101 - Light Therapy and Animals: You Can't Placebo a Horse with Tina Colter

101 - Light Therapy and Animals: You Can't Placebo a Horse with Tina Colter

December 28, 2025 · 1h 11m

About this episode

Tina Colter discusses her experience with phototherapy patches and their impact on animal healing.

Tina Colter has been an equine and canine therapist for over 20 years. About 5 years ago, her horse's life was saved by phototherapy patches. What she saw was so profound that she decided to incorporate the patches into her practice and has been using them ever since. Why is this important? Well, for the skeptics thinking that the claims made by the manufacturer of these patches simply are a placebo effect... you can't placebo a horse! For the back story on what these patches are, please listen to episode 097 with Darlene Greene. In this episode, Tina shares how phototherapy patches not only transformed her practice but literally saved her horse’s life after a devastating injury. Discover how these patches are making a difference for animals and people alike, and why Tina now uses them as a core part of her healing work. In today's show: 1:02 – Meet Tina Coulter: equine and canine therapist, and her introduction to phototherapy patches 1:27 – The injury that changed everything: Tina’s horse faces a life-threatening situation 2:37 – How phototherapy patches reduced swelling and sparked recovery in one day 3:41 – Bringing patches into her practice: real-time pain relief for horses…

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Host: Sascha Kalivoda

Guest: Tina Colter

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