Service Menu and Pricing
Prices changes go into effect February 1, 2025. New pricing and service descriptions are below.
A trip charge may be applied for appointments more than one-hour from Madison, WI. A cleaning fee may apply. I accept cash, venmo, or paypal. Gift Certificates may be purchased for any of the service options.
NEW: Functional Osteopathic Bodywork
It does not include lameness testing or chiropractic movement. It is not a replacement for veterinarian care or medical treatment.
Initial Appointment
Step 1: Complete Body and Gait Analysis
Body-photos standing square
Gait- walk, trot, canter (if applicable), circle, rein back
Step 2: Musculoskeletal Assessment
Gentle osteopathic assessment of natural movement of joints from poll to tip of tail, ribs, pelvis, and all 4 limbs
Step 3: Bodywork and Stretching
Based on findings in Steps 1 and 2, gentle articulations, oscillations, soft tissue techniques, and stretching
$140 for 2-hour session
NOTE: This is a very busy appointment. Your horse must be groomed and ready. You will need to assist me in documenting our findings on a form I provide.
Maintenance Appointment
Updated Complete Body and Gait Analysis,
Bodywork and Stretching based on findings at Initial Appointment and Updates.
$105 for a 1.5 hour session
Not available without Initial Functional Osteopathic Bodywork Appointment or as a stand-alone option.
Add-on to Maintenance Appointment
Customized Corrective Exercises
Based on findings at Initial Appointment and goals.
$35 for an additional 30 minutes.
Not available without Initial Functional Osteopathic Bodywork Appointment or as a stand-alone option.
4 Appointment Packages
$410 per package: 1 Initial Appointment + 3 Maintenance Appointments
$504 per package if you include Customized Corrective Exercises
Customized Appointment Plans Available
If you have a unique concern or goal for your horse, we can design a plan to help your horse. Some situations could be post surgery or injury care, pre-show season prep, post-show season tune-up, pre-show warm ups, new horse, rescue horse.
Standard Bodywork
Standard Bodywork and Stretches with Basic Body and Gait Analysis - 60-90 minutes
A mixture of hands-on techniques or modalities based on your concerns and what your horse and its body tells me to release muscle and fascia tensions.
$50 per session, $180 for a 4-pack
$60 per session, $216 for a 4-pack (2/1/2025)
10% discount for 4 or more sessions. Shareable between 2 people at 1-2 barns or multiple horses at 1 barn.
Maximum of 6 horses per day.
Standard Bodywork and Stretches, Basic Corrective Exercises with Basic Body and Gait Analysis - 2 hours
This is three-part appointment: bodywork and stretching like above, plus in-hand groundwork using ground poles. Ideal for strengthening stabilizing muscles and soft tissue, post-injury fitness building, senior horses, or general education for horse owners. If leg stretches are not easy for you to do, this is an alternative to help your horse. I ask that the owner have 3 ground poles set up, ideally with cavalettis. If you don’t have ground poles, let me know in advance.
$100 per session, $360 for a 4-pack
$120 per session, $432 for a 4-pack (2/1/2025)
10% discount for 4 or more sessions.Shareable between 2 people at 1-2 barns or multiple horses at 1 barn.
Maximum of 4 horses per day.
Standard Bodywork Intensives - 5 consecutive days
Five consecutive daily sessions.
Standard Bodywork and Stretches: 1 hour
$360 per package; $300 per package (2/1/2025)
Standard Bodywork, Stretches, and Basic Corrective Exercises: 2 hours
$600 per package; $600 per package (2/1/2025)
Sessions may include a customized plan for your horse, hand-walking, bodywork, and stretching. Pictures and videos will be taken during each session and shared with you.
This experience is ideal for the horse that:
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- is generally sore,
- has never or rarely had bodywork,
- has recently been released back to work by a vet after an injury or illness,
- is aging with new creaks and cracks,
- deserves a lil’ extra love,
- trains for performance in a competitive setting,
- takes the winter off for a lil’ RnR, or
- is your best boy or mare and you want to monitor your horse’s general fitness.
I ask that you schedule all 5 sessions prior to the start of an Intensive so we may coordinate our calendars.
NOTE: During the Intensive and a day or two after, it is recommended to not ask your horse for a typical or demanding workout under saddle or in-hand in addition to the Intensive. This allows the horse’s body and mind to adjust to the work being done during appointments. It is recommended to gradually return to normal workouts over the course of the next 3 workouts.
A LA CARTE
For Established Clients Only
VIRTUAL Options
Body and Gait Analysis, or
Riding Analysis
from your pictures and videos
$30 for 30 minutes, each
IN PERSON Options
Body and Gait Analysis, or
Riding Analysis
$70 for 1 hour, each
These are deeper level assessments of how your horse is using its body and what kind of bodywork or corrective exercises would be helpful.
Barn Days
Mini Appointment topics include:
-Grooming for the Body, not the Dust
-Stretches for your Horse
-Body and Gait Analysis for Beginners
-Winter Fitness with Ground Poles
-Senior or Unrideable Horse Fitness
-Senior or Unrideable Horse Bodywork Techniques
-Bodywork Techniques for the Young Equestrian
-Scar Tissue Relief
If you and your barn friends are looking for shorter appointments or educational opportunities, I am offering a list of fun options to learn more DIY bodywork strategies for you and your horse! Contact me to set up a day at your barn!
Gift Certificates
Now offering gift certificates! I can customize your gift with your friend and horse’s names, and the number of sessions being gifted. Please select an amount from the current options. Text me to customize and purchase your gift.
Service Information
Equine Functional Osteopathic Bodywork
When I work with your horse, I use a mixture of techniques or modalities based on your concerns and what your horse and its body tells me.
Standard appointments typically last 1-1½ hours and include a conversation about your concerns and updates, visual observations of your horse standing and moving, pictures and videos to capture the current status, bodywork, and maybe stretching and even corrective exercises. I may use a variety of brushes, curries, and a massage gun depending on what we are trying to accomplish.
Functional Osteopathic Bodywork includes Musculoskeletal Assessment as well as Body, Gait and Riding Analysis,
I also offer Corrective Exercises and Mini Teaching Appointments at your barn.
Coming soon: All clients have access to a private Dropbox folder where I share photos and videos from their appointments and they can send me photos between appointments. There is no extra cost for this and clients do not need a Dropbox account.
Modalities
Jack Maegher’s sports massage; Home Study, 2018.
Holistic Horsework’s Accredited Musculoskeletal Unwinding; Home Study, 2021.
Level 1 Tensegrity Balancing Therapy; In-Person Clinic, 2023.
Accredited Equine Rehab Therapist Program graduate, including use of massage gun. Hosted by the Association of Certified Equine Therapies and taught by Superior Therapy LLC; September 2023.
Reiki I, II and Animal Reiki; The International Center for Reiki Training; in progress.
Equine Functional Osteopathy 1-year Certificate Programme; Animal Osteopathy International; January 2025.
Please Note
I ask that the owner be present to groom your horse if needed, hold your horse during the appointment, and provide information about any concerns you have.
Appointments are typically between 1-2 hours, and I come to you.
I am not a veterinarian, vet tech, osteopath or equine chiropractor. I cannot provide any medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment protocols or recommendations. I am not good fit if you have an injury that you are currently working through the healing process with your vet. At this time, I do not do work on stallions, foals, yearlings, or mares who are pregnant, nursing, or being prepped for breeding. I do not offer pulse or light therapy, acupuncture, or chiropractic work.
Service Area
My primary service area is within 1-hour of Madison, WI. I am willing to travel further based on the number of horses and a trip charge may apply. The pin markers on the map indicate where my clients are located. I work with training, boarding and private barns.
I try to schedule as many appointments in barn or geographic groups when possible. The maximum number of horses in a day is six.
If you would like to join on an existing day, please plan for a 90-minute window so I can touch base with you about your horse and concerns, work with the horse for 60 minutes, take before and after pictures and videos, and then make my post-session notes. Also, if you are at a different barn, please give me travel time.
As I make new connections, my service area continues to expand. I am currently looking for introductions in the highlighted areas. If you know someone with a horse who would value my services, I would greatly appreciate an introduction. If that’s not your style, but you are comfortable to share my contact information, I would greatly appreciate that too!
Contact
It is best to text or message me on the socials, as I cannot answer calls when working with a horse.
Soft Eyes Equine Bodywork is a division of CallaPlan LLC.