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Aromatherapy is a holistic healing treatment that uses natural plant extracts to promote health and well-being. Sometimes it’s called essential oil therapy. Aromatherapy uses aromatic essential oils medicinally to improve the health of the body, mind, and spirit. It enhances both physical and emotional health. Aromatherapy is thought of as both an art and aContinue reading “Using essential oils as a part of your horse’s care”

Fascial connections we rarely talk about are the ones inside the thoracic cavity! Sometimes we struggle with the horse’s body and even when we do everything right the horse is still unbalanced. This can be because the musculoskeletal structure can mirror the visceral restrictions in the body. Ie. the nerves, circulation, organs and internal structuresContinue reading “The body as a whole body when helping your horse”

What is the difference between turnout for your horse and being turned out for a period of limited contact with people and more contact with horses. Turnout in this case can be defined as a period each day outside in a field or paddock with or without a group of horses. Turned out would beContinue reading “Turned out vs. turnout?”

A difficult horse ‘Maybe keep this one on two ropes – he can be a little tricky’ (at least this is more honest than the admission that ‘ah yes he did bite and kick the last one’ or even ‘my goodness I’m amazed she went in with you after the awful trauma she had inContinue reading “Giving horses ‘the choice’ in life, training and therapy.”

Careful tack and girth choices together with a little ground work can produce a big payoff in your horse’s performance! It doesn’t matter if your horse carries you for leisure rides in the forest, pulls a cart fast around a track, jumps puissance or is a dressage diva, they will benefit from exercises that improveContinue reading “The rectus abdominus muscle and how core training works”

Horses suffer back pain and this is well documented and recognised but quite difficult to diagnose as it often is hidden or accompanies other more obvious issues like hind leg lameness. The spine is the central mechanical structure holding the majority of the heavy internal organs and digestive system, while carrying the cranial nerves alongContinue reading “Back pain in horses”

We can use the fact that horses have mirror neurones to help build our horse’s confidence, body pattern and movement

– Equine lameness, a quick hop through some key points! (Yes pun intended- sorry) Seventeen quick points to think of about equine lameness – I know – I tried to make it ten or twenty as it would be so much neater but it came out at seventeen……so here we are! 1. A forelimb lamenessContinue reading “My horse just doesn’t seem quite ‘right’”

Clipping your horse in winter Remember that if you clip your horse in any way a blanket will be necessary on those cold days and certainly at night. When blanketing any horse, clipped or not, never leave blanket on without checking every day. In checking your horses blanket every day you are carefully watching hisContinue reading “Clipping horses”