Belvoir Vale RDA hosted the ACPEA Physio’s Conference 2024
ACPEA host their annual conference at Belvoir Vale RDA on Sunday 6th October 2024
ACPEA were very pleased to be welcomed to Belvoir Vale RDA and make use of their fantastic facilities to host this year's conference (the first in person since Covid-19). The programme included physiotherapy specific training in this field, demonstrations of hippotherapy and RDA sessions working in partnership with Belvoir Vale RDA and an excellent afternoon session with Karen Thompson, Advanced RDA coach, about long reining and leading to help get the best quality movement from the equine to help within equine assisted therapy sessions.
Hippotherapy demostration session
The programme including some ACPEA members watch some physiotherapy-specific training in this field, demonstrations of hippotherapy, and RDA sessions working in partnership with Belvoir Vale RDA.
ACPEA have members from across the UK and further afield who specialise in working within Equine Activities, such as:
Hippotherapy
Equine assisted therapy
RDA
National and International Classification for Para Dressage and Para Driving
Horse rider physiotherapy, treatment of injury and rehabilitation
Horse and rider performance including working with the British Paralympic equestrian teams
If anyone would like to find out more about ACPEA, visit their website - www.acpea.org
Jennie Wilkinson
Jennie is the North Midlands Regional Physiotherapist for RDA and also a committee member of ACPEA.
RDA groups within the North Midlands region are very welcome to contact Jennie Wilkinson directly or any of the ACPEA Physiotherapists if you have any questions, concerns or ideas to share including for future training, support, collaboration etc.
