Veterinary Physio course

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Hello
Hope I can gain some advice from the lovely peeps on here about Veterinary Physio Diploma?
I currently work in Social Work - have done for 10 years but its so draining I want to look at other options and career changes now.
I used to be a vet nurse 15 years ago so my knowledge and experiences will be rusty but keen to train.
I have owned horse since I was 9 - now 37 so have daily experience with horses and having vet nursed have always had various animals as pets....currently own a 15 year old spaniel.

Do I need to have a Physio degree in order to complete this course? I have getting conflicting details online.....also I have seen Equine Massages course - what is the difference between these courses and the diploma as the massage courses run for a two week period and I am under the impression you are then free to go out and start massaging?

Any advice/guidance would be really helpful thanks :)
 
The two week massage courses are a whistle stop your in massage- they do not give you any of the skills in which a Vet Physio qualification would. You cannot treat injured animals and Vets and insurance will not/should not endorse those skills. They are good for horse owners who want to treat own horse but not as a career in my opinion.
The Vet Physio degree has certain requirements not necessarily human Physio (altho this is the tho only way you can be a chartered Vet Physio if you have a human Physio degree) there are a couple of other pre entry options but they are limited.
A true Vet Physio degree is a great qualification but speaking as a human Physio who has looked into it- the cost of doing the course and working that money back will take a lot of effort and time(years) and as such I have decided against it. Having spoken with many Vet Physio’s while looking into it canine is much better job prospect than Equine as you can treat numerous clients in a Vets where as horses involve travel, but the bigger thing now is competition and reputation, from many conversations 10years ago appears to have been the time to get involved now there are so many the workload just isn’t there without doing a lot of travelling and as such outgoings are high. Vet Physio is endorsed by Vets and insurance and personally are the only type I will use as I honestly don’t feel any of the other options of course are well enough trained to be dealing with issues- however that’s my opinion and I am the same with regards to human treatment, I won’t use anyone who isn’t chartered and done a true Physio degree-
I personally find it wrong that some people believe they have the same ability as a Physio whilst having not done a sports massage/therapy degree they are very different roles and each has its own place.

It’s definetly an option for you altho I think you would have to retrain on one of the entry course options aswell so even longer and time consuming and expensive. Hope that helps and sorry to be all doom and gloom
 
There are a couple of vet physio degrees you can do without having done human physio. I had a look into it a couple of years ago but talking to my vet and physio they only recommended going the human route first and then doing the conversion course. I do wonder with how many people can now do these courses if a couple of years down the line the market will be saturated with vet physios. I know a couple of people who did equine sports therapy and have some massage qualification who now work as grooms. I only know of one person who changed career to massaging horses, she enjoys her job but it isn't full-time. I'd do a lot of research into your local market and whether it would be feasible to make a living from it before starting a course.
 
My partner is studying vet physio without having a human degree first. She’s more into dogs for a career but the degree covers both.

When she was applying there were only a few unis that do it as it’s own course
 
My Physio who is also a friend was a human Physio in the NHS she retrained a special a animal while working for the NHS it was very hard work while she was training but she did it .
She now does humans and horses but only takes human cilents if she does the horses and does some small animal clinics she’s extremel busy earns far more than she did in the NHS but of course she does not have the nhs pension and the paid sick leave and holidays .
She so much happier now so for her it’s been well worth it .
As I cilent I will only use a Acpat Physio those are the ones who are human physics first.
That’s the qualification I trust .
 
My friend is a vet physio. She wasn’t a human physio first but she did have to have an equine science or related degree. Her physio degree was for dogs and horses but now she is qualified, she pretty much just focuses on horses.
 
As somebody who's qualified in human massage, the first step was to get my Anatomy and Physiology diploma. I would have thought that was the same for horses.
 
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