Facilitating Equine Balance & Healing.
Willow Creek Equine is focused on education and has acquired a base of skills over her practice in the Southern Alberta area over the last 18 years.
At Willow Creek Equine we have an ‘Integrative Approach to Wellness’ where my goal as an Equine Therapist is to create balance and healing in the horse, while educating the owner and helping them to understand their equine friend. It has been a life long belief for me that true healing is holistic and encompasses every aspect of life that affects the body. As such, my practice provides a full body approach to help equine athletes compete, recover and live at their greatest potential.
Read more about my lifelong passion for Education and Excellence.
My Bodywork Toolkit
Massage and Soft Tissue Release
There are approximately 700 muscles in the horses body and 45% of the horses total body weight is made of skeletal muscles. Skeletal muscles are those muscles that attach to the skeleton, power locomotion and movement, and protect the skeleton by distributing force and absorbing shock. The goal of massage is to use hands on techniques to help release muscle tension and adhesions, break down scar tissue, increase overall circulation, move toxins and excess lymph from the body, and overall create better movement and flexibility in the muscles and joints. Massage can also help to increase the overall wellbeing of the horse, support healthy energy levels, strengthen the immune system, and increase overall performance.
Having a qualified professional therapist as part of your horses wellness team can help your horse feel and move their best, recover and rebuild muscle faster, and identify compensation patterns in the horses body that can become more serious over time.
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The key to performance is ensuring your equine athlete feels their best. A complete, full body approach to health is the best investment you can make in your horse.
Full assessment of your horse, bodywork (massage and variety of other modalities), aftercare suggestions and exercises.
Investment $120 -
$320 (savings of $40)
Valid for 4 months & can be used on multiple horses* Payment for packages are due at the first session, additional travel fee may apply.
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$1000 (savings of $200)
Valid for 1 year & can be used on multiple horses* Payment for packages are due at the first session, additional travel fee may apply.
BODYWORK PACKAGES
ADDITIONAL MODALITIES AND RATES
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Acupressure is very similar to acupuncture. The main difference is that acupuncture uses fine needles and acupressure uses pressure from the therapists hands, tools, or light therapy can be used. Acupressure works on certain points and energy meridians throughout the horse to help increase/ decrease circulation in certain areas of the body, organs, and muscles. Acupressure is a valuable tool to compliment massage or to aid areas that massage is not possible or too sensitive.
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Proper saddle fit is an integral part of equine performance and success. Checking that the saddle is built correctly for the style of horse, conformation, discipline they are in is very important to ensure the horse can move with as few restrictions as possible. Poor saddle fit can cause restrictions and soreness in the body. Bodywork alone will not correct the problem. The combination of bodywork and saddle fit can help your horse overcome discomfort and perform at their greatest potential.
One of the key components to success with your horse is proper saddle and tack fit. Ensure tack is fitting your horse according to their body type for optimum performance.
Assessment only: Investment $35
Shim Insertion and finalized fit : Investment $130
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Light Therapy is a very useful tool to help compliment massage and soft tissue release. Each colour of light has varying energy frequencies that help on certain levels of the body and also work with emotions. Light therapy can be used before bodywork to help the body relax, and can be used afterwards to help stimulate acupressure points, increase circulation to an area, and increase overall healing and wellbeing.
Willow Creek Equine uses infra red light, blue light and green light.
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Supplement & Wellness Consultation
Unsure of what supplement program to have your horse on? Need suggestions on what areas to target in your horses health? Do you, the rider/owner need help deciding on products for your own health and performance needs?
The Supplement and Wellness Product Consultation is based on your horses’ specific needs and goals we help set you up with the best quality products that can help them achieve success.
Investment $50 -
Assessing the overall balance the rider has in (and out) of the saddle is an integral part of helping the horse move and perform at their best. Rider assessment looks at overall posture, movement limitations, health issues, imbalances from side to side. Any imbalances in the rider can usually be found in the horse as well. In order to help the horse, we need to address the rider. For specific rider treatment plans a referral will be made to other qualified professionals that specialize in treating people.
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NKT is an application of Motor Control Therapy, neuroscience, and functional anatomy that allows the practitioner to figure out the cause of faulty movement patterns in the brain’s Motor Control Centre. NKT has a set of protocols that allows the practitioner to determine which muscles are not working properly and which ones are over compensating. Specific release techniques and corrective exercises can help to restore proper function and re-program the Motor Control Centre.
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Live outside of my service area? Do you feel your horse needs help, but maybe not a hands on approach? Scheduling difficulties or preference for online assistance?
This distance reading is based on an intuitive approach to holistic healing combined with applied kinesiology. You will be sent a form so that I can learn about your horse and what issues you would like addressed. I ask that you provide a picture or video of your horse. After the session you will be given a written report or a phone call can be scheduled to review the results.
Investment $80 -
A body workers perspective of your potential new horse.
A full assessment of the horse, how their body feels, posture, movement, behavior. A mix of hands on assessment skills and intuition to help you determine what the horses needs will be if you choose to buy it and if they feel they are a good fit with you.
Investment $75
“My goal as an Equine Therapist is to create balance and healing in the horse, while educating the owner and helping them to understand their equine friend”
— AMY M. Willow Creek Equine Founder
More from our Happy Customers
“Amy works wonders on my horses. She played a significant part in keeping my older horse on the rodeo road and feeling his best his last season of competition. You can see the horses relax and release as she works on them. She listens to your concerns and takes great pride in keeping your horses at their best. She is my go to therapist for all my horses.”
- SANDRA MCGINNIS WPRA card holder/ Pro barrel racer
Love to learn?
I am available for clinics and other learning opportunities. Price to be determined based on needs of the group, time frame, and location.
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