The River Tiger Podcast

Keeping your horse's movement system healthy: A conversation with Dr Gillian Tabor.

December 21, 2022 Marianne Davies Season 1 Episode 18
The River Tiger Podcast
Keeping your horse's movement system healthy: A conversation with Dr Gillian Tabor.
Show Notes

Welcome to the first of three new podcasts for you to listen to over the festive season!

I am delighted to share this fascinating and informative conversation with @drgilliantaborphysio  about how you can keep your horses healthy and moving well, when to get help, and how to navigate the complexity of so much information online.

My guest on this episode is physiotherapist Dr Gillian Tabor. I have followed Gillian's research for many years, and more recently her social media channels.  In this conversation we cover many topics including;

  • How to navigate some of the claims made on social media. 
  • Neuroplasticity, pain and restoring your horse's confidence in moving.
  • A deeper dive into understanding pain.
  • What does the horse need movement-wise in order to carry a rider.
  • Where to get support and advise - and links to Gillian's podcast and social media.

I loved this conversation and I hope you do too. Please share your thoughts and reflections with myself and Gillian.

Hartpury University Profile.
Dr Gillian Tabor is a Chartered Physiotherapist who has been working as an ACPAT Veterinary Physiotherapist for 20 years. Experience as a guest lecturer led to a part time role, teaching Rider Performance, at Duchy College in Cornwall. Gillian then joined Hartpury as a lecturer in Veterinary Physiotherapy in 2013. Having progressed to a Senior Lecturer position and becoming the Programme Manager for the MSc Veterinary Physiotherapy course at Hartpury University, Gillian now has additional roles within Hartpury's research community. In 2020 she completed her doctorate, the first for Hartpury entitled 'The use of objective measurement in Veterinary Physiotherapy'. As well as teaching students Gillian, continues to undertake research in this thematic area both in her own equine projects and via supervising students.

Social media links
Gillian's podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-equine-physio-rehab-podcast/id1603299526
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/drgilliantaborphysio/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/drgilliantaborphysio