# EP249: Postural Rehabilitation with Dr Judith Shoemaker & Dr Karen Gellman Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/horse-training-in-harmony-1316447/ep249-postural-rehabilitation-with-dr-judith-shoemaker-dr-karen-gellman Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/horse-training-in-harmony-1316447/ep249-postural-rehabilitation-with-dr-judith-shoemaker-dr-karen-gellman.md Podcast: [Horse Training in Harmony](https://stenobird.com/podcast/horse-training-in-harmony-1316447) Published: 2025-12-19T16:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://dressagenaturally.net/podcast-library/ep249-postural-rehabilitation-with-dr-judith-shoemaker-dr-karen-gellman Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/ec6ff337-cc25-4348-b55e-468e0d257062.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/horse-training-in-harmony-1316447/episodes/ep249-postural-rehabilitation-with-dr-judith-shoemaker-dr-karen-gellman Duration seconds: 3291 ## Resource In this episode I am joined by Dr Judith Shoemaker and Dr Karen Gellman. They talk about Postural Rehabilitation and why horses may not respond to treatment. It is often due to underlying imbalances and they discuss different areas you’ll want to look at. Free webinar about Postural Rehabilitation . About the Guests:   Judith M. Shoemaker , DVM, is well known practitioner and educator in integrative veterinary medicine and therapy.  A 1980 graduate of the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Shoemaker's 32 year experience in clinical practice focuses on holistic medicine and therapy, utilizing chiropractic, acupuncture, state of the art dentistry and farriery, and multiple other complementary modalities.  Licensed in 16 states, she provides comprehensive maintenance, therapeutic management and consultation for top competitors, and companion animals, in the US and internationally.  Dr. Karen Gellman holds DVM and PhD degrees from Cornell University in animal locomotion biomechanics. She has advanced training and certification in veterinary acupuncture and veterinary chiropractic, and has practiced these and other holistic modalities since 1995.  She teaches about posture, biomechanics and holistic therapies to veterinarians world wide, is research director of Maximum Horsepower Research and practices holistic veterinary medicine in New York State, and on a consulting basis.  In 2024, Dr. Gellman revived the popular Postural Rehabilitation program, with co-teachers Dr. Judith Shoemaker and Alexander Teacher Elizabeth Reese, offering Postural Rehabilitation Professional training online for equine professionals and Postural Rehabilitation for Horses for riders and horse enthusiasts.  About the Host: Karen Rohlf, autho… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/horse-training-in-harmony-1316447/episodes/ep249-postural-rehabilitation-with-dr-judith-shoemaker-dr-karen-gellman/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/horse-training-in-harmony-1316447/ep249-postural-rehabilitation-with-dr-judith-shoemaker-dr-karen-gellman.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.