King Equine Osteopathy

20/11/2024

Elephant Osteopathy Workshop - March 2025 🐘🐘🐘

Zoo Ost Ltd, in partnership with the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation, is excited to announce the upcoming Elephant Osteopathy Workshop, set for March 2025. While the exact dates are still to be confirmed, the workshop will likely take place during the third week of March.

This exclusive workshop offers a unique opportunity to work closely with elephants while learning how osteopathy can be applied to address dysfunction and alleviate compensatory patterns in these magnificent animals. Participants will gain invaluable insights into adapting osteopathic techniques for a much larger body, expanding their understanding and approach to osteopathy. Whether you treat humans, horses, dogs, or other animals, this workshop will offer fresh ideas and techniques to incorporate into your practice.

The workshop will take place at the Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp & Resort, located in Northern Thailand’s Golden Triangle region. Nestled within 160 acres of lush jungle, the resort overlooks the meeting point of two rivers and three countries. Recognized as one of the world’s top luxury eco-retreats, attendees will stay at the resort for the duration of the workshop, with six nights of accommodation included in the workshop cost.

This workshop is open to osteopaths, physiotherapists, veterinarians, chiropractors, and zookeepers/staff. No prior experience in animal treatment is required to participate.

Don’t miss this extraordinary opportunity to deepen your connection with these gentle giants while enhancing your osteopathic skills.

To reserve your spot or to request further information, please contact Emily King at [email protected].

04/11/2024

We’ve just concluded our immersive October Elephant Osteopathy Workshop, held in the breathtaking Golden Triangle of Thailand.

Over the course of five days, we worked closely with a remarkable range of elephants, aged from 5 to 63 years. Each elephant brought a unique history, presenting a variety of musculoskeletal challenges—some due to physical injuries from conflicts or logging, while others reflected deeper psychological stresses.

Utilizing an array of osteopathic techniques, including myofascial release, counterstrain, cranial therapy, articulation, and soft tissue inhibition, we carefully addressed their specific needs. Our approach respects their comfort levels, beginning in areas where they feel safe being touched, and gradually working to alleviate their compensatory patterns.

This workshop is a collaboration with the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation and the luxurious Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp and Resort. Participants not only engage with these magnificent creatures but also enjoy the stunning surroundings, with opportunities to explore the resort and the rich culture of northern Thailand during downtime.

Join us for a hands-on, ethical experience with elephants in our next workshop, scheduled for the second week of March 2025 (exact dates to be confirmed soon). Don’t miss the chance to connect deeply with these gentle giants while honing your osteopathic skills!

28/10/2024

Day two of the Oct Elephant Osteopathy Workshop

Today was the first day down in the grasslands and we assessed and treated 4 elephants.

Kummool
Jathong
Benz
Boon Rod

27/10/2024

Day one of the Oct 2024 elephant osteopathy workshop 🐘🐘🐘

A morning of lectures in elephant anatomy and physiology and assessment and treatment techniques followed by beautiful snacks and then walking with giants - Beau and Chock Petch

07/10/2024

19/08/2024

Amazing equine osteopathy course with Paolo Tozzi over the weekend 🤩🤩🤩

22/07/2024

16/07/2024

One of my favourite stallions that I get to treat 🦄

07/06/2024

🐘Elephant Osteopathy Workshop - October 2024🐘

The next Elephant Osteopathy Workshop, run by Tony Nevin of Zoo Ost Ltd will be held from the 27th - 31st October (arriving on the 26th and leaving on the 1st November).

These workshops are an incredible experience that allow the delegates to get up close and personal with these beautiful animals whilst exploring how osteopathy can be applied and adapted to correct dysfunction and unwind compensatory patterns in a body much bigger than our own. You’ll learn to approach osteopathy in an entirely new way and head home with potential new ideas to use in your own practice, whether you work with people, horses, dogs or other animals.

These workshops are held in Northern Thailands Golden Triangle at the Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp & Resort. Tucked into 160 acres of ancient jungle in northern Thailand, the Anantara Golden Triangle rests on a bluff overlooking the fabled convergence of two rivers and three countries. This resort has been listed as one of the worlds top luxury eco retreats and you’ll get to stay here for the duration of the workshop with the 6 nights accommodation included in the workshop costs.

This workshop is open to osteopaths, physiotherapists, veterinarians, chiropractors and zoo keepers/staff. You do not need to have experience in treating animals to attend.

Email [email protected] if you’d like to secure a spot and I’ll send further information to you.

12/05/2024

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29/03/2024

🐘🐘 Elephant Osteopathy Workshops 🐘🐘

These workshops are run by Tony Nevin of Zoo Ost Ltd in conjunction with the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation (GTAEF Helping Elephants). They are a unique experience for continued professional development for osteopaths, physiotherapists, chiropractors, vets, mahouts and zoo keepers/staff.

These workshops are intended to show how incredibly powerful osteopathy is and how, with a little thinking outside the box, we can create significant changes to musculoskeletal compensatory patterns in animals that are so much larger than ourselves.

Just as in human practice, each session involves observation and palpation. You are challenged to trust your first impressions and not linger to long thinking about one specific spot but consider the patterns throughout the animal as a whole. Elephants, like children, often have a short attention span so your observation and palpation must be efficient otherwise they can get bored and disinterested before you get around to treatment.

Treatment consists of a range of direct and indirect osteopathic techniques that are chosen to suit the individual needs of the elephant. They can be protective of their vulnerable/dysfunctional areas so we have to be able to adapt our treatments to make sure they remain comfortable and by listening to them and letting them guide us, we are able to gain their trust. By treating this way, they will often allow us to treat more and more as their trust in us grows.

Elephants are highly intelligent and emotional creatures and they challenge us in this way too. Working with them can be a profound emotional journey and they can help us heal as we strive to heal them.

These workshops are definitely a bucket list experience for anyone who wants to experience osteopathy in a brand new way, meet and network with professionals from all over the world, and do this in the most incredible location! The Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation is located within the grounds of the Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp and Resort, where you’ll stay in luxury accommodation, experience amazing hospitality and get up close and hands on with beautiful elephants!

The next workshop will run from the 27th-31st of October this year, so if this experience is something that interests you, get in touch and send through your email address so we can send you further details 🐘

20/03/2024

Day 5 of the March 2024 Elephant Osteopathy Workshop 🐘

This was the last day of the workshop where we treated the eles for the last time. By this stage in the workshop, they tend to be very relaxed and responsive to treatment.

We look for continued changes in their movement patterns, posture and levels of relaxation.

We’ve had the most amazing group with so much laughter, a few tears and just cannot wait to do it all again in October 🐘💕🥰🐘

19/03/2024

💥🐘 Elephant Osteopathy Workshop 🐘💥

🐘🐘🐘 October 2024 🐘🐘🐘

The next Elephant Osteopathy Workshop, run by Tony Nevin of Zoo Ost Ltd will be held from the 27th - 31st October (arriving on the 26th and leaving on the 1st November).

These workshops are an incredible experience that allow the delegates to get up close and personal with these beautiful animals whilst exploring how osteopathy can be applied and adapted to correct dysfunction and unwind compensatory patterns in a body much bigger than our own. You’ll learn to approach osteopathy in an entirely new way and head home with potential new ideas to use in your own practice, whether you work with people, horses, dogs or other animals.

These workshops are held in Northern Thailands Golden Triangle at the Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp & Resort. Tucked into 160 acres of ancient jungle in northern Thailand, the Anantara Golden Triangle rests on a bluff overlooking the fabled convergence of two rivers and three countries. This resort has been listed as one of the worlds top luxury eco retreats and you’ll get to stay here for the duration of the workshop with the 6 nights accommodation included in the workshop costs.

This workshop is open to osteopaths, physiotherapists, veterinarians, chiropractors and zoo keepers/staff. You do not need to have experience in treating animals to attend.

Email [email protected] if you’d like to secure a spot and I’ll send further information to you.

18/03/2024

Day 4 of the March 2024 Elephant Osteopathy Workshop

Today was another full day of treatments with 4 elephants

Boon Ma
Yok Fah
Jathong
Boon Rod

Over the course of a week the elephants really start to relax around the group and figure out what we’re doing and become a lot more interactive in their treatments.

16/03/2024

Day two of the March 2024 Elephant Osteopathy workshop.

Today we were out in the grasslands where we had 5 elephants to treat.

Boon Ma - 63
Boonsri - 52
Yok Fah - 10
Dah - 22
Jathong - 32

During these treatment sessions, we observe their posture and then their movement patterns, palpate, treat, and then observe again for changes in their movement and posture.

Zoo Ost Ltd Tony Nevin GTAEF Helping Elephants

15/03/2024

Day one of the March 2024 Elephant Osteopathy Workshop started with a morning in the classroom learning about elephant anatomy and physiology and treatment techniques. Then a walk through the grasslands with the elephants to observe natural movement and behaviours 🐘🐘🐘