Ready to Add Equine Hydrotherapy to Your Professional Toolkit?
Build a shared, practical understanding of equine hydrotherapy — whether you’re referring into it, monitoring it, or discussing it as part of a wider rehab plan.
Understand what equine hydrotherapy is, when it may be appropriate, when it may not be suitable, and
how it can support wider rehabilitation plans.
Lauching in September 2026
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You already understand equine musculoskeletal health. But hydrotherapy sits in an odd gap — vets often refer into it without a detailed feel for what happens in the water, and MSK therapists are frequently asked for an opinion on it without formal training in the field. Either way, you’re expected to have a view on a treatment most professional courses barely touch. |
Intro to Equine Hydro for Vets and Therapists
Developed by Experts
Study in your own time
8 hours CPD
Does This Sound Familiar?
You feel unsure when hydrotherapy is discussed as part of a rehabilitation plan.
You refer cases into hydrotherapy but have limited visibility into what a session actually involves
You are uncertain whether a horse’s water-treadmill programme is suitable or effective.
You want to explain the benefits, risks and limitations of hydrotherapy more clearly to owners.
You worry that you may be overlooking a valuable but underutilised tool.
You want a clearer sense of what “appropriate loading” looks like on a water treadmill before signing off a rehab plan
You’d like sharper, more specific referral criteria — not just “hydrotherapy might help”
You do not need to become an equine hydrotherapist to understand hydrotherapy more confidently.
You need a practical framework that helps you recognise what it can do, where its limitations sit and how to discuss cases more effectively
With our CPD course, you don’t just learn — you know what to do when it matters.
Eight Hours of Practical Equine Hydrotherapy CPD
This CPD experience is designed for experienced equine MSK therapists who want to strengthen their understanding of hydrotherapy and use that knowledge more confidently in multidisciplinary case discussions.
You will receive:
Detailed handouts
Supporting videos
Insight into the benefits and limitations of hydrotherapy
Clear guidance on indications and contraindications
Practical templates
Eight hours of focused CPD
Direct access to Grace through Career Kickstarter sessions
Support exploring how equine hydrotherapy could fit within your business
Developed and supported along the way, by our specialist team
Learn from Clinical and Teaching Experience
The training is led by Grace, an experienced equine hydrotherapist, animal physiotherapist and lecturer with qualifications in higher education teaching.
That means the course combines clinical knowledge with clear, structured teaching designed to make complex concepts easier to understand and apply.
How it works
A Simple Three-Stage Learning Journey
Understand
Learn the core science behind equine hydrotherapy, including the principles of water and how they affect the horse.
Explore indications, contraindications, benefits, limitations and the factors that influence whether hydrotherapy may be suitable.
Apply
Use your new knowledge to contribute more confidently to case discussions with vets, hydrotherapists and owners.
Develop a clearer understanding of whether a horse’s work on a water treadmill appears appropriate within the wider rehabilitation plan.
Integrate
Explore how hydrotherapy knowledge could complement your existing services and strengthen your professional offering.
Use templates, resources and Career Kickstarter sessions with Grace to consider how equine hydrotherapy may fit into your business.
What You Will Be Able to Do Afterwards
Hours of CPD
By the end of the CPD, you should feel better equipped to:
Discuss hydrotherapy cases more confidently with vets and hydrotherapists
Write clearer, more specific referrals into hydrotherapy programmes
Understand common indications and contraindications
Recognise the potential benefits and limitations of water-based rehabilitation
Ask more informed questions about hydrotherapy programmes
Explain key principles more clearly to horse owners
Consider how hydrotherapy knowledge could support your business
Make better-informed contributions without working outside your scope
“Isn’t This Something I Should Already Know?”
Many experienced vets and MSK therapists feel they should already understand equine hydrotherapy in more depth than they do. But hydrotherapy sits outside most veterinary and MSK training — it’s a specialist field of its own, usually learned informally, case by case.
This course isn’t designed to question your existing expertise. It’s designed to fill a specific, practical gap: the working knowledge of hydrotherapy that neither profession is formally taught, but both are expected to have an opinion on.
Not Ready to Enrol Yet?
Start with the introductory resource: The Principles of Water and How They Affect the Horse
Discover how buoyancy, hydrostatic pressure, resistance, temperature and water depth may influence movement, loading and rehabilitation. Use this guide or video lesson to build your foundational knowledge before taking the full CPD.
Strengthen Your Knowledge. Improve Your Conversations. Expand Your Professional Toolkit
Equine hydrotherapy has the potential to support rehabilitation in valuable ways, but only when it is understood and applied appropriately.
Build the confidence to discuss cases clearly, recognise opportunities and limitations, and contribute more meaningfully to decisions involving vets, hydrotherapists and horse owners.
