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Myofascial Lines - What Lies Beneath

Myofascial lines – sometimes referred to as the therapist’s map are chains of interconnected anatomical structures that direct the basic...

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Feb 28, 20224 min read

HOW YOUR HORSE BENDS

Lateral bend refers to the curvature of the horse’s spine around the rider’s inside leg on circles and corners. Theoretically, this should b

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The Paces: Part 3 - The Benefits of Canter

Oct 25, 20212 min read

The Paces: Part 3 - The Benefits of Canter

Biomechanical effects and benefits of canter. Top tips for assessing, training and improving your horse's canter. Includes slow motion video

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Oct 4, 20212 min read

The Paces: Part 2 - Trotting Tendencies

The biomechanics and benefits of trot and top tips for assessing, training and improving your horse's trot. Including slow motion video

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Aug 23, 20212 min read

The Paces: Part 1 - The Wonders of Walk

This blog looks at the biomechanical effects and benefits of walk as well as top tips for training and how to analyse your horse's walk.

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Horses Inside Out

Jul 20, 20213 min read

Help Your Horse Cope with Hot Weather

Clear blue skies, warm sunshine - as the temperature rises it's necessary to consider the effect it may have on your horse. Here's some tips

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Getting a New Horse - Welcome to Our Newest Team Member!

Jun 16, 20216 min read

Getting a New Horse - Welcome to Our Newest Team Member!

There's nothing like the excitement of getting a new horse. It is an exciting and fun opportunity to get to know your new equine...

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Feb 8, 20214 min read

Understanding Muscles and Fascia

This month’s webinar was on the subject of ‘Understanding Muscles and Fascia’. Being a Massage Therapist these are of course 2 of my favouri

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Dec 6, 20203 min read

How Pilates Can Help Your Horse

This week I was excited to join Gillian Higgins' latest webinar – Pilates For Horses. As many of you know I am a huge fan of Gillian’s...

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Dec 2, 20202 min read

Pilates for Horses - Part 4: The Tail

The horse's tail is an extension of the spine. So, using the tail in exercises not only affects the tail itself but also the spine all the w

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Nov 5, 20203 min read

Why you should Sign up for the Horses Inside Out Academy

Tonight (Weds 4th November 2020) was the second in a new series of live webinars from Gillian Higgins of Horses Inside Out.

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Your Horse's Back and How to Improve His Posture

Oct 10, 20205 min read

Your Horse's Back and How to Improve His Posture

When I discovered that Gillian Higgins from Horses Inside Out was going to be releasing a series of webinars I was so excited......

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Sep 4, 20201 min read

All About the Digestive System

Benefits of understangind equine digestive anatomy to improve managing feeding routines and horse nutrition programs.

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Training Your Horse from the Anatomical Perspective. Part 3: On the Forehand

Aug 21, 20204 min read

Training Your Horse from the Anatomical Perspective. Part 3: On the Forehand

On the forehand means the horse is out of balance. The forehand refers to the front half of the body which accounts for about 60%

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Training Your Horse from the Anatomical Perspective. Part 2: Engagement

Aug 14, 20202 min read

Training Your Horse from the Anatomical Perspective. Part 2: Engagement

To create engagement the horse must be supple and flexible through his back. The joints in the hind legs will flex and then straighten to pr

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Training Your Horse from the Anatomical Perspective. Part 1: Hollow Back Posture

Aug 7, 20203 min read

Training Your Horse from the Anatomical Perspective. Part 1: Hollow Back Posture

A hollow back is one of the most common poor postural positions seen in the horse. It prevents the horse stepping through correctly, leads t

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Pilates for Horses - Part 3: In Hand Exercises

May 15, 20203 min read

Pilates for Horses - Part 3: In Hand Exercises

This is the third in a series of blogs sharing Top Tip videos and extracts from my book Pilates and Stretching for Horses. This time we focu

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Pilates for Horses - Part 2: Exercises using Reflexes

Apr 27, 20203 min read

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Pilates for Horses - Part 2: Exercises using Reflexes

As we are all restricted with what we can do with our horses at the moment, I wanted to share some exercises that you can easily do with...

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Pilates for Horses - Part 1: Carrot Exercises

Apr 6, 20202 min read

Pilates for Horses - Part 1: Carrot Exercises

This is the first in a series of blogs sharing top tip videos and extracts from my book Pilates and Stretching for Horses. As we are all...

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Looking After Older Horses - Freddie Fox

Mar 24, 20206 min read