Physio, osteopathy, bodywork and rehab — keep them sound and moving well.
Daniela Arthold offers energy work for horses and their owners, combining different energetic methods tailored to each horse. Services include animal communication sessions, bioresonance analyses and sessions for animals, ThetaHealing sessions and the EMPOWER Yourself programme for horse people. She also sells essential oils for horses and riders and runs courses and online courses.
Philippus offers massage and bodywork for horses to release tension and blockages in the musculoskeletal system. Electrotherapy is offered only on a veterinarian's instruction. Physiological movement training combines groundwork, in-hand collecting exercises, pole work, lunging and range-of-motion exercises. The service is mobile across Lower Austria, mainly the districts of Melk, Scheibbs, Amstetten, St. Pölten and Zwettl.
Mag. Jasmin Semmelmeyer is a veterinarian specialising in chiropractic, with practices in Brand-Nagelberg in the Waldviertel and in Vienna-Döbling. For horses she offers chiropractic, acupuncture, horse cupping, Repuls Vet and Magna Wave treatments. The small-animal practice also covers general medicine, surgery, imaging, orthopaedics and dentistry. The Brand practice takes part in a regional emergency service.
Dr. Barbara Freudenschuss is a veterinarian in Waidhofen an der Thaya specialising in chiropractic and acupuncture for animals. She treats horses, dogs and other pets, from prevention through rehabilitation after injuries or operations. Her work covers musculoskeletal problems such as lameness and back pain, and acupuncture is also used for internal conditions. She makes horse visits across Lower Austria and Vienna by appointment.
Redewendung is the practice of Marion Bernögger, a psychological counsellor in Austria. She offers coaching, supervision and stress and burnout prevention. She also offers coaching with horses in individual sessions and workshops.
die.Pferdemasseurin is an equine massage and movement therapy practice based in Linz. Services include classical, connective-tissue and sports massage for horses, fascia work, craniosacral balance and Bowen therapy. It also offers kinesiotaping and movement therapy with a personal training plan to improve the horse's mobility.
Ponyoase is run by the association Verein Pferdeoase in Ebendorf, Lower Austria, and specialises in natural keeping and handling of equines living in herds. Most of its animals are rescued from poor conditions and are rehabilitated and trained in an extended horsemanship approach. It offers horse-assisted education for children and riding lessons with ponies. Supporters can sponsor animals or become members and take on a care horse.
Legapony is a riding and breeding yard in Kronberg, Lower Austria, founded by riding instructor Sabine Fürst. It offers riding lessons for children and adults of all levels, with one or two pupils per session, plus longer hacks. A specialty is dyslexia training that combines classic learning support with riding education, using the horse as a learning partner. The yard also teaches vaulting, breeds horses, sells horses and stands a breeding stallion at stud.
PiJu-Ponyranch in Mittergrabern is a small pony yard run by Sandra Groschopf, a trained integrative horse-assisted riding educator. It offers pony sessions and riding lessons, weekly pony groups each school semester, camps, events and children's birthday parties. Its programmes are inclusive and open to people of all ages, with or without disabilities. The ranch works without an indoor arena, meeting the ponies outdoors in nature. Visits are by appointment only.
Kasteni - Pferdeerlebnis is a collaboration of three horsewomen running yards in Untermarkersdorf, Enzersdorf im Thale and Aspersdorf in the Hollabrunn district. They offer riding lessons, vaulting, pony rides and horse-assisted education and learning with horses. Further programmes include camps, mother-and-child courses, birthday parties at the yard, adventure-education weekends and offers for institutions. Each yard keeps its own group of horses.
Stayble Plus is a horse behaviour consultancy run by Timea Staufer-Baumgärtner in Zwettl, Austria. It offers behaviour consultations, stable and herd management analysis, medical training for vet and farrier visits, loading training, video analyses and calmness training. Sessions take place on site or online, starting with an initial consultation and followed by training sessions with a written training plan. Courses and seminars are also offered.
Chiropraktik Grünberger is the mobile practice of veterinarian Viktoria Grünberger, based in Hauzenberg. She offers chiropractic treatment for horses and small animals for spinal blockages and movement problems. As an equine vet she also provides lameness examinations, tendon ultrasound, X-rays, vaccinations, deworming, wound care and passport chipping. She covers Lower Bavaria, the Upper Palatinate and Upper Austria; the practice is closed from 12.9.2026 to around 1.11.2026.
Faszienation Pferd is run by Horsebodyforming instructor Melanie Prugger in Austria. The main work is fascia training and Horse Bodyforming, a movement method that builds on fascia training to help horses out of painful compensation patterns. Owners are taught static and dynamic fascia exercises for lunging, in-hand work and riding. Classical groundwork is also offered, with a focus on horses with physical problems such as kissing spines, stumbling or ridability issues.
Tierheilpraxis-Passau is an animal naturopathy practice run by Ramona Rebhan in Neuburg am Inn. It treats dogs, cats and horses based on Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine. Treatments include classic acupuncture, needle-free laser acupuncture, area laser therapy and moxibustion. The practice works on pain, joint problems, muscle tension, skin conditions and post-operative support.
Pferdedentalpraxis Wild is a family-run equine dental practice with three horse dental practitioners, one of them a veterinarian. It provides mobile dental treatment, including special equipment for miniature ponies and mobile radiography. Services include wolf tooth and cap extraction, intraoral endoscopy, sinus endoscopy, dental age estimation and handling of difficult horses. Further treatments are carried out in cooperation with partner equine practices and clinics.
Paardenwegen.nl is a mobile horse weighing service run by Ingrid Pinkse from IJsselstein. She brings a battery-powered horse scale to the yard and weighs horses and ponies on location, taking about five minutes per horse. A laser measurement of wither height is offered free of charge. Knowing a horse's weight helps with correct dosing of medication and wormers, monitoring growth and pregnant mares, and trailer loading.
Met Paard naar Beter is run by Maarten from Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, and offers licensed horse transport, behaviour training and ESDR therapy for horses. The horse taxi takes horses to vets, other yards, competitions, trail rides and holiday destinations. Behaviour training addresses issues such as trailer loading, tension, spookiness and problems with the farrier, sometimes using heart-rate monitoring. ESDR therapy is used to help horses release fear or tension.
Sanne Donkers Osteopathie offers osteopathy for horses and dogs, supporting movement problems, tension, recovery and preventive care. Sanne Donkers has a background in equestrian sport, graduated from I.C.R.E.O. and is a member of the VADO. Treatments take place on location at the horse or dog.
Equizen offers sports massage for horses to reduce tension, improve circulation and help prevent injuries. It also provides bioresonance and feeding advice for horses, and chair massage for riders. Treatments are combined with training tips and exercises to keep the horse supple. The business is based in Bree, Belgium.
Praktijk Paard en Mens offers cranio-sacral therapy for horses and ponies, alongside APS therapy, Guasha and Tok Sen massage, fascia release and aromatherapy. The practice also treats dogs and cats. The site publishes blog articles on equine topics such as headshaking, stress, the jaw joint and digestion. It is based in Baarle-Nassau and serves clients in the Netherlands and Belgium.
OsteoPiet is the practice of Piet Struyven, a veterinarian, osteopath and acupuncturist. He offers osteopathy and acupuncture for horses, aiming at a complete treatment that brings the horse back into balance. He qualified as a veterinarian in 1985, as a veterinary acupuncturist in 2002 and as an equine osteopath in 2010. The practice works by appointment from Monday to Friday.
Osteodier is the practice of Edwina Van Caneghem in Leopoldsburg, Belgium, offering osteopathy for dogs and horses. The practice also offers acupuncture and laser therapy. Owners can contact her by phone, email or the contact form with questions about treatments.
Osteopathie voor Dieren is an animal osteopathy practice in Sint-Lenaarts (Brecht), Belgium, run by Debby Mertens. It offers osteopathy, physiotherapy, laser therapy and complementary treatments for horses and dogs. For horses it offers sports massage, either as part of an osteopathic treatment or as an aftercare or preventive session of about an hour. A horse seen for the first time is normally treated osteopathically first.
Energetic Horse in Hoek, Zeeland, gives riding lessons to children and adults, from beginners to advanced riders. Every summer holiday it organises a riding camp of a week or half a week centred on the horses. It also offers on-site saddle fitting, measuring the horse's back to check whether the saddle fits. Nano Equicare therapy and osteopathy are offered as well.
