top of page
helene richard equine osteopath
WHO AM I ?
Since my earliest childhood in the south of France, where I was born, I had always been passionate about animals and horse-riding. After living for 6 years in Jordan, where I guided horse-riding trails in the desert, I began to realize that I wanted to dedicate myself to animal well-being and health.
In a small village in the Wadi Rum desert, I looked after twenty horses, dogs, sheep, goats and camels. This 4 legged team had me face a lot of different challenges: troubles, affections, pathologies, injuries and diseases.
To help them and treat them, I had to use all the resources at my disposal, often isolated in the middle of the desert and in emergency situations, only helped by the precious advice Jordanian veterinaries could give me over the phone.
I also had the chance of getting an Equine Osteopath coming from France, to treat the horses every year, who made me discover this amazing manual therapy that brings the body to his full power of functioning and capacity of healing itself.
This experience in Jordan has expanded my knowledge, and has naturally drawn me to animal care, health and Osteopathy.
All these animals have taught me a lot, they were my inspiration and I never miss an occasion to visit them in this beautiful country where they continue to live their life in the care of my bedouin friends.
I left Jordan to immerse myself in a 5 years full time course and training in Animal Osteopathy at the "European school of Animal Osteopathy" in Brighton, England.
After graduation, I moved back to France, where I live now and practice my passion in Toulon, Provence.
Fluent in English and Arabic, I often travel abroad to give animal Osteopathic treatments, particularly in Jordan and Poland.
My work is my passion. Each new day and each new animal I have to treat provides a new challenge that offers unlimited possibilities and rewarding results.
For an osteopath, acquisition of knowledge is endless. Therefore, even though I have completed my training and am a certified professional, I keep on learning and often attend post-graduate courses to improve my abilities.
Hélène Richard
Ostéopathe animalier équin et canin à toulon
 |  |  |
|---|---|---|
 |  |  |
 |  |  |
 |  |  |
OSTEOPATHY FOR ANIMALS
Osteopathy is a practice that centers on life, based on movement and biology. All living beings function, broadly speaking, according to the same principles.
Like us humans, animals have a body, made of bones, muscles, a heart, a digestive system, skin, a brain, nerves and even emotions! Just like us, they can feel pain, stress, sadness and depression.
Animals also need osteopathy and osteopathy shouldn't just be used to cure limps. Body pains can be incredibly varied. Animals also have their aches and deserve to feel well.
Animals too can feel a dull chronic pain that can cause them to feel depressed and unhappy.
They can experience headaches, silently suffering, only expressing unease, accelerated breathing, fatigue, a change in behavior… These changes can sometimes unfortunately be misinterpreted as laziness, a consequence of aging or something that will probably take care of itself…
No! It is never normal when a horse tries to bite when saddled. These kind of signs should never be ignored!
And the fact that they've been behaving like that for a long time doesn't make it normal!
bottom of page