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Omni Equus Research Center

Our mission is to inform and educate the cultural and horse communities as to new and improved methods of training and rehabilitation, as a means to ensure a solid, sound equine for life.

 

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What Drives Us

There are so many horses in need of rescue and rehabilitation every year. Too many simply do not find homes and it has been well documented that over 80,000 horses are euthanized or sold for slaughter monthly.

We at Omni Equus Research Center (O.E.R.C.) believe that more can be done to reverse these horrifying statistics than simple horse rescue and adoption. Our mission and commitment is to research and inform the horse community of alternative, more effective methods of training and rehabilitation that will not only provide more injured horses a second chance in life, but also prepare young horses’ bodies for a solid, sound, long-term life of work and service.

O.E.R.C believes that educating owners, trainers, riders and grooms on how the equine body functions, and applying that knowledge on a day-to-day basis to the horses they own and work with can lessen and prevent many crippling injuries that often sabotage, curtail or prematurely terminate a horse’s career and lifespan.

One of the harsh realities of life is that horses cannot choose or control their own destiny. Every day, young and old horses which, because of age and/or injury, can no longer fulfill their owner’s performance or role requirements, face an often painful and undignified end to a hardworking career in the service of sport and entertainment.

Our Mission

Omni Equus Research Center’s (O.E.R.C.) mission is to inform and educate the cultural and horse communities as to new and improved methods of training and rehabilitation.

Our goal is to research and develop innovative, effective ways to optimize equine athletic performance in race horses and performance horses through:

  1. Revolutionary, advanced methods of training
  2. Examination and documentation of the effects of training on equine muscles, bones, ligaments, tendons, and legs

About

Omni Equus Research Center

OERC was originally conceived as a new type of facility to measure and “prove” what types of therapies are successful and to what degree. Currently any results are subjective and results are whatever the practitioner tells you or you personally perceive.

OERC would like to test these various alternative therapies and modalities for furthering healing to really see what works. There are different ways of measuring the effects of these using scientific equipment. Before and after treatment, the movement of the horse would be measured and then again weekly. A pattern of improvement would be the goal.

Aleta McCormick

First, I have to say that I love exploring ways of helping horses using a Rolfing style of bodywork I learned back in the 80’s when I was working on human athletes and people with injuries. My human work became so predictable and the style of bodywork that I developed so successful that I just got bored.

To successfully transfer my method to an animal I have always had an affinity with was beyond exciting. Faced with a horse athlete (I began my journey in a hunter-jumper show barn) left me feeling lost and impotent. How to do this was as exciting as it was challenging.

To simulate the deep pressure I achieved on a human body using knuckles and elbows,