Physio, osteopathy, bodywork and rehab — keep them sound and moving well.
Bianca Lüecke is a DIPO-certified equine osteopath based in Lehrte, east of Hannover. She treats horses on their own yards across the Lehrte, Peine and eastern Hannover area. Osteopathic work targets restrictions in the musculoskeletal system that show up as stiffness, asymmetry or resistance under saddle. Appointments are arranged directly by phone or through the contact form on her site.
Dr. med. vet. Silke Stricker runs a veterinary practice at Lehrte near Hannover devoted to classical homeopathy, phytotherapy and regulation medicine, fields she has specialised in since the 1990s. She works as a visiting practice, coming to the animal at home or at the stable rather than seeing patients at a surgery. Alongside general naturopathic treatment her stated focus areas include metabolic disorders of the horse, gut restoration, plant medicine, behavioural medicine and orthomolecular medicine. She is a member of the International Association of Veterinary Homeopathy and of the homeopathy and phytotherapy sections of the German society for holistic veterinary medicine. Telephone and email consultations are offered alongside visits and are billed under the German veterinary fee schedule.
Healthy Horse Hannover is the equine osteopathy practice of Jennifer Meßing, an osteopathic equine therapist trained in the Welter-Böller method and based at Lehrte near Hannover. She uses holistic manual treatment to find and release movement restrictions and functional disorders. Typical cases range from performance and rideability problems to rehabilitation after injury. She also treats horses of all ages preventively, before a small restriction becomes a lasting one.
Sportpferdetherapie Fricke is Lena Fricke therapy practice for sport horses, based in Lehre near Braunschweig. The work focuses on the strain that training and competition put on a horse body, using physiotherapy and manual techniques to release blockages and relax musculature. Horses returning from an injury layoff are brought back into work step by step. Riders are also coached on movement and training principles so the results hold between treatments.
Equi(e)motion is an equine osteopathy practice run by Janina Starchikow from Lehre, serving the Braunschweig region. Treatment combines osteopathic work with rehabilitation training, from the first day of box rest through to a return to full work. Massage, kinesiology taping and written treatment reports round out the hands-on side of the practice. She also offers osteopathically informed riding and groundwork instruction, equine feeding advice, and online consultations including gait analysis.
Vet-Bioresonanz is the practice of Beatrix Dreyer in Upgant-Schott, East Frisia, offering bioresonance-based hair analysis for horses. Owners send in a hair sample and receive a report covering physical findings alongside behavioural and emotional observations, together with treatment suggestions. Two programmes are available: a standard analysis returned within about fourteen days and an express option within one to three days. Bioresonance therapy sessions are offered as a follow-up to the analysis.
Face to Face is the equine training practice of Ulrike Fischer in Leer, East Frisia, built around the working relationship between horse and rider. Training simulates everyday and deliberately unusual situations so horses gain confidence and riders learn fair, clear leadership. Alongside individual sessions she runs courses and events on horse behaviour and handling. The practice also offers magnetic-field and laser therapy for horses. Her guiding principle is that everything is possible and nothing is compulsory.
Reitverein Siebenberger Strolche e.V. is a riding club founded in 1997 in Leer, East Frisia, with more than 200 members. Trainer-led lessons cover dressage, jumping and quadrille riding, and the club also offers equine-assisted therapy sessions. Horse sponsorships let supporters back a club horse, and hobby-horsing has been added for younger participants. Events run throughout the year and riders of all levels are welcome.
PferdMenschNatur is Britta Redeker's practice in Leer, East Frisia, built around the relationship between horse and handler. On the horse side she offers basic training, groundwork and liberty work, desensitisation, leading and loading training, preparation for farrier and vet visits, and rehabilitation stays for problem horses. She also advises on husbandry, equipment and buying a horse. The practice extends into human coaching and energy work, including horse-assisted coaching, Reiki and kinesiological testing.
Nadine Fourmont runs HPR Ostfriesland, an equine-assisted therapy and riding practice in Leer, East Frisia, established in 2022. She offers curative-educational riding (heilpädagogisches Reiten) for children, young people and adults, alongside ordinary riding lessons and riding coaching. Feldenkrais work combined with riding, leadership coaching and pedagogical trauma counselling round out the programme. Sessions are built around holistic personal development through contact with the horse.
Reit- und Therapiezentrum Kastanienhof at Lauenhagen in Lower Saxony offers horse-assisted therapy and riding education for children, adolescents and adults. It is run by Melanie Smaka, a licensed Heilpraktikerin and riding therapist, and provides trauma-informed support, horse-assisted psychotherapy, body-oriented riding therapy and work on development and self-regulation. Alongside the therapeutic side the centre teaches riding and equestrian pedagogy, including pony groups for very young children and liberty work. Retreats, seminars, coaching and holiday courses round out the programme, and the team works with referring agencies and funding bodies.
Huf und Herz is the equine-assisted therapy and riding-education practice of Insa Döpking in Lauenau, Lower Saxony. She works with children and adults in individual and group sessions, using horses to support early-years learning, speech development, motor skills and confidence. Programmes include school-readiness courses, holiday programmes, birthday sessions and family outings. She also runs team-building workshops and cooperative programmes for schools and companies.
Back In Harmony is the veterinary practice of Dr. med. vet. Eva-Nicole Leimann at Bersenbrück in Lower Saxony, specialising in chiropractic and acupuncture for horses, dogs and cats. The chiropractic work centres on finding and releasing joint blockages and on the pain, posture and performance problems that follow from them. The acupuncture side draws on Traditional Chinese Medicine and uses several different needling and stimulation methods, chosen after a full examination. The practice also offers Low Level Laser Therapy, neural therapy and leech therapy. Dr. Leimann qualified as a veterinarian in Berlin and holds her doctorate from the Freie Universität Berlin; appointments are arranged by telephone.
Zu den Wiesen is a therapeutic riding practice at Langwedel in Lower Saxony, run by Eva Skrzypczinki. The work centres on therapeutic riding and psychomotor developmental support, using contact with the horse and its movement to help children develop at their own pace. Sessions follow the individual child rather than a fixed lesson plan. Riding instruction and project work with groups are offered alongside the therapy.
Reitschule Ute Limbach, trading as "Zeit mit Pferden", is a riding yard in Etelsen near Langwedel, Lower Saxony. It teaches pony lessons, lunge lessons, group and private instruction and ground work for riders of every age and ability. The yard also offers therapeutic riding for people with disabilities, FN badge courses, competition preparation and support at shows. Livery places are available, and the team runs hobby-horsing sessions and children's birthday parties alongside the core riding programme.
Nicola Lo Gelfo is an equine osteopath and physiotherapist based in Langenhagen near Hannover. He treats horses at their own yards, working on restrictions in the musculoskeletal system and on the compensations that follow them. An appointment covers assessment, osteopathic and physiotherapeutic treatment and follow-up advice for the owner. He works across the Hannover region and takes bookings by phone or through the contact form on his website.
Nina Aßmann runs a mobile therapy practice for horses and dogs from Kirchberg near Seesen in the Harz foothills. Her work covers osteopathy and physiotherapy, aimed at releasing the tension, congestion and restrictions that limit a horse freedom of movement. She also offers alternative treatments including leech therapy, plus nutritional advice for dogs. She trained and qualified at the FN-recognised Fachzentrum für Pferdeosteopathie.
Tierarztpraxis Dres. Linde in Langelsheim runs both a mobile and a clinic-based equine practice at the northern edge of the Harz. Equine services cover orthopaedics, chiropractic, internal medicine, dentistry, surgery, reproduction, pre-purchase examinations and preventive care. The small-animal department has its own theatre, laboratory, imaging suite, dental unit and inpatient ward, and the practice also treats New World camelids. A 24-hour equine emergency line is staffed for horse owners.
Pia Löwe offers heilpädagogische Förderung mit dem Pferd - therapeutic educational work with horses - in Langelsheim in the Harz foothills. Sessions use the relationship and movement between person and horse to build self-efficacy, help clients recognise their own resources and take decisions for themselves. The work suits people of different ages who benefit from a calm, non-verbal setting rather than a conventional lesson. Alongside the therapeutic programme she also gives ordinary riding lessons. Pricing and possible funding routes are set out openly on her site.
Gesundes Pferd is a mobile equine therapy practice run by Susanne Helmert, travelling to yards across the Elbe-Weser region of northern Germany. Treatments combine equine osteopathy, acupuncture based on Traditional Chinese Medicine and laser therapy, including laser acupuncture. Sensor-based gait analysis is used to trace movement problems back to their cause rather than treating symptoms alone. Functional groundwork training is offered as a follow-up so that horses keep the mobility and balance the treatment restores.
Dr. Friederike Reinhardt is a veterinarian specialising in chiropractic care for horses and small animals, practising from Wöllersheim near Lamspringe. After qualifying as a vet she trained further in chiropractic, osteopathy and acupuncture, and treats joint blockages, spinal problems and movement restrictions using manual therapy. Horses are seen on farm calls across the Hildesheim region, while dogs and cats are treated at the Wöllersheim practice. The treatment range also includes cranio-sacral and fascial therapy, dry needling and leech therapy. She additionally advises owners on hoof care and equine nutrition.
Island- und Therapiehof Alte Mühle is an Icelandic-horse and therapy yard at Neuhof near Lamspringe, run by Elena Richter. It offers equine-assisted therapy sessions and riding experiences built around contact and communication with the horses. Groundwork, obstacle work, carriage-driving courses and rides through the surrounding woods are part of the programme, along with time spent caring for the horses. The yard also runs photo shoots with the horses and sells handmade products through a small shop.
tierisch-in-takt is an osteopathy and physiotherapy practice for horses and dogs run by Sarah Pipenbrink in Langenhagen near Hannover. She works as a Pferde- und Hundeosteopathin, combining osteopathic treatment with physiotherapy in a whole-animal approach. Treatment is aimed at restoring free movement and supporting the animal's own healing. Appointments are arranged directly by email.
Kingsmoor Manor is Tanja Carola Friedburg's holistic practice for horse and rider in Königsmoor in the Nordheide. She teaches the Academic Art of Riding after Bent Branderup and combines it with horse osteopathy, acupuncture, craniosacral work, stress-point massage, equine taping and Masterson Method techniques. Treatment is framed around horse and owner as one system, and she also offers animal communication and holistic interpretation of blood panels. Weekend courses and intensive training days run alongside individual appointments.
