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Organic Horse Care
For millions of years, horses have
chosen what to eat. They have selected herbs from their natural environment that
help build them up, medicate their ills and – perhaps – for the pleasure of
their taste.
Nowadays, organic healthcare is
increasingly popular. Avoiding herbicides, insecticides, antibiotics and other
pesticides is a key issue, but actively choosing herbal remedies is another
part. Beyond that, there are more opportunities with natural therapies.
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Dr Vav Simon DC AMC MMCA MCC,
chiropractor and experienced horse-woman, keeps her yard and pasture along
organic lines. This means that horses can find herbs in the meadow, the hedges
and the surrounding trees. She has expanded this into a rehabilitation service
by making a range of natural therapies available:
chiropractic, massage, acupuncture, homeopathy, herbal remedies,
laser – and sound advice often completes the job.
This service aims
to solve mystery problems, improve performance or speed up recovery using
natural therapies and organic principles.
Vav chooses the most effective combination to achieve best health
and performance. But she also promises to tell you if her assessment leads her
to think that your horse will not improve any further. This means you can take
him back and rethink his future.
Vav has worked with horses for many
decades in several different capacities. She has competed in dressage,
show-jumping, cross-country, eventing which allows her to understand most of
your concerns. She has also bred her own horses. And as a professional rider she
has met most of the medical and behavioural problems horses have.
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This has helped
her visiting chiropractic service around the South Coast - for over 12 years
now. She always takes a holistic approach, working through from one end to the
other. Problems can have several causes, and may have complicated results. In
her assessments, she finds some vital clues are very rare or very puzzling.
Known for occasional ‘miracles’, she has resolved some problems working together
with the vet that neither profession could deal with alone.
Vav addresses
behavioural problems through her rough-riding knowledge. She also brings in
remedial farriery, saddle-fitting, and dentistry experts as required. And as a
child, she was taught many of the old horseman’s remedies in Scotland, so these
broaden her range of treatment options even further.
Her facilities include stables within
an American Barn and 20 acres of pasture so good the area was historically
called Haylands. Situated near Ryde, Isle of Wight, with views down to the
Solent, she runs the yard as a peaceful retreat. For many of those mystery
medical problems, performance problems or recuperation after injury or surgery,
this specialist yard can probably help. If you would like more details, phone
01983 566009 or visit
www.ntc-animals.co.uk/horse_therapy.htm
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Published in
Hampshire Horse
October 2009 |
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