Injury prevention - taking the force out of the limbs
The way that I look at horses is holistically, meaning I look at the whole horse, not just the areas that are injured, painful or dysfunctional.
And something that I have learnt and see regularly is that horses learn to compensate for issues in their body by avoiding/locking one area, so that the weight of the rider and forces of movement have to be absorbed elsewhere in the body.
I’ll give an example to explain what I mean.
A horse that has been ‘jarred up’ because he...
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Equine Physiotherapist & Rehabilitation
Hi I'm Jenny Adamson, I'm an Equine Physiotherapist, Rehabilitation Specialist, Spinal Manipulation Therapist and Mindset Coach. I'm passionate about corrective training, and helping horse owners to get through rehab successfully, physically, mentally and emotionally, to get back to enjoying their horses again!
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