Career in equine physio??

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Hi guys, I was just looking to find advice and information on pursuing a career in equine physiotherapy.

For example is there much demand for work in this job, ways to get into it (wondering if there is any degree for equine physio that you can do without doing a degree in regular human physio first?), and any other info or advice that anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated!! :)
 
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You can do a couple of undergraduate veterinary physio degrees, I know harper Adams offers one. Another way is to do animal/equine science and then a postgraduate in veterinary physio, again harper amongst others offer this :)
 
To become a Chartered Physio you need to do humans first, your year of practice and then an equine course.
To become a veterinary physio you can do a degree at places like Hartpury etc.

Both can get on the ACPAT list; to my mind, I always prefer a Chartered Physio over a vet physio. I think the work on humans who can give verbal feedback is worth its weight in gold and gives those practitioners a major advantage over vet physios.
 
I thought ACPAT was the association for chartered physios md only they could be on the list?
I do understand your reasoning for wanting a chartered physio and know its a recurring debate but people who go the vet physio route have more knowledge on animals in general so I think there's advantages of both types.
 
wish upon a star said:
people who go the vet physio route have more knowledge on animals in general
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Where did you get that idea? ACPAT physios aren't human physios who suddenly decide they fancy doing animals instead. Many of them don't want to be human physios, but go down that route in order to achieve a recognised accreditation, or they want to treat both people and animals (very useful for equine physios). Most are very good horsemen/women in their own right.
 
I meant that a degree in animal or equine science would give a good in depth grounding on animals in general. These degrees cover all sorts of extra things such as biomechanics, health and nutrition so they would know a lot about animals although I know ACPAT physios that are wonderful horse people as you say. I think it depends on the person but like I said above I think both routes have advantages.
 
I'd always prefer an ACPAT physio over other types of animal physios. But I am biased as I am a human physio & the training is excellent. My initial ambition was to do animal physio after human, but I'm currently training in a different route :) My friend is doing the ACPAT route and is on the course atm, close to finishing afaik. I still belive that ACPAT is the best route - the training is thorough and you are already in the right mindset for physio from having done the human course first.
Of course, i am sure there are good physios who went the nvap or similar route but I will generally always prefer an acpat physio :)
 
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