101 - Equine Anatomy and Introduction to Pathologies                                  

102 - Behavior, Handling and Safety                          

103 - Health/Bio-Security  

104 - Animal First Aid & Bandaging           

105 - Massage Techniques

106 - Introduction to Biomechanics and Gait Analysis

107 – Saddle Fit & Rider Issues           

108 – Myofascial Techniques

109 – Stretching Techniques

110 – Hydro-therapy

111 - Business Practices, Marketing, Presentation Skills/ Ethics  

112 - Internship

Theresa Gagnon -   Instructor

While animals have always been her passion and she has owned dogs, cats and horses from a very young age, Theresa began working professionally as a veterinary technician in 1992, working primarily with small animals. She is a Certified Veterinary Technician in MA and has taught at the college level in a Veterinary Technology Program. Theresa is certified in animal massage and a licensed (human)massage therapist.

Massage and energy work have always interested her as well. She witnessed first hand the benefit of equine massage when one of her horses had a lameness problem that was resolved with the application of massage. After studying with Jack Meagher, she started to use the massage skills on horses in training. Many of the "training problems" such as refusals and inability to take the correct lead disappeared.

She added Reiki certification to her list of skills and veterinarians she worked with started to request that she restrain animals for them because the animals would relax when she put her hands on them. In 2000 she became certified in Equine massage and has been massaging horses ever since. She has worked as an assistant horse trainer using massage and energy skills to help horses do their jobs better.

It seemed like a natural transition for Theresa to transfer her skills to small animals, since they are athletes, too. She regularly massages dogs at agility events. Theresa is trained in CranioSacral Fascial Therapy, Repetitive Use Injury Therapy, Equine Natural Movement, and is a Reiki II practitioner. Theresa also operates her own animal and human massage business - Free Movement Massage.