Welcome to Caninenergy Ltd.

The company is dedicated to providing first class complementary health care to our canine friends!!

Welcome to the Caninenergy™Ltd.  programme in the United Kingdom and Brazil!  Caninenergy courses are presented in conjunction with Caninology Inc., the well-known education company that is based in the United States and offers a worldwide programme in all aspects of canine complementary healthcare science. 

Caninenergy™ Ltd. is owned and managed by Nicole Rombach who attained the Equinology Inc. Master Equine Body Worker® certification in 1999 and the Caninology Canine Body Worker certification in 2004. Her time is divided between working on clients’ horses and dogs and organising the full curriculum of equine sports massage and other related courses in the United Kingdom and Brazil. Nicole also teaches some modules of the Equinology programme, including the Equine Stretching and Range of Motion Techniques workshop and the Equine Spine and Pelvis Dissection course. She is a chief tester for theEquinology Equine Body Worker® certification examinations worldwide.

She is the founding member and Chair of the United Kingdom and Brazil divisions of the International  Equine Body Worker Association (IEBWA), which serves as a regulatory body and network for qualified Equinology Equine Body Workers throughout the world.

NICOLE ROMBACH
APM, EMEBW, CCBW, MSc., PhD (Cand)

Nicole attained the ITEC human massage qualification in 1997, the EEBW Equinology Equine Body Worker® certification in 1998 and the EMEBW Equinology Master Equine Body Worker® certification in 1999 and has since taken most of the courses in the Equinology Specialised certification series.  She holds the Caninology Canine Body Worker certification and also completed the Masters Degree programme in Animal Manipulation (small and large animals) from the McTimoney College of Chiropractic and University of Wales in the United Kingdom.

From 2003 to 2009 she was based in São Paulo, Brazil where she worked in direct liaison with various veterinary clinics, focusing on complementary therapies for sports performance horses to Olympic level. She travelled to national competition centres and private clients throughout Brazil and in other South American countries.  In addition, she carried out thermographic imaging in conjunction with equine veterinarians to aid their diagnostic procedures. Thermography was also used to assess hoof balance, saddlefit and changes in thermal patterns following sports therapy sessions. In addition, she regularly worked with an established clientele of dogs.

In September 2009 she enrolled at Michigan State University for a PhD programme at the McPhail Equine Performance Center / Large Animal Clinical Sciences. Her main interest lies in the effect of complementary therapies on equine locomotion and rehabilitation, with a specific focus on equine neck pain.

Nicole regularly lectures at various universities and for professional associations and was a guest speaker at the South American Veterinary Conference in Rio de Janeiro in 2003 and 2004 as well as at the 2004 CESMAS meeting in Oslo, Norway. Shehas since been involved in lecturing for a leading Brazilian educational institution on a post-graduate qualification in veterinary physiotherapy for small and large animals and lectures at various universities in the USA. She  travels to Europe and Brazil on a regular basis to teach some of the modules of the Equinology course curriculum and to work on her established clientele of horses and dogs.

In her spare time she produces her own horses for dressage and showjumping competitions, and she currently holds Brazilian state and national titles.