Rivkah Roth DO DNM® DAc DTCM Author of the equestrian reference handbook and teaching manual “A to Z Insights for Riders, Trainers, and Coaches — Old and New Dressage Concepts and Questions” released late fall 2023.

Natural health professional, published author and lecturer, international dressage trainer, retired GP judge, and Equiopathy founder, Dr. Rivkah Roth is a problem solver and dressage specialist with teaching experience since 1968.

• Follows biomechanical principals and the classical principles of Otto Lörke and the Swiss EMPfA (Swiss Military Horse Academy).
• Works with all levels, Basic to GP.
• Teaches how to get the results, when and why; not solely what patterns to ride.

Her transdisciplinary approach allows her to quickly spot connections or challenges and come up with personalized solutions. Dr. Roth troubleshoots biomechanical and musculoskeletal challenges and coaches the horses’ support team through the necessary alignment, mobilization, and therapeutic measures.

Difficult challenges are welcome. – Individual lessons, Intensive Mentorships, and Clinics are occasionally available online. Also offers online Equiopathy Consults and Treatment Coaching aimed to prevent, rehab, and optimize Horse and/or Rider. These online consultations and sessions are available in English, German, Swiss-German, French, Hebrew – understands some Dutch, Italian, and Spanish.

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Born in Switzerland into a horse environment at a time when the WWII scars were still visible , Rivkah’s path has since taken her to many parts of the world and into several fields of work. Now semi-retired, she focuses on sharing her acquired knowledge and experience with professionals and lay people alike.

A few highlights of Rivkah’s health career…

Doctorates in Osteopathy, Natural Medicine, Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine. In 2005 the North-American Examining Board of Natural Medicine Practitioners  presented her with the Doctor of the Year Award in appreciation of her dedication and contribution to the field of natural medicine.

Published Author with two cook books (in German) published in the mid 1970s and a series of ten titles about diabetes avoidance including At Risk? Avoid Diabetes by Recognizing Early Risk  – A Natural Medicine View published 2008 in English.

Founder of Equiopathy for Prevention, Rehabilitation and Optimization in the 1980s and the Natural Medicine Centre in 2004.

As an equestrian…

Rivkah is one of the last to have learned directly from a trainer of a German Olympian and former Otto Lörke mentee, before Rivkah became a private student of one of Switzerland’s top EMPfA trainers. She passed the Swiss National License LMS (all levels, all disciplines) in 1968, and became the youngest member ever invited to the prestigious VSCR (Swiss competition rider association). Since then she has trained and correction-ridden well over a thousand horses. Today, her heart rests in mentoring and instructing talented professionals.

Her active and former students have gone on to become professional coaches and competitors on five continents (incl. CAN/CEF 1 to 3, ISR 1 to 3, Dutch 3rd Level Instructor, USA, AUS), and have included 1986 Dressage World Championships alternate (CAN), 1986 National GP Kür Champion (CAN), 1992 Barcelona Olympics longlist 3-Day eventing (CAN), 2002 Young Horse Dressage World Championships Verden/GER (ISR), a World Cup dressage horse (CAN), many National, Provincial and Regional Champions at all levels (CAN / ISR / SUI).

“Getting optimal results is not about copying outcomes;
It is about perfecting each step along a proven path!” Rivkah Roth

Equiopathy clients for structural alignment include: some of the horses that Rivkah correction rode over the decades, and several big European competition and horse dealer stables, 30+ Swiss Nations Cup Jumpers, 50+ national and international Grand Prix jumpers, amid jumping, eventing, and dressage horses for international level and everyday riders from SUI, ISR, GER, IRL, NZ, AUS, GB, CAN, USA, etc.

In her six decades of training and teaching, and four decades of treating horses, Rivkah gained a reputation of spotting issues immediately and, thanks to her structural, anatomical, and biomechanics background, of being able to quickly come up with safe, effective, and personalized solutions for a large variety of challenges in horse and rider.

“Like Rider like Horse – Like Horse like Rider” – 1980 © Rivkah Roth DO DNM^®