Physio, osteopathy, bodywork and rehab — keep them sound and moving well.
Pferdetraining mit Verstand is run by Carola Gaunersdorfer, an official trainer in the Michael Geitner method. She trained in 2016 as a Dual-Aktivierung and Equikinetic trainer. Her services also include horse massage and BEMER sessions. She regularly attends courses and further training around horses.
Connys Pferdewelt is the mobile equine rehabilitation service of Conny Blümert. She offers rehab training after Katrin Obst, Geitner training, movement analysis with the Consteed system and Horn Method fascia release. Rehab sessions combine gentle massage, kinesiotaping, isometric exercises, fascia training and training plans. She works directly at clients' stables in Lower Austria, Vienna, Burgenland and Styria, with individual sessions, group training and workshops.
Petra Langer is a certified horse masseuse and movement trainer who visits horses at their stables. Her equine services include horse massage and movement training, kinesiotaping, moxa treatment and cupping. She also offers classical massage and energetic bodywork for people in Mistelbach. Bookings are made by phone, SMS or WhatsApp.
Caleidomotion is the equine bodywork practice of Patricia Zethofer. She offers horse massage, bodywork and fascia massage tailored to each horse's needs. Her Impuls-Stunde sessions teach owners lunging and groundwork exercises using poles and arena equipment to build movement patterns and muscle. She works in Vienna and Lower Austria.
Equican is a mobile equine bodywork service run by Sonja Wanzenböck. She offers horse massage, taping, lymphatic drainage and observation of hoof and leg posture, working directly at the client's stable. Sessions combine bodywork with movement observation and practical exercises owners can do between appointments. She works around Wiener Neustadt, Baden bei Wien, Mödling, Eisenstadt and Mattersburg and is happy to coordinate with vets, farriers and trainers.
Verein Moment is a Vienna association offering animal-assisted pedagogy and therapy for children and young people, working especially with horses. Its programmes aim to build social competence and self-awareness through contact with horses and nature. Offers include horse hours, horse days, trekking, a show group and a school project. The programmes are adapted to each child's abilities and circumstances.
Sara Pötzold, MSc is a clinical psychologist in Vienna offering psychological counselling and treatment. Alongside her practice she provides horse-assisted psychological treatment and riding lessons at a separate location in Vienna. Her focus areas include depression, anxiety, trauma, stress and life crises. Sessions in the practice can also take place online.
Therapiehof Regenbogental in Leobersdorf supports children and families through illness, death and grief. Its team offers grief support and animal-assisted interventions with horses, goats, llamas and rabbits, plus art, body and trauma therapy. Families can also stay in a residential unit for up to two weeks.
Nadja Greisdorfer offers mobile physio care and training for leisure and sport horses in Lower Austria and Vienna. Her services include a detailed PhysioFIT all-round check, mobilisation, targeted massage techniques including stress-point massage, and gymnastic groundwork training. Sessions are tailored to each horse and focus on mobility, looseness, balance and wellbeing. She is based in Kollersdorf between Krems and Tulln.
Wiedenhof im Wienerwald is a horse farm in Austria that breeds Shagya Arabian horses. It also offers riding instruction and courses. In addition, it provides horse-assisted coaching and therapy.
pferdezone is a horse business in Gaaden im Wienerwald, Austria, focused on horsemanship and riding outdoors. It offers programmes for adults and children with horses, horse-assisted learning and a trail park. It also provides ground-based physio training for horses, including rehabilitation and care for older horses at the owner's stable.
Hippotherapie Cornelia Preisl is a hippotherapy practice in Kirchberg am Walde, Austria. Therapy is delivered by Cornelia Preisl, a physio- and hippotherapist, with therapy horses and a horse handler. Sessions last 30 minutes and require a medical prescription. Therapy takes place outdoors and pauses during the winter months.
Erlebnishof Lobau is a small horse farm in Vienna's 22nd district run by Cornelia and Daniel Trimmel. It offers horse-assisted training sessions in which the horse acts as a co-trainer for personal development. Further programmes include pony leading, experience days, children's birthdays and visits for kindergartens and school classes. The farm also keeps goats and small animals.
Sognohof is a non-profit association in Vienna's 22nd district promoting species-appropriate animal keeping. It offers gentle riding lessons for children and adults, fear-free riding, holiday camps for children and birthday parties. It also provides psychotherapy and occupational therapy with horses, adult coaching and farm yoga. The horses live in an open stable as a herd, go barefoot and are fed organic Austrian hay.
Chiro-Vet is the practice of a self-employed veterinarian working as a veterinary chiropractor in Hausleiten, Lower Austria. She treats horses and dogs with chiropractic care alongside conventional veterinary medicine. Treatment plans are tailored to each animal, whether it is a competition horse or a leisure companion. The site also lists dental work and a Chiro-Vet College.
The Schottenhof is a centre for animal-assisted pedagogy with integrative riding and vaulting on the edge of Vienna. Its offers are built around working with horses, including riding lessons, sport vaulting, therapy and team training. It serves children and adults with and without disabilities and runs projects for schools and kindergartens. The centre also offers training courses in its field.
Naturhelden vom Dreierhof in Maria Anzbach is a non-profit association focused on nature, animals, movement and education. Its Pferdeprofis project offers regular sessions with horses, from relationship building to riding. It also offers horse-assisted training for children and adults, children's birthdays and summer camps. The farm runs a horse boarding business.
Resonanzwerk Loibl is run by Martina Loibl in Purgstall an der Erlauf. It offers horse-assisted coaching from the ground, covering self-awareness, communication, decisions and leadership for individuals and teams, with no riding experience needed. It also provides psychosocial counselling, animal-assisted work with therapy dogs, and seminars for social and care organisations.
Raphaela Bichler offers mobile kinesiology and energetic bodywork in and around the Mostviertel. Her treatments focus on horses, addressing movement problems, tension, blockages and rideability issues, with other animals on request. She also offers craniosacral bodywork, combined horse and owner sessions, and sessions for people. The site notes the methods complement but do not replace veterinary care.
almsteg25 is a practice for holistic veterinary medicine in Fischlham, Upper Austria. For horses it offers acupuncture, chiropractic, dental treatment, rehabilitation, selective deworming and Tellington TTouch training. It also treats dogs and cats and runs dog training courses. Further services include laser, magnetic field and inhalation therapy, with rental equipment available.
Nußbaumergut is a family-run horse farm in St. Marien, Upper Austria, run by Brigitta and Thorsten Immler. It offers riding pedagogy and a pony club for children, as well as children's birthday parties with the horses. The farm also provides carriage rides, horse logging and herb walks accompanied by a pony. Horse training is part of its services. Visits are by appointment only.
Veterinärchiropraktik Schulz is the mobile practice of veterinarian Lara Schulz, specialising in chiropractic, physiotherapy and acupuncture for horses, dogs and cats. She treats animals at the owner's home or in the stable. The practice covers Lower Bavaria, Upper Bavaria and Upper Austria. Chiropractic treatment is used to release blockages and support movement, regeneration and performance.
Reiterhof Sandjago is a riding yard in Rapoltendorf, Lower Austria, with five training horses, a riding instructor and a horsemanship trainer. It offers individual lessons, dressage and jumping, groundwork, calmness training and circus lessons for horses. Horse-assisted individual coaching and group trainings are also available. The yard runs courses and events such as Circle Games seminars and a horse sport and games tournament.
Tierphysio Rodaun is a specialist veterinary practice in Vienna-Rodaun for orthopaedics, pain therapy and rehabilitation of dogs, cats and horses. It offers shockwave therapy, computer-assisted gait analysis, digital X-ray, chiropractic, osteopathy, laser and underwater treadmill. Founder Dr. Karen Barker-Benfield is a certified canine and equine rehabilitation practitioner and FEI permitted treating vet. The team provided physiotherapy care for the Austrian dressage team at the Olympic Games.
