Animal Therapy, Rehabilitation and Performance

This course focuses on both the canine and equine species, offering you a hands-on experience in our specialist therapy centres and commercial clinics within ARU Writtle. Throughout the course, you’ll develop expert skills in anatomy, movement assessment, rehabilitation planning and manual therapies for musculoskeletal issues.

You’ll learn from an experienced team of tutors including veterinary surgeons, nutrition and behaviour specialists, biomechanists and staff who are practising clinicians in veterinary physiotherapy and massage.

Year 1:
Foundations of Professional Skills
Factors affecting Animal Performance and Wellbeing
Animal Anatomy and Physiology
Animal Therapy Assessment: Principals and Practice
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Nutrition, Behaviour and Welfare

Year 2:
Ruskin Module
Functional Anatomy and Biomechanics of Animal Movement
Principals and Applications of Manual Interventions
Animal Health, Disease and Pain Mechanisms
Research Methods
Animal Hydrotherapy and First Aid

Year 3:
Major Project
Integrated Approaches to Exercise Physiology
Applied Techniques in Animal Massage, Rehabilitation and Hydrotherapy
Animal Biomechanics and Pathophysiology
Professional Development for Career Success