Academy of Animal Sport Science - AASS

05/02/2025

Top tips for bodywork techniques to address the equine cervical region! Equinology INC

⭐ FREE RESOURCE: Equine Neck Body Work ⭐

The horse’s neck is a location that benefits from regular body work. Why? Because any type of riding or performance will impact the neck overtime. No rider is 100% perfect, and even if that was possible, horses are athletes! Despite even the best approach, techniques, and equipment used in training, conditioning, and exercise, we still need to look after the horse’s body.

This guide provides TONS of practical tips, anatomy advice, and body work guidance, as well as over 20 specific techniques you can try on the horse’s neck.

Head to the link in our bio called “Free How To’s” OR to the “Resources” ➡️ “Free Downloads” tab on our website to get this FREE 24 page guide today!

02/02/2025

Your new career in Equine Rehabilitation awaits you!
You can take advantage of three experienced instructors for your case-based practicum, which is the longest in the industry. No other certification program offers this!
If you have not started your studies, you must enroll in Module Two: the Evidence-Based Equine Professional Rehabilitation Lecture Series, to be ready for the 2025 ASTR practicum in Penngrove, California, USA
Have you been considering a move into equine sports therapy & rehabilitation? Are you ready to elevate your expertise in equine rehabilitation? We’ve got the certification program for you!

Join the Academy of Animal Sports Science (AASS), and embark on a transformative learning experience with our RACE-approved case-based practicum, scheduled for May 14-19, 2025, in Penngrove, California, USA. Taught by three internationally acclaimed instructors, this is a unique learning opportunity you don't want to miss!

Who Can Attend?
Licensed veterinarians, chiropractors, osteopaths, equine physical therapists/assistants, equine veterinary nurses/technicians, veterinary students in their final year of study.
Graduates of eligible equine body worker/sports massage certification programs, or equine science degrees* with a concurrent certification in equine manual therapies.

What Makes the Academy of Animal Sport Science’s Certification in Equine Rehabilitation Stand Apart?
· Master the Art and Science of Equine Rehabilitation
Move beyond standardized methods, and develop the critical thinking skills needed to tailor equine rehabilitation plans. Our program teaches you to think outside the box, ensuring that each horse receives care unique to its needs.
· Understand What the Horse Truly Requires
Learn to listen to the horse's body, recognizing its specific needs for recovery, strength, and overall well-being.
· Focus on the Whole Horse
We emphasize balance and harmony in rehabilitation. Our approach goes beyond treating isolated issues, concentrating on the full picture for long-term, sustainable results.
· Adapt to the Available Resources
Every situation is different. Our curriculum teaches you how to adjust your sessions by using the tools or facilities that are at hand, making your practice more flexible and effective.
· Learn from Active Practitioners
All our instructors are current professionals in the field, ensuring that the course material is relevant, up-to-date, and directly relevant to real-world scenarios.
· Global Expertise, Not Limited Perspectives
Our program offers insights from leading international experts, offering you a diverse and comprehensive understanding – much more than only a narrow view from a few voices.
· Broad Concepts for All Disciplines
Whether you specialize in one discipline or work across many, our curriculum is designed to apply to the full spectrum of equine sports, ensuring you're equipped to address a wide range of needs.
· Educational Excellence and Industry Recognition: Benefit from the longest, most comprehensive practicum in the industry, taught by world-leading experts and recognized by prestigious institutions like RACE (American Association of Veterinary State Boards).

Upcoming Practicum Locations:
Penngrove, California, USA: May 14-19, 2025
European Union (location TBA): 2026

Immediate Advancement to Module Four:
Upon completing Module Three, seamlessly transition into Module Four for an in-depth, four-month case study program. Enhance your knowledge and skills further by enrolling in both modules now!

Save Your Seat:
Complete Module Two: Evidence-Based Equine Rehabilitation (EBER): Complete at least 80% of the Module Two online narrated lecture series to join the practicum. Module Two is presented by 23 leading veterinarians and specialists worldwide, not just two or three lecturers like other programs. This course can be taken as a stand-alone course and is open to everyone who would like to understand equine rehabilitation. Module Two is fully RACE-approved for Continued Education!
Flexible Payment Options: Need financial assistance? We offer student contracts and flexible payment options to make it easier for you to join.
Module One: This online course is waived for equine veterinarians and students who have graduated from the Equinology Equine Body Worker Certification Program.

Meet Our Experts:
Join Dr. Nicole Rombach, Dr. Carrie Schlachter, and Debranne Pattillo for an enriching, educational experience. These industry leaders bring the latest evidence-based information and hands-on expertise to ensure you receive the highest quality training!

Secure Your Future in Equine Rehabilitation:
Don't miss out on this unparalleled opportunity to advance your career in equine rehabilitation! Register for Module Three by March 14, 2025, and take the next step in your professional journey. If you have any questions, reach out to us at [email protected]!

Join AASS, and Ignite Excellence in Equine Rehabilitation! We look forward to welcoming you to our community of passionate learners and equine enthusiasts. Make 2025 the year in which you transform your skills and expertise with AASS!

Register Now:
Module One: (Great as a stand-alone course, too!)
https://www.academyofanimalsportscience.com/product/module-1/
Module Two: Sign up now! https://www.academyofanimalsportscience.com/product/module-2
Module Three: Secure your spot! https://www.academyofanimalsportscience.com/product/module-3/
Module Four: Continue your journey! https://www.academyofanimalsportscience.com/product/module-4/

05/01/2025

A great opportunity to learn with Dr Raquel - note that the webinar is listed in Australia local time!

FREE WEBINAR - Wednesday 5th February 7pm AESDT
The Equine Hip Dynamics: Biomechanics, Pathologies & Rehabilitation

The Hip is a area of common biomechanical alterations yet it is rarely a place of lameness diagnosis due to the diagnostic challenges.
Perhaps it needs to be considered much more!

Join me for this free webinar to explore the dynamics of the hip joint and its anatomical connections!!

You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Feb 5, 2025 07:00 PM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/wckF8g6xQSuVrYt2jLIVQw

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

16/12/2024

Unlock Your Equine Rehabilitation Journey with AASS in 2025!

Have you been looking at Equine Rehabilitation Certification? We’ve got the program for you! Are you ready to elevate your expertise in equine rehabilitation? Join the Academy of Animal Sports Science (AASS) and embark on a transformative learning experience with our Module Three case-based practicum, scheduled for May 14-19, 2025, in Penngrove, CA, USA. With three internationally acclaimed instructors, this is a unique opportunity you won't want to miss.

Who Can Attend?
Licensed veterinarians, chiropractors, osteopaths, physical therapists/assistants, veterinary nurses/technicians, veterinary students in their final year
Graduates of eligible equine body worker/sports massage certification programs or equine science degrees*

Why the Academy of Animal Sport Science’s Certification in Equine Rehabilitation Stands Apart:
· Master the Theory of Rehabilitation: Go beyond standardized methods and develop the critical thinking skills needed to tailor rehabilitation plans. Our program teaches you to think outside the box, ensuring each horse receives care unique to its needs.
· Understand What the Horse Truly Requires: Learn to listen to the horse's body, recognizing its specific needs for recovery, strength, and overall well-being.
· Focus on the Whole Horse: We emphasize balance and harmony in rehabilitation. Our approach goes beyond treating isolated issues, concentrating on the full picture for long-term, sustainable results.
· Adapt to the Available Resources: Every situation is different. Our curriculum teaches you how to adjust your sessions using whatever tools or facilities are at hand, making your practice more flexible and effective.
· Learn from Active Practitioners: All our instructors are current professionals in the field, ensuring the material is relevant, up-to-date, and deeply connected to real-world scenarios.
· Global Expertise, Not Limited Perspectives: Our program offers insights from leading international experts, ensuring you gain a diverse and comprehensive understanding—not just a narrow view from a few voices.
· Broad Concepts for All Disciplines: Whether you specialize in one discipline or work across many, our curriculum is designed to apply to the full spectrum of equine sports, ensuring you're equipped to address a wide range of needs.
· Educational Excellence and Industry Recognition: Benefit from the longest, most comprehensive practicum in the industry, taught by world-leading experts and recognized by prestigious institutions like RACE.

Upcoming Practicum Locations:
Penngrove, California, USA: May 14-19, 2025
European Union (location TBA): 2026

Immediate Advancement to Module Four:
Upon completing Module Three, seamlessly transition into Module Four for an in-depth, four-month case study program. Enhance your knowledge and skills further by enrolling in both modules now.

Save Your Spot:
Complete Module Two: Evidence-Based Equine Rehabilitation (EBER): Ensure you have completed at least 80% of the Module Two online narrated lecture series to qualify for the practicum. Module two is presented by 23 leading veterinarians and specialists worldwide, not just two or three lecturers like other programs. This course can be done as a stand-alone course and is open to everyone who would like to understand equine rehabilitation.
Flexible Payment Options: Need financial assistance? We offer student contracts and payment agreements to make it easier for you to join.
Module One: This online portion is waived for equine veterinarians and those who have graduated from the Equinology Equine Body Worker Certification Program.

Meet Our Experts:
Join Dr. Nicole Rombach, Dr. Carrie Schlachter, and Debranne Pattillo for an enriching educational experience. These industry leaders bring the latest evidence-based information and hands-on expertise to ensure you receive the highest quality training.

Secure Your Future in Equine Rehabilitation:
Don't miss out on this unparalleled opportunity to advance your career in equine rehabilitation. Register for Module Three by March 14, 2025, and take the next step in your professional journey. If you have any questions, reach out to us at [email protected].

Join AASS and Ignite Excellence in Equine Rehabilitation! We look forward to welcoming you to our community of passionate learners and equine enthusiasts. Make 2025 the year you transform your skills and expertise with AASS!

Register Now:
Module One: Great as a stand alone course too! https://www.academyofanimalsportscience.com/product/module-1/
Module Two: Sign up now! https://www.academyofanimalsportscience.com/product/module-2
Module Three: Secure your spot! https://www.academyofanimalsportscience.com/product/module-3/
Module Four: Continue your journey! https://www.academyofanimalsportscience.com/product/module-4/
* Equine Body Workers requirement of 300+ hours, at least 60 onsite hours of supervision, scored case studies and testing completed after attending.

The Academy of Animal Sports Science offers an International Training Course In Equine Rehabilitation for licensed professionals. Advance Your Animal Sports Science Career.

18/11/2024

Precise motor control (re)training underpins successful rehab!

26/10/2024

We owe it to all horses to be their best advocate.
Know better and do better!

10/10/2024

10/10/2024

What makes our RACE-approved ASTR certification course stand out?
So many reasons!

We offer global access to our course modules, which are all presented by leading clinicians in their field. You have first-hand access to the latest evidence-based information. Our case-based practicum is the longest in the industry - putting theory into practice, teaching you how to think outside the box to design individualized rehab programs, using tools and techniques available to you and your client.
First and foremost: you will understand what the horse needs most, both physically and mentally!

We welcome licensed professionals from all over the world, AS WELL AS graduate equine sports/massage therapists from approved programs.

Our next practicum is in May 2025, in northern California, USA.
Why wait? Join us now!
Payment plans available upon request!

23/08/2024

Our signature RACE-approved Animal Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (ASTR LP) certification course is truly a deep dive 🌊, designed specifically for licensed professionals in equine health care! We are confident that you'll walk away with a broadened perspective and enriched understanding, based on the practical ability to implement key concepts of therapy & rehab into your equine practice!

P.S. Save The Date! Our next ASTR practicum will be held in northern California (Penngrove), in May 2025!

Learn more at academyofanimalsportscience.com ➡️

24/07/2024

The Animal Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (ASTR) certification is the perfect addition to your rehabilitation toolbox! 🧰

Our RACE-approved program is evidence-based, with the latest research and practical information available. We teach you the concepts of a clinically-reasoned case-based rehabilitation program design, which allows you to offer MANY more options to your clients!

What other questions can we help answer? Drop those below!👇

16/07/2024

Dr Michelle Anderson, PT, has launched a great new series on all aspects of equine health care & rehab.
Here is a clip about the Equiband system.
Bonus: each invited speaker is asked to nominate a charity of his/her choice. Join me in supporting the Rooster Run Foundation!

This is the Sport Horse Rehab Podcast. In this episode, Nicole Rombach explains what the Equiband System is and how it can help your horse.Her choice of char...

11/07/2024

If your love is helping horses recover and thrive, our continuing education courses are for YOU! At the Academy of Animal Sport Science, each course is designed to give you practical, science-based programs and tools to help support horses with:

1️⃣Muscle disorders (PSSM, RER, etc.)

2️⃣Kissing spines

3️⃣Soft-tissue injuries (tendon, ligament)

4️⃣Arthritis of the spinal column and in the limbs

5️⃣Neurological disease such as EPM

6️⃣General lameness

7️⃣Postural/core instability

8️⃣Post-surgery (colic!)

Our expert, world-renowned instructors take the research and clinical evidence SERIOUSLY in their own practices, and bring that wisdom to you in these courses!

Learn from the best, and help horses thrive at academyofanimalsportscience.com ➡️

25/06/2024

We've said it once and we will say it again: Building a successful rehab program requires clinical reasoning and evidence-based knowledge.

While there are guidelines, such as time spent in each stage of healing, this is individual to each horse, injury, and tissue type.

In our courses, we teach you how to analyze each case, and develop the best possible plan for recovery using science, strategy and clinical reasoning: What does the horse need?

Find out more at academyofanimalsportscience.com ➡️

11/06/2024

You know as well as we do that each horse's injury is unique. For example, a joint is complex because it is stabilised by various structures. Each has a different timeline for healing.

Depending on the diagnosis, the location, the structures involved, and the type of lesion, the rehabilitation plan CANNOT be a one-size-fits-all approach!

The essence of the Academy of Animal Sport Science approach is this: We teach you how to use clinical reasoning to develop evidence-based rehab programs for individual cases.

A successful rehabilitation for the horse DEPENDS on the practitioner's plan, including a highly-refined ability to shape rehabilitation to the injury. Where different structures are involved (for example, a joint and a collateral ligament), healing time will be different for the bone and the ligament, and different treatments are usually required to address the individual lesions.

Learn more at: academyofanimalsportscience.com!

30/05/2024

Check out these 2023 survey results from the University of Connecticut ➡️

UConn interviewed 117 equine industry professionals, and found that knowledge of functional anatomy and the ability to create appropriate, individualised rehabilitation programs were the TOP skills needed to succeed in the equine rehabilitation field.

Additionally, practical horse handling abilities, with clear communication and observation skills, were highly desired qualities.

As professionals yourselves, you know that these are skill sets requiring lifelong learning. That's why our AASS experts have put together the heaviest hitting, most comprehensive equine sports medicine course that you will find!

Our course involves evidence-based techniques with a case-based practicum, to make you the most successful you can be!

Head to our website today to learn more: academyofanimalsportscience.com

13/05/2024

The efficacy of your therapeutic sessions will GREATLY improve! ➡️

That is our promise when you sign up for our one-of-a-kind RACE-approved Animal Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Certification course.

Your level of understanding, as it relates to functional equine anatomy and physiology and clinical reasoning, will increase, grow, and expand beyond what you have already learned!

This understanding will improve how you work with and help horses in your practice - both preventing injury in the first place, as well as addressing new injury and re-injury.

Start today with our online modules, and join us for the in-person practicum this September in Australia!

29/04/2024

Meet our AASS Instructors🪄

These women are not just the most educated and experienced in the industry, they are also the most passionate about what they do! They bring their unique magic to our flagship Animal Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Certification program, the most comprehensive program of its kind.

Start today with our online modules and join us for the in-person practicum this September in Australia! This is your chance to get a front row seat and learn from the best in the industry.