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What Happens When You Skip Core Training?

What Happens When You Skip Core Training?By: Jenny Adamson Published on: 14/04/2025

5 Long-Term Risks Horse Owners Should Know If there’s one thing I’ve learned over 13 years as an equine physio, it’s this: ignoring your horse’s core is like ignoring the foundation of your house.

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What Happens When You Skip Core Training?

Why Core Strength is Essential for Your Horse

Why Core Strength is Essential for Your HorseBy: Jenny Adamson Published on: 24/03/2025

Did you know that many horses struggle with back pain—often without obvious signs? One of the most common conditions that affects horses’ backs is kissing spine (overriding dorsal spinous processes, or ODSP), a painful condition where the vertebrae in the back come too close together or even touch. 👉 But here’s the good news: The right core-strengthening exercises can make a huge difference in preventing and managing back issues like this!

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Why Core Strength is Essential for Your Horse

Kissing Spine Mindset

Kissing Spine MindsetBy: Jenny Adamson Published on: 20/05/2024

How do you get in the right headspace when your horse has been diagnosed with kissing spine?? How do you maintain positive energy and mindset as you go through the rehab? How do you stay grounded, and develop your horses confidence after major surgery, when you are out of your depth, feeling alone, struggling emotionally with it all, and scared of getting it wrong?? How will you know if your horse is in pain again? And how do you manage your mind as you prepare to get back on your horse??

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Kissing Spine Mindset

Long term management of 'kissing spine' in horses

Long term management of 'kissing spine' in horsesBy: Jenny Adamson Published on: 14/08/2023

The reality with owning a horse that has had kissing spine, is that it’s going to be a lifelong commitment to maintaining your horse and ensuring they are exercised correctly, they are strong enough to do the work asked, and that they are pain free. The ‘end’ of your initial 12 week plan (or similar) isn’t the end of the situation.

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Long term management of 'kissing spine' in horses

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