So you've read Part 1, and you're back for more? Great! Read on... If not...go read it now, or watch the video below for a crash course! (Actually, watch the video anyway...there are a few updates I'll discuss in more [...]
18 November 2017 As I pulled out my beloved violin to play a favourite Scottish folk tune before heading to bed one night earlier this year—something that has become a meditative ritual after playing infrequently for so long since walking [...]
This piece by Caroline Larrouilh of Proud Horse Connections was originally published in 2014 and is shared here with permission. Thank you to Caroline for so beautifully articulating these thoughts and encouraging others to look deeper when something is amiss. Mystery Lameness [...]
Doing Rehab Right The 5-Part Guide to digging deeper in order to heal the whole horse (and coming out the other side with your sanity intact) The Camel, The Performance Horse & The Last Straw Part [...]
In recent times, and I’m sure sometimes to the frustration of my clients, I have become much stricter about referring clients on for veterinary examination and diagnostic workups. This is for a whole host of reasons, with a few including [...]
Differentiation between gymnastic and cybernetic muscles "The gymnastic muscles are the most important and strongest skeletal muscles, responsible for rapidity and power of impulsion. Their innervation is relatively light, with one motorneuron servicing approximately 1000 myofibrils. The cybernetic muscles, [...]
Nov 6, 2015 I have a bone to pick with Sid the Sloth and his kin. When other mammals were evolving to a certain pattern, these lazy little freeloaders sidestepped the gatekeeper in their DNA and decided to misbehave. [...]
Sep 27, 2014 Muscles need anchors to function… But what happens if you are born with malformed cervical vertebrae that lack a crucial anchoring point? This is the case for a large number of thoroughbred horses – and the subject [...]
Picture yourself seated in the Equestrian La Mancha indoor arena, warm rug over your knees, and a hot, herbal tea cupped in your hands. Looking to your left and right, you see 37 other equine bodyworkers, vets and wellness [...]
Breathing easy… We take it for granted. Yet, when a horse holds their back with tension, they also hold their breath. In the same way, a horse whose breathing is not so easy, cannot help but hold their back. [...]
