Physio, osteopathy, bodywork and rehab — keep them sound and moving well.
Tierärztliche Praxis für Pferdephysiotherapie Sarah Aurenz is a veterinary practice for equine physiotherapy based in Neustadt am Rübenberge. It works exclusively with horses, with the veterinarian travelling to the yard by arrangement. Appointments and enquiries are handled directly by phone or email.
Anna Becke works as an animal naturopath (Tierheilpraktikerin) and mobile riding instructor at Neustadt am Rübenberge near Hanover. Her therapy practice covers equine acupuncture and naturopathic treatment for horses. As a riding teacher she gives lessons on the client's own horse, including video analysis of the ride, and runs seat-training courses and weekend training days after completing a reiter-bewegen trainer qualification. She also operates a 28 x 14 m indoor school off Am Gänseberg, which riders can hire by the month, by the year or on a ten-visit card, with trailer parking and a shaded paddock on site. Arena hire is included free during a lesson booked with her.
pferdisch.me is the equine training and behaviour practice of Dr Christine Pohl, based at Melle in Lower Saxony. She works with problem horses and their owners through behaviour analysis, groundwork, liberty work, loading training, competition preparation and ridden lessons. Alongside training she offers energetic equine massage, barefoot hoof trimming and saddle-fit checks. The business also runs certification courses for people who want to work professionally with horses, as groundwork trainers, riding instructors, equine masseurs or health trainers.
Sarah Grunwald offers equine osteopathy and physiotherapy across the Harburg district and neighbouring areas of Lower Saxony, working from Tostedt. Her treatments target movement restrictions with individually planned, holistic care, and include dry needling and leech therapy for inflammatory complaints. She also gives riding instruction, so training and therapy can be dealt with together. Riders of varying levels are taught.
Dr. Anne Menzel runs a veterinary practice for rehabilitation and animal physiotherapy at Schwarzenberg in Schwiederstorf, Neu Wulmstorf. The treatment range covers physiotherapy, osteopathy, chiropractic, acupuncture, neural therapy, laser and electrotherapy, kinesio taping, leech therapy, therapeutic and orthopaedic ultrasound, an underwater treadmill and pain management. Horses are treated chiropractically alongside dogs and cats, although the practice notes it is currently not taking on new equine chiropractic clients. General veterinary work such as health checks, vaccinations, blood sampling, dental cleaning, parasite prophylaxis and minor surgical procedures is also offered.
Hof Brummelbach in Neetze is run by Stephanie Timmer, a qualified riding instructor with a background in special education. The yard gives riding lessons shaped around each rider and offers equine-assisted therapy aimed at development of the whole person. Programmes run for children with and without disabilities, including work with the horses from the ground rather than in the saddle. The youngest children start in the "Ponyzwerge" group, and lessons are kept to small groups of two or three.
Hof Landey is a pedagogical and therapeutic Icelandic-horse yard at Pommoissel in the Göhrde area of Lower Saxony, run by qualified riding instructor and equine therapist Dorothea Tomaschek. It teaches children and young people, combining riding with groundwork, horse care and theory. Formats range from weekly group lessons graded by ability to intensive two-day monthly blocks and riding camps with twice-daily riding. Holiday accommodation on the farm is available for visiting families.
Claudia Susann Buchholz runs a mobile animal naturopathy practice in Hanstedt in the Nordheide, treating horses, dogs and cats at home or at the yard. Her methods include bioresonance, homeopathy, Australian bush flower essences, Reiki applications and Reiki training, and energetic spinal alignment. She also offers nutritional counselling and animal communication. Appointments are arranged by phone or email.
TGU Garthe, short for Tiergestützter Unterricht, is run by Sabine Garthe in Moormerland, East Frisia, and works with children through riding pedagogy rather than technical riding tuition alone. Sessions include play-based riding for children and young people, therapeutic riding for those with special needs, a pony club and relaxation riding. Group programmes are offered to schools and other institutions, along with children's birthday parties and hacks. Natural, species-appropriate handling of the horses underpins everything on offer, and courses also run with VFD Ostfriesland.
Equimove Ostfriesland is a mobile osteopathy and physiotherapy practice run by Tatjana de Buhr across East Frisia. Horses are the main caseload, treated with manual and fascial therapy, dry needling, kinesiology taping and leech therapy. Dogs, cats and cattle are also seen within a service radius of roughly 25 kilometres. Equikinetics and dual-activation groundwork are offered as follow-on training to consolidate treatment results.
Equigampo is a mobile riding-instruction and equine therapy business run by Andrea Kotulla-Möhlmann across East Frisia. Lessons follow a three-part teaching model covering theory, groundwork and ridden work, with the horse's health and correct movement as the starting point. Alongside teaching she offers equine physiotherapy and osteopathy for horses that need hands-on treatment. Clinics and courses are run at client yards throughout the northern districts she covers.
Friederike von Basum runs a mobile osteopathy practice for horses and dogs from Meppen in the Emsland district of Lower Saxony. She trained first as an osteopathic equine therapist and then as an osteopathic canine therapist at the Fachschule für Osteopathische Pferde- und Hundetherapie, where she has worked as an assistant since December 2015. Treatment combines manual osteopathy with dry needling, BEMER magnetic-field therapy and leech therapy. Sessions take place at the horse's own yard so the animal stays in familiar surroundings. She is a member of the DGOP and attends regular professional training.
Equifit-Emsland is a mobile practice specializing in equine osteopathy, established in 2017. They provide individual osteopathic care for sport, leisure, and senior horses, focusing on preventive and holistic treatments. The practice aims to improve mobility and performance in horses, addressing various issues such as stiffness, behavioral changes, and post-injury recovery.
The Reit- und Erlebnishof Liebig is a riding and activity yard on the edge of the woods at Meppen in the Emsland. It teaches children, teenagers and adults to ride, from complete beginners to returning riders, using two indoor schools with forest hacking on the doorstep. The youngest children start with led Ponyexpress sessions and pony familiarisation courses from around three years of age. The yard also offers therapeutic riding — riding education, riding therapy and hippotherapy — in cooperation with a local physiotherapy practice, alongside guided hacks and pony birthday parties.
Dr. Uwe Petermann runs a veterinary practice for laser acupuncture and laser therapy in horses and dogs, based in Melle-Neuenkirchen. Treatment is built around RAC-controlled diagnostics, local laser therapy, auricular medicine, interference-field diagnosis and gold implantation in acupuncture points. The equine side of the practice applies these methods to movement disorders, chronic conditions and behavioural problems. Dr. Petermann is a past president of the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society.
Tierärztliche Praxis für Pferde Dr. Ihmels is an equine-only veterinary practice in Melle led by Dr. Susanne Ihmels, a certified equine specialist veterinarian and IAVC chiropractor. Its main focus is orthopaedics and sports medicine, supported by chiropractic treatment. The practice also carries out pre-purchase examinations, ophthalmology, dental work and general horse care. The emphasis throughout is on preventive and whole-horse care rather than treating symptoms in isolation.
Reittherapiezentrum Warmenautal is Dr Melanie Horstmann's therapeutic riding centre at Spenge in East Westphalia. Its work rests on the observation that the horse can reach people whom other therapies have not, moving them physically, mentally, emotionally and socially at the same time. Sessions aim to build self-confidence, a sense of responsibility and independence for children and adults alike. The centre keeps its own team of therapy horses and involves families and supporters in the life of the yard.
Niedermühlenhof offers curative-educational work with horses (heilpädagogische Förderung mit dem Pferd) at Melle-Neuenkirchen in Lower Saxony. Sessions are built around individual therapeutic goals for children, adolescents, adults and whole families. The yard also runs an eight-week riding course for adults, a regular adult riding group and a Saturday pony club for children. The work is privately funded rather than covered by health insurance, and is supported by donations.
Sonnenhof Kollmeyer is a family-run Icelandic horse stud set on a 280-year-old farm between the Teutoburg Forest and the Wiehengebirge near Melle. The yard breeds and sells Icelandic horses and offers livery, riding instruction, backing and further training. A dedicated wellness wing provides an aqua treadmill, salt-air inhalation, a vibration treadmill, solarium and BEMER therapy for horses in work or rehabilitation. Guest accommodation and a small shop round out the visit for owners and riders.
Hof Warner is an equine-assisted therapy yard at Melle-Gesmold in the south of the Osnabrück region, run by Bettina Warner with a team of qualified therapists and educators. The yard offers hippotherapy, occupational therapy with the horse, curative-educational support and horse-assisted trauma pedagogy. Riding and vaulting sessions are run for people with disabilities, alongside nature and experience-based education programmes. The team also works with kindergartens and schools on projects and visits residential care homes with its ponies.
Pferdetraining Winter is Jenny Winter training and wellness practice for horses in Martfeld, Lower Saxony. Training programmes are built around movement quality, muscle development and mental relaxation, with Dual-Aktivierung as a core method. She also offers rehabilitation training and muscle-building work for horses coming back from a layoff. Bodywork rounds out the service: therapeutic massage, peat-stamp massage and cold and heat therapy with moor. Courses and equine photography are available alongside the training work.
Lena Ludwig provides natural barefoot hoof care from Martfeld in Lower Saxony, trimming to the model nature sets rather than to a fixed shape. The work centres on restoring hoof balance and supporting the hoof's own self-healing processes in barefoot horses. She also advises on and helps develop paddock trails so that horses move enough for their hooves to stay healthy between visits. Equine massage and wellness applications are offered alongside the hoof work.
Piccolino is a therapeutic and pedagogic riding practice run by Gisela Christof in Martfeld, Lower Saxony. The approach is gentle and holistic: children and adults are introduced to horses without performance pressure or sport-style drilling. Sessions of remedial educational riding are offered for children and young people with and without disabilities, alongside adventure-education projects built around themes such as knights or Native American life. Groups are capped at six participants so that every rider gets individual attention, and birthday parties for children can be booked around the ponies.
Findus Fidibus offers equine-assisted therapy and riding pedagogy in the Elbmarsch near Hamburg. Sessions use the horse as a medium to support perception, motor skills, confidence and social-emotional development rather than to teach competitive riding. Other animals kept on the yard work alongside the horses as co-therapists. Services and prices are set out individually for each client. The business operates under the German small-business rule and books appointments directly by e-mail or WhatsApp.
