So what am I then looking for in each of these movements and what can the Locomotion Assessment tell me❓
Today I am going to focus on the Back-up
In the Back-up I am looking for:
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This month’s webinar Wednesday with Gillian Higgins, Horses Inside Out was the final in the current series and was entitled Polework and Gymnastic Jumping.
I think this was one that a lots of followers of Horses Inside Out have been looking forward to as including Polework and Jumping into your horse’s routine can be so fun but it’s also great to know about all the benefits…
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The Trot Up – why do we do it and what am I looking for❓
There are exceptions, however in most cases when I visit your horse I will ask to see them ‘Trotted up’
This is really a ‘slang’ term for a Locomotion Assessment.
Today I am going to focus on the Small Turns
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A couple of weeks’ ago I spend the day at Horses Inside Out HQ assisting Gillian Higgins with the Pilates for Horses Course.
This is a live course Gillian runs several times per year offering horse owners a chance to learn ways to help their own horses develop flexibility and strength using Pilates style excises.
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Last week I joined Gillian Higgins at Horses Inside Out HQ to help out for the day with the Massage For Horse Owners Course.
This is a live course that Gillian runs several times per year and is designed for horse owners to work on their own horses.
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In majority of cases there is no obvious lameness requiring veterinary care, and I am actually assessing minor restrictions and asymmetries in a horse’s movement that will benefit from Equine Massage Therapy ✔️
So what am I then looking for in each of these movements and what can the Locomotion Assessment tell me❓
Today I am going to focus on the Trot
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The Trot Up – why do we do it and what am I looking for❓
There are exceptions, however in most cases when I visit your horse I will ask to see them ‘Trotted up’
This is really a ‘slang’ term for a Locomotion Assessment.
As I only get a relatively short time to spend assessing and treating your horse I will start with a basic Locomotion Assessment and I will ask to see the following, on a hard surface and in a straight line……..
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One of the things I find myself discussing many times a day with my clients is ‘Top line’ and developing ‘Core strength & stability’ 💪🏻
Over time I have been constantly evolving the way I explain to clients what I am seeing and feeling in their horse and what we would hope to be able to achieve with their horse in order to create a horse with a healthy posture both statically and in motion 🐎
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This week I was invited back to Horses Inside Out HQ to assist in a filming day all about the Digestive System of the horse.
The day’s agenda was a mixture of informative promotional video for Protexin Equine Premium and an educational video that will be made available to purchase very soon on the Horses Inside Out Academy.
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This month’s webinar from Gillian Higgins of Horses Inside Out was the penultimate in the ‘Webinar Wednesdays’ series.
I have been really looking forward to this webinar as I think it is so important for people to be aware of how young horses grow and develop and how they can help prepare their young horses for ridden work at the appropriate time in their lives and in the most appropriate way.
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Today I wanted to talk a bit about Proprioception and Proprioceptive Conditioning.
This is something I talk to most of my clients about but for many different reasons.
But what is proprioception in relation to horses❓
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Some of you may remember that last year I was lucky enough to be selected as Brand Ambassador for the Horses Inside Out Annual Conference in February 2020 after entering a competition on Facebook.
This meant I got to attend the conference and post about it on social media.
It was at the conference that I first saw Vibeke Elbrond and heard her talk about the Myofascial Lines in the horse.
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Every month I look forward to Gillian Higgins’ webinars.
‘Webinar Wednesdays’ have been running monthly throughout lockdown, and each webinar has been jammed packed with information and learning opportunities.
This month I have been especially looking forward to as it’s one of my favourite subjects, and something I am often discussing with clients – Understanding and assessing your horse’s posture.
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This week I was really excited to get out to my first LIVE CPD course since the pandemic shut everything down!
Finally a chance to get some more learning experience face to face with actual real people and horses.
I chose to book onto a course with Jo Rose of Rose Holistic Therapies and Training after hearing great things about Jo from some of my peers.
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This week I was very fortunate to be invited to spend the day with Gillian Higgins from Horses Inside Out to help out with some filming for an up coming project.
I was given the date, time and address of where to be but I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect, I was however very excited!
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Those of you that have been following my social media may have seen that I have recently been experimenting with balance pads with my own horses.
I have had a couple of horses recently that I have been treating that for one reason or another required a way to increase their core strength and stability but in a relatively low intensity way, which got me thinking and researching!
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Today I wanted to share with you a little bit about how horses sleep 💤
They are very different to humans and other animal such as dogs and cats 🐕 🐈⬛
Most people know that horses can sleep standing up, thanks to a special combination of bones, tendons and ligaments in their body known as the ‘stay apparatus’
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This evening I was lucky to get a space on the SOLD OUT webinar with Gillian Higgins from Horses Inside Out discussing The Horse’s Neck.
The webinar was split into 4 sections:
· Anatomy of the neck
· Biomechanics of the neck
· How the head and neck position affects the rest of the body
· Q & A session (where Gillian will answer questions asked my live webinar attendees (a benefit of having tickets to the live
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One of my clients this week, who incidentally has been around horse for more than half a century, mentioned to me that for the first time when watching the horse racing, and thanks to the wonders of slow-mo, they had noticed that as the horses were galloping their fetlock joints were almost touching the floor 😳
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This week I have been really excited about the return of ‘Webinar Wednesdays’ with Gillian Higgins of Horses Inside out.
This month’s webinar was on the subject of ‘Understanding Muscles and Fascia’
Being a Massage Therapist these are of course 2 of my favourite subjects!
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