EMRT Testimonials

In August 2004 Nicola was asked to treat a Welsh Section D called Max.  His owner, Fiona, had laid him off for the winter after a competitive 2003 season.  She brought him back into work in mid January; by June Fiona was becoming increasingly worried about Maxπs performance.  He felt stiff especially at the start of a lesson; he would disunite intermittently whilst schooling and hacking and found lateral work difficult.  Fiona said ≥His nature is such that he will try and do whatπs asked of him even in spite of him potentially being uncomfortable. And I guess thatπs what worried me if there was something not quite right with him it would have to get to quite an advanced stage before something was really obviously wrong. I did the usual checks, saddle, teeth etc and felt reassured that there was nothing wrong there≤.  Fiona then read an article on EMRTÅ in the BHS summer magazine and was given Nicolaπs contact details.

During Nicolaπs first assessment of Max she noticed that his forequarters looked stiff and he walked and trotted as though he was wearing a very full nappy behind.  Max had developed hard fat pads over both sides of his rib cage, his jaw was out of alignment and he had a grumpy disposition.

After his third treatment the hard, fatty lumps had become soft and were reducing in size.   Fiona noticed that he was much freer in his movement and his mood an improved no end.

Max had 4 treatments over a 2 month period.  After the fourth treatment Max had lost his ≥wet nappy≤ action behind and was moving beautifully, he was working well and slimming down.  Fiona said that she had never known him to be so happy.  In early November she took Max to his first dressage competition since August 2003 and he won his overall class.