Helen Woolley was born in Cambridgeshire, UK in 1969. She graduated from the Queen Elizabeth School of Physiotherapy in 1990 and worked in the N.H.S. for many years, specialising in Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics. Helen went on to work for the army as a Chartered Physiotherapist before moving into Private Practice firstly in the UK then in Germany.
Helen’s interest in horses developed after working at an army polo stables in Germany and then at the Paderborn Equestrian Centre.
On a posting to the United States she was fortunate enough to train with Mary Schreiber, qualify as an Equine Sports Massage Therapist and become a member of the International Association of Animal Massage Therapists.
She has worked at yards in Kentucky, USA; Germany; Holland and the UK, assessing and treating many types of sports horse, including polo ponies, dressage horses, racehorses and three-day-event horses.
Helen has also been the Manager the Rheindahlen and Elmpt Saddle Club and co-ordinator of the special Needs Riding Group in Rheindahlen. She is also an active member of the Bovington Dorset riding For the Disabled.
Helen is a Fellow of the International Society for Animal Professionals. The International Society for Animal Professionals (ISAP) was founded to improve animal welfare around the world.
The purpose of the Society is to provide a focus point to all interested parties around the world and to promote international cooperation and common standards of good practice when working with animals.
ISAP aims to encourage dialogue and better understanding of difficulties and different methodologies, to recognise experience and academic achievement and by so doing, work towards an improved existence for all animals worldwide.
She is married to Monty, a serving Cavalry Officer and has two children, Jade and Bertie, whom both ride. Helen continues to practice as a Chartered Physiotherapist combining this with treating horses and teaching Equissage Europe.
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