Kirstin Becker

veterinarian & Coach

From rider and pony/horse owner

veterinarian, manual therapist (physiotherapy, chiropractic and osteopathy)

to patient, lecturer and coach.

Knowing different perspectives helps me understanding others better.

Lifelong learning is my motivation.

About me

1996

Licensed as a veterinarian after completing her veterinary medicine studies in Hanover


1996 - 1998

Thesis student position at the equine clinic of the TiHo Hannover


since 1998

Presentations at various national and international conferences


1999 - 2002

Practical experience in small animal and equine practices


2006

Specialist veterinarian for chiropractic (Austria)


2002 - 2018

Private practice for animal chiropractic, osteopathy and acupuncture


Since 2003 – today

Speaker for the International Academy for Veterinary Chiropractic (IAVC) in Germany and England


2003 – 2017

Speaker for Options for Animals (USA)


2017 – 2024

Speaker for biomechanically correct riding (BKR) - Angela Lohmann


Since 2023

Veterinarian & Coach Kirstin Becker


Since 2026

Speaker for the Lower Saxony Farrier School (NBvH)


 

Many more veterinary training courses:

Areas of interest: Biomechanics, lameness, hooves, training, physiotherapy, saddles and equipment, animal chiropractic, osteopathy


Student For Life - Further Education


2026

   Individual coaching days for manual therapists, veterinarians, and trainers (Speaker)

   Vetswithhorsepower: The Next Generation, Veterinary Conference in Oelde (Speaker)

   Vetswithhorsepower, veterinary conference in Oelde

   Horse Brain Science with Dr. Steven Peters (CO, USA), Level I Wegenstetten Switzerland

   Horse Brain Science with Dr. Steven Peters (CO, USA), Veterinary Congress, Lüsche

   Horse Brain Science with Dr. Steven Peters (CO, USA), Level I and II Fuldatal

   Professional meeting with Sophia Bethke

   Internship with Gene Ovnicek and Josie Gramm, Wittmann Farriery, AZ, USA

   FN Instructor Seminar: What is the horse trying to tell us? Horse welfare in focus.

   PM Online Seminar: Movement Analysis in Dressage Horses – Understanding, Prevention and Performance Development

   Training therapy for horse trainers, Vetcheck Academy CH (Speaker)

   Structure & Function of the Horse, Section Course, Vetcheck Academy CH (Speaker)

   Veterinary equine training therapy with Daniela Danckert (speaker)

   Western Saddle Fit with Wendy Winn, Littleton, CO, USA

   Internship with Dr. Barbara Page, equine veterinarian, Littleton, CO, USA

   Internship with Gene Ovnicek and Josie Gramm, Wittmann Farriery, AZ, USA

   Leipzig Veterinary Congress


2025

   4D Dressage Bootcamp with Karin Leibbrandt and Tessa Frank

   Individual coaching days for manual therapists, veterinarians, and trainers (Speaker)

   Hoof course with Sophia Bethke

   AVCA Annual Conference, Branson, MO, USA (Speaker)

   Webinar: Vet Rehab Summit 2025 Equine Track

   Humble Hoof Conference, Amesbury, MA, USA

   ELPO Conference International Lameness Prevention Conference, CO, USA (Speaker)

   Youth Day of the Hanoverian Association (Speaker)

   Clarification of rideability problems – a topic from different perspectives (Speaker)

   Rideability problems – advanced training for riders, trainers, and therapists, Verden (Speaker)

   IAVC Complete Spectrum of IAVC Vet. Chiropractic Techniques, Bern, Switzerland (Speaker)

   Training Therapy for Horse Trainers, Vetcheck Academy CH (Speaker)

   Training Days with Veronika von Rohrscheidt and Pedro Torres (Spectator) 

   Veterinary Training Therapy with Daniela Danckert

   Structure & Function of the Horse, section course, Vetcheck Academy CH (Speaker)

   Professional exchange days with Sabine Ellingerwww.dressur-design.de

   IAVC Logan Basic Technique with Silvia Marti Korff (Teaching Assistant)

   IAVC Advanced Sacropelvic Technique (Speaker)

   Functional Neurology with Maja Guldborg, Denmark

   Management of asymmetrical hooves, Lehrschmiede Verden (Speaker)

   Horse Health Days TTZ Isernhagen

   Aschheim training seminar – Diagnosis and therapy of cervical spine disorders

   Aschheim training seminar – Management of cervical spine disorders

   Webinar: Manual therapy for laminitis patients?! (Speaker)

   Webinar: The influence of the rider on the movement of the horse (Speaker)

   Webinar: Functional anatomy of the horse (Speaker)

   Internship with Gene Ovnicek, Wittmann Farrier, AZ, USA 

   Hoofcare Summit, KC, MO, USA



2024

   Roland Pausch course: Repair yourself

   IAVC Craniosacral Therapy Level 4 with Silvia Mart Korff, Sittensen, Germany

   Individual coaching days for manual therapists, veterinarians, and trainers (Speaker)

   Mental training with Rene Baumann

   Webinar: Lameness, asymmetry, or blockage? Diana Landskron

   Webinar: Osteodressage Course: Gait analysis

   Asymmetrical Hooves Lecture Evening: Stefan Wehrli and Daria Stöcker, Switzerland

   Structure & Function of the Horse, Vetcheck Academy Switzerland (Speaker)

   Advanced Manual Therapy: The Horse's Cervical Spine, Vetcheck Academy Switzerland

   (Speaker)

   Biomechanically Correct Riding by Angela Lohmann Modules I-III (Speaker)

   Swiss Veterinary Days Basel (Speaker)

   Rehavet webinar: The balance in the construction and movements of the horse 

   with Karel de Lange (2023)

   BKR Biomechanically Correct Riding, Germany (Instructor)



2023

   Webinar

   IAVC Horse, Saddle & Rider Interactions (Speaker)

   IAVC Important Concepts for Training and Rehabilitation of the Equine Athlete (Speaker)

   IAVC Advanced Veterinary Chiropractic: Clinical Management and Integration (Speaker)

   IAVC Educational Strategies (Speaker)

   IAVC Bridging the Gap: Therapies and Training of the Equine Athlete (Speaker)

   Internship with Veronika von Rohrscheidt, www.pferdekoerper-in-funktion.com

   Fascia course with Tina Hau

   Fascia course with Veronika von Rohrscheidt

   Training days with Pedro Torres

   BKR Biomechanically Correct Riding, Germany and Switzerland (Instructor)


2022

   Swiss Veterinary Days in Basel, Switzerland

   Various training days from a therapist's perspective: Sabine Ellinger, Markus Scheibenpflug

   IAVC Craniosacral Therapy Levels 1-3 with Silvia Mart Korff

   FFP Conference: Training and conditioning of sport horses – from the psyche to biomechanics

   Veterinary training therapy with Markus Scheibenpflug

   Saddle course with Selma Latif

   Veterinary Congress Leipzig

   BKR Physiotherapy concepts for riders

   Internship with Veronika von Rohrscheidt, www.pferdekoerper-in-funktion.com

   BKR Biomechanically Correct Riding, Germany and Switzerland (Instructor)


   


2021

  ABNR Training and Physiology II

  IAVC Advanced Animal Chiropractic, Cervical Module, Sittensen, Germany (Speaker)

   FN Seminar: How does my horse move? Practical explanation of biomechanics, Bremen

   FN Seminar: The saddle and the horse's conformation

    Treatment options and management of horses with orthopedic pain, multimodal approaches for practice

   Stammer©Kinetics: Equine Functional Movement Analysis and Dynamic Myofascial Mobilization 

   ABNR Training and Physiology I

   BKR Biomechanically Correct Riding Germany and Switzerland (Instructor)


 

2020

  IAVC Advanced Animal Chiropractic, Sacropelvic Module, Sittensen, Germany

  Preliminary study on biomechanically correct riding, Institute for Sports Medicine, Zurich

  Healing the Energetic Body of the Horse

  Neumünster Farriery Conference

  Leipzig Veterinary Congress

  BKR Biomechanically Correct Riding Germany and Switzerland (Instructor)




2019

  IAVC and ABNR Applied Biomechanics and Rehabilitation: Biomechanics, Gait Analysis, and Lameness Correlations

  IVCA Annual Conference – Functional Biomechanics and Laterality in Horses

  ELPO Conference on the Prevention of Lameness in Horses (Speaker)

  ELPO Ambassador Award

  Stammer©Kinetics, Dynamic Myofascial Mobilization

  Dogs in Motion

  Werkman Springgames Hoof Meeting, Netherlands

  Vluggen Osteopathy Course

  IAVC Advanced Animal Chiropractic, Clinical Integration I Module, Sittensen, Germany (Instructor)

  Myofascial Kinetic Lines in Horses and Dogs (Instructor)

  BKR Biomechanically Correct Riding (Instructor)


2018

  Saddle Trust Research Conference

  Myofascial Kinetic Lines in Horses and Dogs

  Rehabilitation of the Sport Horse

  Quadruped Logan Basic Techniques (Instructor)

  Hoof Care Summit, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

  BKR Biomechanically Correct Riding (Instructor)


2017

  IVCA Annual Conference – Veterinary Chiropractic Overview and Research, Optimization of the Riding System, Florence, Italy

  LUWEX Hoof Symposium (Speaker)

  The Horse's Hoof and Ankle, USA (Speaker)

  ELPO Equine Lameness Prevention Organization, Myrtle Beach (Speaker)

  Focus on sports and leisure injuries – Special features in the treatment of horses and dogs

  NeuroStim® Intensive Training

  Equine Orthopedics Internship, Colorado, USA

  Werkman Springgames Hoof Meeting, Netherlands

  Hoof-Equine Orthopedics Balance

  Craniosacral therapy

  IAVC Advanced Animal Chiropractic, Sacropelvic Module, Sittensen, Germany (Instructor)


2016

   Stammer©Kinetics, Movement Analysis and Functional Mobilization II

   IAVC Advanced Animal Chiropractic, Clinical Integration II Module, Sittensen, Germany (Instructor)

  Veterinary chiropractic for pets

   Myofascial relaxation techniques for animals

  Duplo Hoof Seminar in Isernhagen (Instructor)

  Osteopathy Compact for Small Animals, Visceral System: Myofascial Osteopathy, GGTM

  Fascia Hands-on – Simple Techniques from Fascia Treatment

  IAVC Advanced Animal Chiropractic, Clinical Integration Module I, Sittensen, Germany (Instructor)

  The Horse's Knee Joint – Orthopedics for Practice and Clinic


2015

   Chiropractic Internship: Diversified Chiropractic Techniques II and III, MO, USA

   IAVC Advanced Animal Chiropractic, Extremities Module, Sittensen, Germany (Instructor)

   The Horse's Hoof and Ankle (Instructor)

   Stammer©Kinetics, Movement Analysis and Functional Mobilization I

   EVSO European Veterinary Society for Osteopathy Annual Conference

  Introduction to Chinese Herbal Therapy, Bruce Ferguson (Australia), Qi-Academy Gangelt, Germany

  Chiropractic Internship: Diversified Chiropractic Techniques I, MO, USA

  Craniosacral Therapy for Animals, Silvia Marti Korff (Spain), IAVC, Germany

  Saddle Symposium Leipzig

  Physiotherapy for Dogs – Assessment and Advanced Mobilization of the Spine, Laurie Edge-Hughes (Canada), IAVC, Germany

  Werkmann SpringGames Hoof Conference, Tolberg, Netherlands

  Advanced Animal Chiropractic, Cervical Spine Module, Sittensen, Germany (Instructor)

  Chiropractic Manipulative Reflex Technique (CMRT) and Sacro-Occipital Technique (SOT) II

  Chiropractic Internship: Myofascial Release, MO, USA

 

2014

  Pulse Diagnosis Seminar with Are Thoresen: Diagnosis of Deficiencies and Treatment Based on the Pulse, Qi Academy Gangelt, Germany

  Advanced Acupuncture Bruce Ferguson (Australia), Qi Academy Gangelt, Germany

  Stammer Kinetics III, Stefan Stammer, Sittensen, Germany

  Examination and Mobilization of the Extremity Joints in Dogs 2, Laurie Edge Hughes (CAN), Ahlen, Germany

  Stammer Kinetics II, Stefan Stammer, Sittensen, Germany

  IAVC Advanced Animal Chiropractic Sacropelvic Module, Sittensen, Germany (Instructor)

 

2013

  Examination and Mobilization of the Extremity Joints in Dogs, Laurie Edge Hughes (CAN), Ahlen, Germany

  Eckard Meyners, Influence of the Rider's Seat on the Horse's Gait

  Stammer Kinetics I, Stefan Stammer, Sittensen, Germany

  Advanced Acupuncture Bruce Ferguson (Australia), Qi Academy Gangelt, Germany

  Acupuncture Course Qi Academy Gangelt, Germany

  Stammer Kinetics Intensive Training, Stefan Stammer, Germany

  International Therapists' Meeting in Tromso, Norway

  The Inner Round Table, Rosina Sonnenschmidt, Melhues, Berlin


2012

  Equine Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Narelle Stubbs (USA), Canine Rehabilitation Exercises, Emma Fretwell (GB) in Stockholm, IVCA 

  Luwex International Conference for Farriers and Veterinarians, Kreuth, Amberg (Speaker)

  Osteopathy Compact for Small Animals, Parietal System: Myofascial Osteopathy, GGTM

  Specialist internship with Daniela Danckert, introduction to the Stammer Kinetics method

 

2011-2012

  IVAS Acupuncture Course 9 modules, Germany

 

2011

  IAVC Advanced Animal Chiropractic Module, Extremities Sittensen, Germany (Instructor)

  Options for Animals Advanced Animal Chiropractic Module, KS, USA (Instructor)

  IVCA Structural Integration (“Rolfing”) in Animals

  Hoofcare Meeting for Barefoot Trimmers, Germany

  Options for Animals Advanced Animal Chiropractic Module, KS, USA, (Instructor)


2010

  Luwex International Conference for Farriers and Veterinarians, Kreuth, Amberg (Speaker)

  Research Seminar: Evidence-based Medicine: Study Design

  EDHV Hoof Conference at the Bargteheide Equine Clinic

  Myofascial Release Course for Horses and Dogs with Ruth Mitchell-Golladay (USA)

  EDHV Hoof Conference at the Lüsche Veterinary Clinic

  Hoof Conference at the Dortmund Farrier Conference

  Functional Neurology and Applied Kinesiology, IAVC (International Academy for Veterinary Chiropractic)

 

2009

  Luwex International Conference for Farriers and Veterinarians, Kreuth, Amberg

  Pain Management in Animals

  DHG Hoof Conference, Leipzig

  Kinesiotaping for Animals

  Postural Rehabilitation for Dogs and Horses, USA

 

2008

  Postgraduate course in osteopathy, I.C.R.E.O.

  Functional Neurology and Applied Kinesiology, IAVC (International Academy for Veterinary Chiropractic)

  IAVC Advanced Animal Chiropractic, Cervical Module, Sittensen, Germany (Instructor)

  Sacro-Occipital Technique for Animals, Options for Animals, Kansas, USA.

 

2007

  IVCA Craniosacral Therapy by Are Thoresen

  Week on NBC Hoofcare in the Netherlands

  Seminar with Mark Rashid

  Craniosacral Therapy and SOT for Four-Legged Animals, Options for Animals, Kansas, USA

  Craniosacral Therapy for Animal Chiropractors II, Backbone Academy, Germany

  Problem area of the cervical spine in horses – orthopedics and functional anatomy of the neck and back

  Complete Balance Technique 1-3, Complete Balance Center, Austria


2006

  AVCA American Veterinary Chiropractic Association Annual Meeting and Conference, Arizona, USA

  IVCA Certification (International Veterinary Chiropractic Association)

  Craniosacral Therapy for Horses, DIPO, Dülmen, Germany

  Complete Balance Technique 1+2, Complete Balance Center, Austria

  Logan Basic Technique for Four-Legged Animals, Options for Animals, Kansas, USA

 

2005-2006

  LEB(R)/S Module Course Training and Certification, Wolfratshausen


2005

  Reiki initiation, first and second degree

  Applied Kinesiology for Animals, IVCA, (International Veterinary Chiropractic Association)


2004-2025

   Instructor for the EAVC/IAVC  (European/International Academy of Veterinary Chiropractic) 


2004-2006

  Animal Chiropractic - Advanced Courses, Module Program and Certification, Options for Animals, USA and IAVC (International Academy of Veterinary Chiropractic, Germany)

 

2004-2005

  Wings Animal Kinesiology Module Courses and Certification

  Since 2004 Instructor for the EAVC (European Academy of Veterinary Chiropractic) (Instructor)


2002

  Animal Chiropractic, Module Course, Options for Animals, Hillsdale, IL, USA

  Examination and Certification by the American Veterinary Chiropractic Association

 

1999-2001

  Veterinary physiotherapy, module course in Bad Wildungen, Germany


1998

   Advanced training in acupuncture



Memberships in organizations


European Veterinary Society for Osteopathy Annual (EVSO)

International Veterinary Chiropractic Association (IVCA)

Society for Holistic Veterinary Medicine (GGTM)

Veterinary Society of Chiropractic (VSC)

Mensa in Germany eV