๐โโ๏ธI often get asked if a ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ?
The simple answerโฆ.
โ YES
Can you relate?
Case study information:
๐ดHorse: TB gelding
๐ดAge: 14years old
๐ดWork level: Medium - heavy work, 5 days per week. Medium dressage, eventing, hacking and lunging work.
๐คทโโ๏ธ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ?
๐ Leaning on the forehand
๐ Difference in canter right to left
๐ The trainer has noticed that the rider is dropping through her shoulder and torso right
๐ Reluctant to maintain collection in canter
๐โโ๏ธ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต?
๐ After listening to the owner
โ Full history was taken
๐Observation of the horse in the stable,
๐ด Assessment of all three paces,
๐ Full body palpation looking for areas of heat, tension and patterns of compensation,
I was drawn to ๐๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐ก๐๐ญ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ก๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐.
๐The pictures above show ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ, roughly 45mins apart. A full body treatment was performed with tailored exercises given to help support and body immediately after treatment.
๐Additional advice was given to the owner to have her body checked for any patterns of compensation, as I tend to find that the rider and horse mimic each other!
โค๏ธRemember that the ๐๐ค๐๐ฎ is always trying to ๐จ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ก.
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