McTimoney - Therapy etc

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Just a little research really....

Im about to embark on the course that will eventually qualify me as a McTimoney Corley practitioner....

Does anyone use this for their horse? How many of you have your horses/dogs/animals seen by a therapist? And if you do, which one?

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Just interested.
 
My horse is seen by a physio every 4 months (he has a recurrent back problem).

However, i don't mean to be rude, but I wouldn't use a McTimoney. My physio went to uni, studied for years, worked on humans and then converted to horses. I feel she has a lot more knowledge and I trust her implicitly.

Again, I'm not meaning to have a dig or be rude.
 
Ted hsould be haveing a stream of treatment.. when i can afford. He suffered from lymphangitis and he had a treatment of mctimoney and his legs driained like someone had turned a tape on! MARVALOUS
 
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My horse is seen by a physio every 4 months (he has a recurrent back problem).

However, i don't mean to be rude, but I wouldn't use a McTimoney. My physio went to uni, studied for years, worked on humans and then converted to horses. I feel she has a lot more knowledge and I trust her implicitly.

Again, I'm not meaning to have a dig or be rude.

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Thats fine
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Personally i dont see why i should have to qualify on humans first when i never want to practise on them. I'd rather concentrate on the equine side.

Plus if i went back and did it that way it would take me forever!
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(Also alot of McTimoney practitioners are qualifed physios/vets etc)
 
I would use a Mctimoney if they were qualified vet/physio. It's not because they have practised on humans that makes me trust them more, but that they have spent more time learning about the physical body etc. Not saying that right, hope you know what I mean. I just feel McTimoney course in itself is not in depth enough.
 
I had a Mctimony lady out to my horse when I first got him as he'd had a poorly fitting saddle for months so his back was out of alignment. Anyway she sorted it and was very good.

I can't remember her name as she was recomended by a friend. Had it been up to me I would have used a physio as I know they have to train on humans first, I know this is more time consuming but a major benefit is humans can tell you what the manipulations, stretches etc you do feel like, and if they feel right, whether they have lasting impressions and so on, horses can't in so many words, yes they can react but can't implicitly speak to you. That is why I'd prefer to use someone who training on humans first.

Sorry if I sound negative, I think Mctimoney is a good thing really and wish you luck!
 
I use a well respected equine physio who has a good deal of respect for chiropracty. She feels that there are times when the best treatment is physio and others when chiro is more appropriate. She has worked closely with a local vet who is a chiropractor and so I've tended to use both of them. He is now increasingly difficult to get, so I mentioned to her that a friend speaks highly of her McTimony Practitioner. I asked her what that was. She told me its chiropracty and that if the person is a properly qualified McTimony Practitioner, they should know what they are doing and be good and so she would be happy to use the friend's practitioner in plave of the vet we used to use.

Thats good enough for me.
 
There is such confusion regarding the names of these therapists. I would question why you are interested in McTimony Corley. McTimony is vulnerable enough as a valid qualification. Corley is even less main stream,you could spend time taking a qualification which doesn't qualify you to do anything.
I have two 'back specialists' to see my horses, one is an equine physio, one is a McTimony chiropractor - for those who seem confused about this, she qualified as a human chiropractor then took the equine course - this all took years.
I woudn't under any circumstances use a corley person, know a couple and they are butchers. I also wouldn't ever use a manipulator - only a qualified chiropractor.
 
Agree with siennamum, i have a McTimony therapist and she is human qualified and then equine, this is good as she often does me and my horses on the same day!
I do however think , like anything it is so dependant on the person. Fiona , my lady has a great 'feel' for the horse and the job that it does. From personal experience i have found this kind of therapy by far the best.
I also have a 'sport physio' who will do my muscles when needed .Fiona will often tell me to see him first and then do adjustments, same with my horses.
For more general maintenance i have a equine massage person that comes to relax the horses on a regular basis and she keeps an eye out for changes and problems and then i will decide what action to take.
So yes McTimony is exellent, would'nt use 'an offshoot person, but there are a lot of good people out there because they are good with horses and have an exellent 'feel'.
So i use a variety of people all qualified and all who work with my vet, who is Stewart Hastie who was one of the training founders of the technique.
 
I don't know anything baout Mctimonei Corley but I use a Mctimonei chiropract and it is a very valid qualification, that she spend years at uni to gain.
 
When I was looking for a chiropractor for myself, I was told that to qualify at a McTimoney you went on a evening course. Not a full Uni course, therefore I feel it is not as in depth. Hence my feelings towards it.
 
I use McTimoney chiropractors for both me and the horse. The one I use for me isnt qualified for the horse so I use one that is
 
My instructor (AI) is also a qualified McTimoney chiropractor so can see the early signs of a problem and can treat him before they become chronic.
 
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