๐คทโโ๏ธ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ!
The answer is here! ๐
Why? Is it only me?
NO!
You are not alone!
Letโs talk about the wonderful gift that is our horse/ dog.
Their bodyโs, like ours, are always adapting (changing) in relation to their environment.
๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ?
๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ.
Internal refers to :
โ Food
โ Nervous system - parasympathetic switch
โ Physiology
โ Injury
External refers to:
โ weather
โ Ground/ terrain
โ Tack
โ Rider
โ Other animals
โ Management
โ Farrier
โ Vet
โ Us
When we start listing the potential factors that are always ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ด lives, it is not such a shock to see why our animals do not โ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ข๐โ.
โค๏ธThe ๐๐ค๐๐ฎ is an ๐๐ข๐๐ฏ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ข which is constantly trying to self heal (heal itself) and remain in homeostasis for survival.
๐๐ฐ๐ธ โฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ซ๐ถ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐น โฆ
Most of us assume that once the vet has identified the lameness and explains the treatment process, start doing a little dance because our brains start telling us things like:
๐โThank god!โ
๐โThis explains a lot!โ
๐โ Thatโs a relief, now how soon after treatment can I kick on?โ
9/10 of us are so overwhelmed that we forget to ask โฆ whyโฆ
๐โโ๏ธ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ซ๐ถ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ?
We all know that animals are mammals and that they can run and slip and or fall over, this is all part of being an animal.
๐ฝ๐๐
Is the injury our horse/ dog has due to an accident ?
๐๐ง
Were they predisposed (higher chance) to having this injury due to their:
๐คทโโ๏ธconformation?
๐คทโMusculoskeletal system?
๐คทโโ๏ธMental state?
๐คทโYour mental state?
๐คทโโ๏ธAge?
๐คทโBreed? Etcโฆ
The ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ is injury or no injury our animals are ๐๐ก๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ข ๐ค๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐.
๐คMaybe rehab is the wrong word.
When it comes to rehab, we need to ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ and energy towards ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐๐จ๐จ and realising that it is a process. A slow, ever adapting process that will allow us to build a ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ with our animals.
๐คAt the end of dayโฆ
Isnโt that why we have animals?
๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ช๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ช๐จ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ช๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐ฉ๐๐, ๐จ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐.
๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ that your horse or dog is always going to change and that their posture, way of going and behaviour will change according to their environment will help take the frustration out of rehabilitation.
Once we have come to terms with this, did you know that you are the key to helping your horse or dog heal?
โญ๏ธThe beauty about owning a pet or a horse is that you spend a lot of time with them and therefore know them better than anyone else. Playing devil's advocate here, when you end up spending a lot of time with your horse/ dog, sometimes you are not aware of the changes happening before you.
๐โโ๏ธHowever, there is an ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป to this.
๐๐ฃ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ
๐คทโโ๏ธ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ค๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐?
Itโs that simple! The key is to ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ to observe and monitor.
There really is no right or wrong answer, however taking action is important.
Over the past three years, I have noticed patterns in your horseโs bodies.
I have also been listening to you all and recognise that you can heal your horse!
All you need is an ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ก๐ก๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ช๐๐๐ in which you can identify your horse's ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด and ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด and then improve these with simple at home exercises.
๐ด๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ.
๐ค๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ?
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