Lucy Makepeace Equine Osteopathic & Rehabilitation Practitioner.

Lucy Makepeace Equine Osteopathic & Rehabilitation Practitioner. Academic Qualification to Level 7 in Equine Osteopathic Techniques. Improving functionality and longevity for horses in your care.
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(I do not treat humans)
Osteopathic Based Assessment, Techniques and Education to suit each and every equine. A full holistic approach of techniques applied to the horse. An in-depth knowledge of equine anatomy, physiology and psychology are the building blocks to my assessments and treatment therapy for mental and physical well-being and rehabilitation. Looking at the 'Whole' of the horse. The fo

cus is not just the horses structures and physiology. Environmental and Psychological challenges are also taken into consideration to have a positive impact on overall health. Having worked in the equestrian industry for the last 30 years, I have extensive experience with horses from all walks of life. As a practitioner, I have had the privilege of working with the worst equine welfare cases alongside leading equine vets as part of their extensive long term rehabilitation as well as working with leading international performance horses and everything in between. Member of the Association of Animal Osteopaths
Member of the World Alliance of Equine Osteopaths
Member of the International Associations of Veterinary Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy

Treatment includes soft tissue techniques, joint articulations, appropriate stretching modalities and prescriptive exercise rehabilitation. One size absolutely does not fit all.

When you’ve been bobbing along with CPD over the last couple of weeks. This tends to be what I do in my ‘cough’ spare ti...
15/08/2026

When you’ve been bobbing along with CPD over the last couple of weeks.
This tends to be what I do in my ‘cough’ spare time 😂
Never stop the learning process as there is always more to learn.

What an amazing, if not a little hot week!!!!16 year old me would be so happy if she knew where I would end up, which at...
14/08/2026

What an amazing, if not a little hot week!!!!

16 year old me would be so happy if she knew where I would end up, which at the time was nothing more than a pipe dream and the love for a special little black horse.

Consistency, hard work, and a determination to not be the next Mrs Average 💪

What a day 🙌*Post surgery Rehab*A new Veterinary Referral*A Vets own horse LC Farm and Equine Vets who is one of the gre...
12/08/2026

What a day 🙌
*Post surgery Rehab
*A new Veterinary Referral
*A Vets own horse LC Farm and Equine Vets who is one of the greatest 💪
*Performance Horses
Obviously a picture of Latta and myself was needed 😂😂

This evening spent doing something different 🙌 Marking!!!!!Sometimes you have to remind yourself how far you’ve come.
11/08/2026

This evening spent doing something different 🙌 Marking!!!!!
Sometimes you have to remind yourself how far you’ve come.

A little bit of a story but showing the importance of consistency and determination with your rehabilitation 🙌Back in De...
10/08/2026

A little bit of a story but showing the importance of consistency and determination with your rehabilitation 🙌

Back in December last year, I was referred a horse from a Sports Medicine specialist at a large referral hospital.
The owner contacted me and their rehabilitation journey started with me towards the end of January.

A lovely 10 year old mare that was showing poor performance in her work.
Following a full veterinary examination and diagnostics, there was underlying pathology discovered in her Cervical Spine in several places and significant compensatory changes within her static and dynamic posture.

After a full assessment with myself, we came up with a timed and structured rehabilitation plan based on the evidence and information we had.

The owners followed the plan religiously, remained consistent in their progress and didn’t ‘jump’ stages out of frustration, whilst still receiving regular assessments and treatments with myself and communication and updates passed onto the Vet.

I reassessed this mare ridden today, and although we are far from perfect, we now have a horse that has a completely different frame, an ability to work at times in a beautiful outline. No gadgets, no force, just sympathetic, correct and the time spent when needed on the ground re educating where we needed it.

You cannot build longevity and function on top of significant dysfunction. It just simply won’t work for the long term.

So my advice to anyone rehabbing? Take your time, get the right knowledge and people around you that don’t want ‘quick fixes’ but that are committed to not just a ‘rinse and repeat’ approach.

It doesn’t always go to plan but if you do everything right from the start, you are setting your horse up correctly to have a damn good shot at correct function again 💪

* Story shared by permission of the owner

It’s not about the technique. It’s about understanding the why?In equine therapy, techniques are only truly useful when ...
08/08/2026

It’s not about the technique. It’s about understanding the why?

In equine therapy, techniques are only truly useful when we understand why we are using them.
Simply treating the same area over and over again because it feels tight, sore, or restricted isn’t necessarily addressing the underlying issue and most of the time it’s not!

A muscle might be tight because it is compensating.
A restriction might be there because another area isn’t functioning as it should.
A horse may keep presenting with the same problem because people are treating the symptom rather than understanding the reason behind it or what could be causing it.

This is why assessment, observation and understanding the horse as a whole are so important.

The goal shouldn’t be to have a toolbox full of techniques and party tricks and simply work our way through them.
The goal is to be able to ask:

“Why am I doing this?”
“What am I trying to change?”
“What is this horse telling me?”
“And does what I’m doing actually make sense for this individual?”

Good therapy isn’t about doing more.
It’s about doing what is appropriate, purposeful and informed for that horse, at that moment FOLLOWING the assessment and this may involve other key members of the multidisciplinary team.
Because when we understand the why, the technique becomes a tool because we know what we are trying to solve, rather than the treatment itself.

08/08/2026

🚨 STOLEN VEHICLE – PLEASE SHARE 🚨

One of our veterinary trucks was stolen from the Elton area last night, and we’re asking our local clients, followers, and the wider community to please keep an eye out.

The vehicle is a grey Nissan Navara with registration KY69 TTO. It has the Fellowes Farm Equine Practice logo displayed on both sides.

⚠️ Please note: We have other similar grey Nissan Navaras at the practice with similar registration numbers, but the stolen vehicle is the one ending in TTO.

If you see this vehicle, please:
📞 Call us immediately on 01487 773333, or
📞 Report its location to the police by calling 101.

Your help in sharing this post and keeping an eye out is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Whilst I’m off on annual leave I had the privilege of being invited to the VIP Horses Inside Out preview of the Anatomy ...
07/08/2026

Whilst I’m off on annual leave I had the privilege of being invited to the VIP Horses Inside Out preview of the Anatomy Exhibition yesterday afternoon with Emma Dyer - Performance Coach. As usual Gillian’s skill and dedication to Equine Anatomy wowed us all and it was lovely to have time to catch up 🙌
If you are able then please take the time to try and visit the exhibition that is running from 7th to 28th August and tickets can be purchased from her website www.horsesinsideout.com

I hope you’ve all managed to stay cool today 🥵 I’m off for a few days now as I age another year tomorrow 🫣 It’s going to...
04/08/2026

I hope you’ve all managed to stay cool today 🥵
I’m off for a few days now as I age another year tomorrow 🫣
It’s going to be a strange one this year for obvious reasons.
I know I have a couple of bookings pending and I have you all in mind and will make a plan.
A couple of my smaller clients today who are equally as deserving of being assessed and treated. Clearly Indie wanted to assist me and get in on things!!😂

Horses are experts at being FUNCTIONALLY DYSFUNCTIONAL!A term that my clients will hear a lot from me.If we choose to ig...
02/08/2026

Horses are experts at being FUNCTIONALLY DYSFUNCTIONAL!
A term that my clients will hear a lot from me.

If we choose to ignore postural changes and dysfunctions, there will never be an improvement to its functional movement and it will lead to an injury!

However, if we address postural changes and dysfunctions, then it WILL improve functional movement and will lead to the prevention of certain injuries and pathological changes occurring.

If we choose to address overloading structures and aim to improve strength, stability and functionality then we will have a much healthier horse that is built for longevity. However achieving this is not a 5 min process after a one off treatment, it takes time and patience.

A horse will become habituated in its movement patterns even if it is in a dysfunctional way, so we have to really look at whats happening and aid it by pressing a reset button

It just takes a little time to look at whats really in front of you and ask a couple of questions.

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