The Balanced Rider

The Balanced Rider The Balanced Rider is run by physiotherapist Clare Howard specialising in horse rider and carriage driver physiotherapy and biomechanics

Physio Al Fresco The last patient on the final evening of Royal Windsor Horse Show The carriage drivers tend to create l...
22/05/2026

Physio Al Fresco

The last patient on the final evening of Royal Windsor Horse Show

The carriage drivers tend to create little villages in the lorry field, not just out of lorries from the same nation but overlapping with neighbouring nations who compete together regularly.

This lorry had been the living quarters for the German 🇩🇪 carriage drivers, dormitory for the 🇩🇪 ladies, and temporary physio clinic for several nations.

On Sunday evening it was all packed up like a 3D jigsaw/ Tetris; ready for leaving in the middle of the night - meaning al fresco physio on a gorgeous evening.

Thank you to everyone for your awesome hospitality

The Back in Action The Mobiliser System was in high demand with Clare Howard the official show physio at Royal Windsor H...
22/05/2026

The Back in Action The Mobiliser System was in high demand with Clare Howard the official show physio at Royal Windsor Horse Show in the medical centre.

It’s a fabulous piece of equipment, that I wouldn’t be without as part of my physio kit. Great to finish a physio session, or a stand alone treatment that can be used several times a day.

I even sent one of the doctors home with it, as he’d hurt his back at the end of the last day - he’s already feeling better.

What better distraction technique (pun intended) for painful hand physio than watching world class 5* showjumping at Roy...
22/05/2026

What better distraction technique (pun intended) for painful hand physio than watching world class 5* showjumping at Royal Windsor Horse Show

Day 4 at Royal Windsor Horse ShowOnce a year I get to drive a 4cc buggy around Windsor Castle 🤣 trundling around the sho...
21/05/2026

Day 4 at Royal Windsor Horse Show

Once a year I get to drive a 4cc buggy around Windsor Castle 🤣 trundling around the show-ground with my physio kit on the back 😀

Today is the Driving Marathon day and several of the drivers book in either before or after to optimise their performance 🤩

Spending time with the drivers never feels like work 🤩

Thank you Swingletree Photography from Windsor 2025

Day 5 at Royal Windsor Horse Show catching up with Gregory Wathelet having met at Longines Global Champions Tour in Lond...
21/05/2026

Day 5 at Royal Windsor Horse Show catching up with Gregory Wathelet having met at Longines Global Champions Tour in London last summer

Apologies there was no watermark or id on the professional photo 😀

Rider physiotherapy at Royal Windsor Horse Show😀 I’m extremely lucky to treat many of the top showjumpers in the world a...
20/05/2026

Rider physiotherapy at Royal Windsor Horse Show😀

I’m extremely lucky to treat many of the top showjumpers in the world at the UK 5* shows; including Daniel Deusser 🇩🇪 and his awesome groom Renaudet 😎

Rider physio is part of the 1% Club, attention to small details ensures big success. When the difference between 1st and 2nd is 0.3 seconds and the total prize pot is €500,000 the smallest details matter 🤩

Grooms clinics on Day 3 of Royal Windsor Horse Show 🤩I’ve got a soft spot for grooms 💛Each evening a different groom hos...
19/05/2026

Grooms clinics on Day 3 of Royal Windsor Horse Show 🤩

I’ve got a soft spot for grooms 💛

Each evening a different groom hosts a physio clinic in their horse lorry. Tonight at Paul Collier offered his exceptionally tidy lorry 👌

Paul is the awesome groom to Jack Whitaker, and Kerry Finch is epic groom to John Whitaker; both of which had a successful show 😎

“Are you sitting comfortably?”I’m very pleased to have been asked to contribute to an article in Horse & Hound this week...
19/02/2026

“Are you sitting comfortably?”
I’m very pleased to have been asked to contribute to an article in Horse & Hound this week on rider biomechanics.

Super article written by Catherine Welton, featuring Clare from The Balanced Rider, and fellow physios Sarah from Meadow Physio & Pilates, Jennifer from Pegasus Physiotherapy, Dr Jane Williams from Hartpury and Tamsin from Classical Rider Training

🌟Lovely start to 2026 🌟Super to catch up with Emma Bailey and Purdey 😀
05/01/2026

🌟Lovely start to 2026 🌟
Super to catch up with Emma Bailey and Purdey 😀

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