ 🙈😎 Anyhoo! There's a small chance that I may need to alter my routes or to expect potential delays on appointment times if the routes do go ahead this week given the level of black ice, snow and sheet ice on the roads. As always I'll strive to be with you asap! 🙏 Stay safe and don't steal your toddlers sleigh 🤣

🎄🎄🎄DECEMBER BOOKINGS🎄🎄🎄 Just a heads up to all my lovely clientelle that December is booking up rather fast so please do enquire about December bookings sooner than later to avoid disappointment! 🙋‍♀️ Please note I will be on annual leave for family festivities from the 23rd December 2022 ⏩️ 2nd January 2023 🎅