An Atlas of Equine Musculoskeletal Anatomy
with human comparative anatomy
Aimed at human physical therapists (including osteopaths, chiropractors, physiotherapists and other body workers), who are adding equine treatments to their repertoire, this atlas presents the horse's anatomy in a traditional format, from osteology through to neurology and angiology.
Just as in human practice, a thorough knowledge of anatomy allows a true understanding of what you are feeling under your hands. And of course, we already know most of it anyway - the horse’s anatomy is not all that different from human anatomy - most of the structures are, to all intents and purposes, the same, it’s just the little differences that add up to them appearing rather different at first glance!
I found that it was easiest for me to learn the equine anatomy by focusing on the similarities to the human, and then noticing the differences, and so that is the way I encourage students and owners to learn too.
These comparisons with human anatomy, assist in learning and translating those human therapy skills onto horses, while at the same time, offering you new insights into your human patients!
The human comparative anatomy may even refresh some, possibly forgotten, details from your undergraduate days.
This exciting new second edition has been completely revised, with major updates and additions including the micro-anatomy of the musculoskeletal systems, physiology of muscle, and recent advances in knowledge of fascia and its relationship with the structural stability and recovery from injury.
Presented in three volumes:
- The Thoracic Limb;
- The Pelvic Limb (2nd edition coming soon);
- The Head, Neck & Back (2nd edition coming soon).
Recent comments
"Volume 1 is a uniquely comprehensive resource and I’m thrilled I stumbled across it. I’m an equine bodywork certification student and hope Volumes 2 and 3 will be released soon."
"I can’t wait for the other volumes!!"
"I have a collection of recently purchased anatomy books, over 20 of them.
The Thoracic Limb book is the one I am going to sit down to read cover to cover.
I LOVE all the equine anatomy drawings in this book! I see more information I can use as a horseback rider than in any of the veterinarian authored horse anatomy books.
I want the next two volumes!!!!!"
Sisson's Anatomy of the Horse
Edited & abridged for Physical Therapists
Sisson’s textbooks have been an invaluable resource to students of the veterinary sciences for over a hundred years and the 1914 edition of 'The Anatomy of the Domestic Animals' by Septimus Sisson, has been a favourite of mine since I began studying equine anatomy. Sisson's writing style is clear, concise and beautifully descriptive. The only downsides being the often out-dated anatomical terms and names and the inclusion of many latin versions. These tended to break the flow of reading and comprehension for me and so I edited it for my own use - replacing the terms with those that are most commonly in use nowadays.
When I started teaching my associates, I recommended the text to them, but realised that it was still rather inaccessible. So I abridged it to remove the chapters on the other animals (dog, ox, pig) and also sectioned it into the three main regions of the horse (thoracic limb, pelvic limb and head, neck and back). It therefore became a concise, easily readable study guide.
I purposely left Sisson’s language and style mostly intact with only a very few updates. Much in the way that I find reading texts by a writer for whom English is not their first language more stimulating - their minor mistakes in grammar or pronunciation actually hold my attention more than a perfect text; the older language of Sisson also retains a stronger hold on my concentration. I hope it has a similar effect on you!
The illustrations, I have generally left alone, just with a some enhancement to make them a little clearer - obviously the reproduction of the drawings in such an old text is not perfect, but they are a basic guide.
These three volumes now form part of the required texts for my “Equine Anatomy for Physical Therapists, with Comparative Human Anatomy” courses, alongside my anatomy atlases of the same name.
Presented in three volumes:
- The Thoracic Limb;
- The Pelvic Limb;
- The Head, Neck & Back.
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