Which alternative therapies do you use for your horse?

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Abby1234

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Hi,
I am completing my undergraduate dissertation at Hartpury College. For my dissertation I am using a questionnaire to collect data and I need 1000 responses. :S Its on the different therapies which you use for your horses.
I would be extremely greatful if you could follow the link below and fill in the questionnaire. It will only take a couple of minutes.
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http://www.smart-survey.co.uk/v.asp?i=16078kvkcn

Kind regards
 
I may have beggared up your survey
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I put yes to have you ever used an alternative therapy, but it wasn't one of the ones you listed - hope that was okay. I would class sports massage, hydrotherapy, Reiki and herbal remedies as comp therapies you haven't listed.
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I should point out I am also studying comp therapies at Reaseheath/ Harper, so may have skewed your results by knowing through that that its a legal requirement for a vet to give permission for a complementary (I don't like the term alternative!) therapist to treat.

If you feel it is not representative of your target population, please feel free to remove my answers from your results
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Hi,
I am completing my undergraduate dissertation at Hartpury College. For my dissertation I am using a questionnaire to collect data and I need 1000 responses. :S Its on the different therapies which you use for your horses.
I would be extremely greatful if you could follow the link below and fill in the questionnaire. It will only take a couple of minutes.
smile.gif


http://www.smart-survey.co.uk/v.asp?i=16078kvkcn

Kind regards

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I would fill in your survey but I think it is very limited in the "therapies" you are offering as a choice. You have listed less than half of the well known therapies used on horses these days.

Not trying to be funny but can I ask why your selection is so limited? as it is not going to give a true picture.
 
Done, but I also use magnotherapy on my horse. There is also a section about competing but there isn't a section for those of us who dont.

I dont mean to be critical, its just a thought.
 
For question2 I had to put "No therapy used" as I didn't use any of the therapies listed. However, my horses HAVE been treated, as required with Equine Bowen Therapy, so my answer to Q2 is actually not quite accurate.

My horses are lucky, get treated regularly with Bowen by myself, as I am fully qualified in this therapy. They are treated on a routine basis, but if I was treating for an illness or problem, rather than just routine, I would definitely be working alongside my vet.

For this reason I much prefer the term "complimentary" therapy to "alternative therapy". As I truly believe that however well any particular therapy works, it should always be done under vet's referral and can work perfectly well alongside conventional medicine, rather than disregarding conventional medicine altogether.

Haven't worded that last bit very well have I? It's Friday, nearly time to leave the office and I'm dead beat.
 
Me again.

"I would class sports massage, hydrotherapy, Reiki and herbal remedies as comp therapies you haven't listed." - Agree with Naturally here (and I note that Naturally uses the term comp therapies too!).

So would you consider adding those to your list, and Equine Bowen of course, and Magnotherapy?

Can't remember now if Homeopathy was on your list or McTimoney, and there's also kinesiology, iridology, McTimoney Corley Spinal Therapy, Equine Touch, and loads more.

Even if you can't add all of those to your list, at least by adding an "other" answer option, I think you'd get a slightly better result.
 
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