Howe Brook Equine Fitness & Recovery

🐴 Holiday & Rehabilitation Livery – William

📅 17-day stay
📉 16 kg weight loss
🤸🏽 Improved core strength and spinal stability
🏋🏽‍♂️ Increased hindlimb muscle mass
🏃🏽‍➡️ Improved fitness
🌊 Worked in varying water heights throughout his programme

William headed home yesterday after spending 17 days with us on our Holiday & Rehabilitation Livery programme.

Following a suspensory ligament injury last November and a diagnosis of kissing spines, the focus of his stay was to improve his fitness while building core strength, spinal stability, and overall mobility.

Throughout his programme, we varied the water height to target different goals:

💧 Fetlock-height water helped improve limb range of motion while encouraging greater core engagement to support his back.

💧 Hock-height water provided a more challenging workout to build fitness and strengthen his hindquarters.

William started with 10-minute sessions and gradually progressed to 25-minute sessions as his strength and fitness improved. 💪

Alongside his water treadmill work, he completed his prescribed physiotherapy exercises twice daily to further develop his core and hindlimb strength.

To finish his stay, William enjoyed a relaxing wash using Equioils. 🧼🛁

Well done, William! We wish you all the best with your continued rehabilitation and look forward to seeing your progress. 💙

Thank you to Chorley YFC for inviting me to host a demonstration and talk on Monday evening.

It was a pleasure to have you all, we’re so glad everyone enjoyed the evening and found it informative. 🤩🏇🏼

Hey everyone 👋

I thought it was about time I introduced myself!
I graduated from university in 2024 with an Integrated Master's degree (IMSc) in Veterinary Physiotherapy 👨🏻‍🎓

I have a real passion for rehabilitation, conditioning, improving posture, and gait analysis 🧬. Helping animals move comfortably, perform at their best, and recover from injury is what I enjoy most.

Since graduating, I've been building my own business, Ben Geldard - Veterinary Physiotherapy, where I've successfully rehabilitated a wide variety of conditions through tailored, dynamic rehabilitation programmes. It's an area I'm incredibly passionate about and one I’m excited to continue developing.

I know that rehabilitation can often feel like a long and challenging journey, which is why I'm thrilled to be joining the team at Howe Brook. It’s a place where you can be confident your horse is receiving the highest standard of care. Whether that's for rehabilitation, fitness work, holiday livery while you're away 🏖️, or simply adding a weekly or fortnightly session to provide variety in their workload.

I'm looking forward to meeting both new and familiar faces and helping your horses feel and perform at their very best!

✨ We’re excited to announce that from 1st June, Ben Geldard - Veterinary Physiotherapy will be taking over at Howe Brooke Equine Fitness & Recovery. ✨

Ben is a veterinary physiotherapist specialising in equine performance, rehabilitation and recovery, bringing a wealth of knowledge and hands-on experience to the treadmill. His understanding of equine biomechanics, conditioning and rehabilitation will be a huge asset to both competition horses and those recovering from injury. 🏇🏼

We’re looking forward to this exciting new chapter and know our horses and clients will benefit greatly from Ben’s professional guidance, tailored programmes and passion for equine welfare and performance. 👨🏽‍🎓

Please join us in welcoming Ben to the Howe Brooke team from 1st June! 🎉

✨ We’ve got some really exciting news coming for all of our amazing clients… and we honestly can’t wait to share it with you! 👀

Make sure you keep an eye on our socials this week, because something exciting is on the way! 🎉

We’re so excited to finally let you all in on it — stay tuned! 💜