Qualifications:

1986 Qualified as a Veterinary Surgeon from Munich University
1989 PhD in Molecular Cell Biology from Munich University
1989 move to England, since then lived in Wiltshire
1992 Qualification in Acupuncture (A-Diploma) DAAA (Germany)
2004 Postgraduate Diploma in Animal Manipulation (McTimoney College, Abingdon, Oxfordshire )

History with horses:
Always drawn to horses, I managed to keep my first horse against all odds and he came with me to England in 1989.My horses usually 'find' me rather than the other way around and usually have serious problems when they come to me, physically and/or mentally/ emotionally. I am currently with two geldings, 13 and 19 years old respectively, and a 6year old homebred mare.
I have always felt driven to explore every possible way to improve my horses' life and our connection. I found that there is no better teacher than the horses themselves.




Work and Private Life with Horses:
I treat mainly horses (and dogs) with the McTimoney technique and acupuncture. I have occasionally taken horses in to work more intensively with them, using groundwork, work in hand and ridden work as well as conventional and complementary medicine, physiotherapy, adjusting nutrition and management as needed.


References:

• Liz Gill (Saddlecombe Stud, Headley, Surrey): I have known Lissy now for more than 15 years and during that time she has treated a string of horses in our yard with both acupuncture and McTimoney manipulation.  She has always improved their way of going and we have all the horses treated regularly as part of their management to keep them in top shape for competing and training.
• Nicky Booth (Old Peartree Stud): One of our horses, Toby, a 4 year old TB gelding, wasn't suitable for racing, so we sent him away to be broken in as a riding horse. He developed a mystery condition involving severe weight loss from behind the withers onwards, excessive sweating and complete loss of energy. After extensive checks and blood tests we were advised by our regular vet that euthanasia seemed the only option. After 3 acupuncture sessions from Lissy he came back into work and has been completely back to normal, even getting quite cheeky.
• Peter Jones (permit holder National Hunt racing): I am very much old school and didn't really believe in back people or see a need for them. I asked Lissy because one of my horses really didn't fulfill his potential and always seemed very sore in his back. I really saw the difference and  he's won several races since - after 20 runs without a win! I now have all of my horses treated if I feel they need it and can see them moving so much better straight away after Lissy has seen them.
  
• Daphne Wieczorek (liveries, breaking and resting horses): Apart from Toby, whose story is told by his owner above, I have had numerous successes with Lissy's treatments. One of them was a 6 week old foal who went quite seriously lame without showing any indication as to the seat of the problem, ie no heat, swelling or tenderness anywhere. She walked and trotted lame 6/10. After a single McTimoney treatment she trotted out into the field perfectly sound and has remained sound. She also was not traumatised at all due to the gentleness of the treatment.
• Sally Butler (horse dealer's wife): When my own horse got very depressed, completely lacking any go I feared that might be the end of him. I didn't really believe in acupuncture or certainly not in McTimoney - I thought it couldn't possibly do anything as it seemed so gentle. After just one session incorporating both McTimoney and acupuncture Roland is back to his old self, jumping better than he has for quite some time. I was over the moon.
• Lucinda Green (Eventing icon): I met Lissy when she brought her two horses to my x country clinics. I really liked the way she handled her very different and quite difficult boys on all occasions. She also helped one rider who had tried to load her horse to go home for more than 3 hours without success. Within 20 minutes this horse walked in and out of the lorry without any problem.