Gillian Higgins is a 27 year old equine therapist who is changing the way that people around the country understand horses. Providing a sight rarely seen by anyone except for veterinary students, Gillian shows the public exactly what is happening inside a horse, from the skeletal framework, to the muscles, tendons and digestive system. But don’t let that scare you off, no horses are harmed in the making of her presentations! Freddie and Henry are Gillian’s horse helpers and they’ve made it through plenty of presentations unscathed.

Gillian brings equine anatomy to life by painting the horse’s skeleton, the inner muscles and the digestive system on the sides of the horse’s body. Using colourful hypo-allergenic paints, Gillian’s drawings are intricate and realistically rendered, allowing the eager onlookers at her presentations to gain a better understanding of what makes horses tick. Gillian is an animated speaker and her enthusiasm for equine anatomy is contagious. Lively and educational, her Horses Inside Out presentations detail equine anatomy and biomechanics, helping owners and riders learn how to reduce injury and improve performance in their animal while maintaining top physiological condition.

Gillian has brought her Horses Inside Out presentation around the UK with the help of Equine Premium probiotics from Protexin, who have sponsored her for 2009. Gillian has had a busy lecture and demonstration tour in 2009, and Equine Premium have been a presence at her events, with product and advertising displays as well as exhibits.

Equine Premium supported Gillian’s influential Horses Inside Out conference in April 2009, where Gillian and a panel of experts gave in depth lectures and demonstrations for trainers and physiotherapists on equine anatomy. Equine Premium will also exhibit at Gillian’s next Horses Inside Out conference, in April 2010. Equine Premium’s successful stand at Your Horse Live in 2008 featured Gillian and her horse Freddie. Freddie demonstrated the equine digestive process and the importance of probiotics, and Gillian gave daily lectures. Equine Premium will also attend the lecture series which Gillian is hosting this winter, featuring a number of well known visiting experts who will speak on a variety of equine health issues at the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester.

Gillian’s rising profile has been helped by the release of her book ‘How Your Horse Moves’ earlier this year, and her Horses Inside Out DVD, which came out on the 11^th of November. Gillian’s unique anatomical presentations have also been garnering her attention from the press recently, as the BBC, ITV, The Times and The Daily Mail have all run stories on her.

Equine Director Jonathan Nelson is extremely pleased that Gillian has been receiving so much positive feedback and press coverage for her work. “Gillian Higgins has taken a simple and inspired idea and executed it exceptionally. Her Inside Out presentations have increased awareness on how we can reduce injury and improve performance and condition, and she’s also helped educate the public on the importance of good digestion – something we at Protexin know plenty about.”

About Equine Premium

Equine Premium is a range of supplements from Protexin, the experts in veterinary probiotics. This range of supplements helps to bolster and support the levels of gut microflora, or ‘good’ bacteria, in the horse’s gut, to ensure a healthy digestive and immune system. Gut Balancer, Quick Fix and Acid Ease provide solutions for the everyday situations the horse may be in, such as stress resulting from competitions and travel, excess acid in the stomach, or simply topping up the levels of ‘good’ bacteria in the horse’s gut to ensure optimized feed digestion. Horse owners will be happy to know there’s no danger of a horse ‘overdosing’ on any of these supplements, so they can be matched with any feeding regime. Equine Premium looks after the horse’s inner health so that horse and rider are ready for any challenge.

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