Jessie Schneider "True Balance" Equine Therapy

10/01/2024

I’m putting together a bodywork trip to the Okanagon Thursday/Friday this week! Let me know if you want to book a spot. ✨

08/15/2024

I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Stanton of Stanton Equine Veterinary Services last week!
If you haven’t listened to this podcast it is absolutely worth it!

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/horse-poor-podcast/id1494551684?i=1000489668608

05/02/2024

I’m putting together a bodywork trip to the Okanagon! Shoot me a message if you want to book a spot!

04/07/2024

This week is going to be a bodywork week! I’m putting together a trip to the Okanagon and one north towards Cache Creek! Shoot me a message if you want to book a spot!

06/29/2023

There’s always so much to learn!

Caesar on Biotensegrity Part 2
Eight months later, I returned to the same barn for another clinic. The clinic organizer introduced me to one of the farriers caring for Caesar. The man said, “I heard that Caesar is sound.” I say yes; he is sound. The man said. “I have been fired because I shod him with wedge pads, and it did not improve the horse,” I told him; you had been fired because the equestrian industry turns in circles around the problem instead of addressing the problem. Ten professionals took care of Caesar for one year, and no one could restore soundness. The reason is that everyone fitted the horse to what they knew instead of looking beyond the paradigms. I investigated advanced research as it would have been useless to look in directions you had already explored. Scientific studies looked at the fascial tissues surrounding the elements of the navicular apparatus as a possible cause of pain. The man said. “I know fascia, but I never heard anything like that,” I told him. If you have time, join me during my lunch break; I will tell you what I know.
I did not expect he would be interested, but he joined me for lunch. I talked about the fascial tissues that are everywhere in the navicular apparatus. I discussed the enthesis, where the deep digital flexor tendon gradually integrates into the coffin bone. I talked about the many receptors in this area. The man listened and said, “I could not have corrected this problem from the shoeing. The rider should have,” I said; that’s my point. You were asked to resolve a problem you could not resolve alone. The farrier who helps me with Caesar balances the hooves on flat shoes, and I balance the horse. I summarise for you numerous equine veterinary studies. Instead of looking for a lesion, the vets could have read the studies, but they would have asked you to balance the hoof even if they did. The forces acting from the horse’s back down onto the hoof are ignored, mostly because traditional equitation does not permit management of the direction, intensity, and frequency of the forces acting from the horse’s back down to the hoof. The idea that the rider can be the horse’s best therapist is foreign to the veterinary world. However, riders must upgrade riding and training principles to actual knowledge to be efficient.
I taught Caesar how to convert the hind legs thrust into upward forces through his thoracolumbar column muscular system. The better he was at doing it, the lighter the weight on the fascial tissues and the enthesis between the deep digital flexor tendon and the coffin bone. Authentic balance took care of the intensity of the forces loading the forelegs allowing the tissues to remodel. The education of Caesar’s back muscles included correcting muscle imbalance and other asymmetries, such as inverted rotation, which affects the direction of the forces loading the lower legs. The frequency of the forces was related to the horse’s frequency. Caesar has been rushed forward, and I slowed the cadence considerably.
The man commented. “It is no way that I could have done that from the hoof,” I responded, and from the ten professionals who took care of Caesar, you are the only one interested in understanding how soundness was restored. We shake hands. It was a firm, honest, and respectful handshake.
Jean Luc

06/26/2023

I may have some time this afternoon in Kelowna for last minute bookings! Send me a message if you want to get booked in!

06/04/2023

06/02/2023

02/25/2023

Who’s ready to get riding? Let’s get your partners feeling their best to start the year out right! 🦄
I’m going to be in the okanagon next week so if you want to book your horse for a treatment shoot me a message!

06/07/2022

Cause and effect
This article has some good visuals and is definitely worth the read.
Never stop learning
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Rear hooves may present with broken hoof axis, underrun heels or medial lateral imbalance. Unlike front feet where these imbalances most commonly cause foot pain, in the rear feet the changed biomechanics cause pain higher up the limb. Addressing rear hoof imbalance should be as important to treat o...

05/24/2022

Merritt and area friends! I will be headed over there this week if anyone wants to book their horse in for a treatment! 🦄

04/20/2022

I will be headed to Princeton tomorrow and have some spare time in the morning if anyone wants to book time for a treatment!🦄

01/07/2022

I heard a rumour that it’s going to warm up a little bit... 🌻 I’m starting to put together a trip to the Okanagon. Shoot me a message if you would like to book a spot for your horse! Let’s get thinking about spring and feeling great to get back into the swing of things✨

09/23/2021

Who’s enjoying this amazing fall weather?! I will be in peachland Friday and Saturday and in the North Okanagon on Monday with some time available both dates! Shoot me a message if you want to book a spot

08/19/2021

I’m headed for Clinton tomorrow and will have some time in the afternoon if anyone wants to book a horse between Clinton and Kamloops!
I will also possibly be headed for peachland on Friday... Shoot me a message if you have any questions!