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Fascial Release Techniques

2 Day CPD Course for Professional Equine Therapists

with Gillian Higgins

Thursday 16th and Friday 17th June 2025

Wavendon Grange, Lawn Lane, Old Dalby, Leicestershire, LE14 3LW

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Unlock the potential of fascia in equine therapy with our comprehensive CPD course, designed exclusively for professional equine therapists. This course delves deep into the structure, function, and role of fascia in equine movement, offering hands-on techniques that enhance your therapeutic practice. You’ll learn how to assess, treat, and improve fascia-related restrictions, improving flexibility, mobility, and overall horse well-being. By mastering these advanced fascia techniques, you will add powerful tools to your skill set, empowering you to deliver more effective, holistic treatments. Enhance your confidence and competence, elevate your practice, and foster long-term positive outcomes for your equine clients.

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This course is suitable for qualified therapists from all disciplines wishing to revise techniques or explore new ones to add to their toolbox.


It is a mix of theory, practical demonstrations and small group hands-on practical sessions. It also provides the opportunity to network, share information and discuss interesting or challenging cases with other practitioners in a relaxed and supportive environment.

During this course we will look at the anatomy of different types of fascia, fascial connections, function, dysfunction and how to keep it healthy.


This course is supported by incredible photographs and video footage of fascia from Gillian's dissections.

At the end of this course as well as the ability to visualise fascia you will go away with fascial palpation techniques and a variety of fascial release techniques.


This course is an excellent precursor to the  
Myofascial Chains and Techniques Course
which runs on the Thursday and Friday after this course.


If you would like to read another therapists review of the day check out the blog articles.

Key Points

Fascia Release Techniques that may covered include:-


  • Slow fascial release techniques

  • Cross hands, torsion and shear techniques

  • Decompression techniques

  • Myofascial hold techniques

  • Dynamic myofascial release techniques

  • Myofascial Unwinding Techniques


Techniques to release the:-


  • Hyoid,

  • Thoracic sling

  • Shoulder

  • Girth area

  • Back

  • Pelvis, LSJ and SI

  • Hip 

  • Stiflle

  • and more...

Provisional Timetable

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DAY 1

09.00: Registration and Coffee

09.30: Introduction

09.45: The Anatomy of Fascia Components, Structure and Types of Fascia
Classroom Session

11.00: Break

11.30: Functions of Fascia
Classroom Session

13.00: Lunch

14:00: Fascia Palpation Techniques
Practical Session

15.00: Break

15.30: Fascia Release Techniques
Demonstration and Practical Session

16.30: Questions and Discussion

17.00: Close

DAY 2

09.00: Coffee

09.30: Fascia Release Techniques
Demonstration and Practical Session

11.00: Break

11.30: Fascia Release Techniques
Demonstration and Practical Session

12.30: Lunch

13.30: Fascial Unwinding Techniques
Demonstration and Practical Session

14.30: Break

15.00: Dynamic Fascia Release Techniques
Demonstration and Practical Session

16.00: Discussion

16.30: Close

Notes

We envisage this course to be very popular so early booking is advised.

Certificates of Participation (CPD) will be emailed after the course. Course notes will be provided.

Tea, coffee, home-made cakes and a light lunch of sandwiches, crisps and fruit is included.

This course is held both inside and out so please bring appropriate warm clothes for a day out on the yard.

This course is limited to 14 people to ensure small groups and individual attention.

Prerequisites

All participants must provide proof of professional equine therapy qualification and current professional indemnity insurance.


BEFORE ATTENDING THIS COURSE ALL PARTICPANTS MUST WATCH THE THEORY SEMINAR

"ALL ABOUT FASCIA"

Prices

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Prices include VAT

Fascia Release Course

16th and 17th June 2025

£395

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Course Leader

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Gillian Higgins

Gillian is an equine anatomist, biomechanist, BHS Senior Coach, professional Sports and Remedial Therapist and author with a first class honours degree in Equine Science and Business Management.



Gillian is passionate about posture. She specialises in assessing the musculoskeletal systems and designing exercise programmes for improving posture and performance as well as assessing and addressing individual horses’ weaknesses. 

Gillian has studied a variety of equine and human modalities both traditional and holistic.



 

As well as conventional training, Gillian has studied equine therapies in America, France, Germany and Sweden and is committed to giving our equine partners the best possible levels of care and consideration.

 

 

Gillian works with horses from all disciplines and levels from leisure to Olympic.

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Venue and Horses

Marvin pony skeleton head and neck

All of Gillian's courses are supported by a wealth of photographs and video footage taken from years worth of work including footage of her anatomically painted horses and from her dissections.

 

Also on the day of the course, you will have access to Gillian's large collection of bones and anatomical models.

 

This ensures that you will be better able to visualise the structures we discuss on this course.

This course is run at the Horses Inside Out headquarters, Wavendon Grange near Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire.

 

The facilities at this central UK location include a small yard with a variety of horses, arenas and a classroom complete with audiovisual facilities.

 

This is a comfortable and professional space for learning where you are always guaranteed a friendly welcome.

​Gillian has many bones, skeletons and anatomical models in the teaching barn for you to view and handle.

 

Being able to bring horses into the teaching barn alongside the anatomical models really helps to combine the theory and the practice! 

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