No. 345. Barbara Parks & Suzzi Peele

Dental Balance and how it impacts the body.

Suzzi Peeler is a lifelong lover of horses. While searching for more positive, healthy alternatives to care for her own horses, she discovered Neuromuscular Dentistry and was immediately enamored with it. She became a certified Neuromuscular Dentist in 2014. Suzzi thoroughly enjoys educating about the importance of dentition and the affect it has on the whole body. In 2018, she was given the opportunity to present Neuromuscular Dentistry for the Equine at the International College of Craniomandibular Orthopedics’ (ICCMO) national conference. Suzzi continues to immerse herself in studying the art and science that Neuromuscular Dentistry encompasses. She focuses her passion on increasing research in her field by specializing in the study of how the teeth affect proprioception, mobility, performance, and overall health of the horse.

Dr. Barbara Parks, PT, DPT, CERP is a physical therapist for horses and riders based in the Nashville, TN area. Barbara received her doctorate in physical therapy from Belmont University and her Certified Equine Rehabilitation Practitioner credentials from UT-Knoxville in 2018. She is also a PATH Intl. Certified therapeutic riding instructor and spent time teaching adaptive riding lessons prior to becoming a physical therapist. Barbara has a passion for positive reinforcement training and using clicker training in rehabilitative exercise and has pursued continuing education in equine bodywork, barefoot hoof care and composite shoeing, equine nutrition, and equine behavior and learning theory in order to provide a whole-horse approach to rehab and injury prevention. She lives on a small farm with her husband, 5 horses, 4 cats, and 3 dogs.