Acupressure for Horses: Hands-On Techniques to Solve Performance Problems and Ease Pain and Discomfort

by Ina Gosmeier

Overview

Now you can help your horse with simple acupressure techniques!

Help your horse with simple acupressure techniques!

Learn to identify your horse's individual "body constitution type," which determines choices of acupressure treatment

Understand the 12 main channels of energy in your horse's body

Gain the ability to choose the correct points to treat specific issues

Relieve mild sources of pain and discomfort in your horse's body

Influence his mental health and stability

Choose appropriate treatment from a comprehensive list of common problems

Use step-by-step instructions and photos to help your horse

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781570767876
Publisher:	Trafalgar Square
Publication date:	10/25/2016
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Dr. Ina Gösmeier studied veterinary medicine at the University of Giessen, after which she worked in a practice for horses and small animals. She subsequently obtained the specialist qualification in acupuncture and undertook additional studies in Chinese herbology at universities in China and Switzerland. Dr. Gösmeier has herself taken part in Grand Prix dressage and she obtained her qualification of “Master in Horse Breeding and Management” in 1989. She is also involved in the teaching of acupuncture to veterinary practitioners at universities and lectures regularly in the USA, Britain, and Ireland.

Since 2002, Dr. Gösmeier has been responsible for horses for German teams at championship events, including the Olympic games in London and Rio, where her job was to maintain the health, well-being and performance of the team horses with her naturopathic methods.

She is also the author of 5 Horse Types: Your Horse's Personality According to Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Editorial Reviews

I have come to know and value Dr. Ina Gösmeier … she possesses the very rare gift of being able to consolidate the diverse and complicated facts of medical cases into explanations that the layperson can easily follow.”—Ingrid Klimke, Olympic Equestrian Gold Medalist

One of the key players on Olympian Ingrid Klimke's team is the veterinarian Dr. Ina Gösmeier, who specializes in such methodologies as acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). In Acupressure for Horses, Gösmeier shows horse owners how to use acupressure, the non-needling form of stimulating acupuncture points, to help relieve their animals' minor aches and pains and stimulate their well-being.

Beginning with explanations of the concepts of TCM and a guide to determining your horse's dominant element according to TCM principles, Gösmeier provides a step-by-step guide to this noninvasive way of helping horses feel and perform better. Ample clear color photos show the meridians, acupressure points, and techniques. USDF Connection

A simplified, do-it-yourself handbook, Acupressure for Horses is perfect for the hands-on equestrian who is looking to do the best for his or her horse..” —Equine Journal

From the Publisher

A simplified, do-it-yourself handbook, ACUPRESSURE FOR HORSES is perfect for the hands-on equestrian who is looking to do the best for his or her horse..”— Equine Journal

Equine Journal

It's fascinating stuff—and if Ingrid Klimke (who wrote the foreword) and the German team get results with Traditional Chinese Medicine, then I think I'll be giving it a try with my horse.”— USDF Connection

USDF Connection

It's fascinating stuff--and if Ingrid Klimke (who wrote the foreword) and the German team get results with Traditional Chinese Medicine, then I think I'll be giving it a try with my horse.

USDF Connection - Jennifer O. Bryant