JT Veterinary Physio and Coaching

11/11/2024

My next Swansea dates are currently full 🫶🏻
I am currently working through the list, sorting out times for you all ☺️

20/10/2024

I am absolutely done!
🤬🤬🤬

18/10/2024

Ladies and gentleman, today we have a new leader of Jen’s tallest client 🏆

The lovely Clydesdale mare, Gwennie 🥰
I made sure I remembered my box today!

09/10/2024

3 years of regular treatments for Miss Eadie!!
With dedication, hard work, regular work and regular saddle checks, she is like a different horse 😍
Joanne Davies

I think Eadie enjoyed tonight’s massage 🥰
Joanne Davies
Every time I have treated her, she has responded differently but definitely for the better. Today we had lots of yawning followed by a proper snooze! And she stood like a statue for the entire treatment. It’s so nice to see that everything is working for her as there were minimal issues tonight! I look forward to seeing how she progresses over the winter 🔥

29/09/2024

BEFORE ➡️ AFTER

Obviously not a before/ after treatment pic, as unfortunately I cannot make hair grow that quick 🤣

The first pic was taken in January this year (2024) and the bottom pic was taken this week (Sept 2024).

I’ve highlighted the major areas of improvement in this mare:
1. Her top line has improved significantly
2. With regular exercises, her quadriceps are developing
3. With correct work, her neck is also getting stronger in the correct places.
4. What you can’t see is the change in her posture. In the top pic, she struggled to stand square and remain relaxed. In the bottom pic, she is square and relaxed.

After a few easy weeks, she has weakened through her core but now the foundations are building, this should develop with work.

I have worked with .kenicer.sj for 18 months, teaching and physio and this process takes all that time. Katy has worked tirelessly with her physio exercises and then strives to be the best rider she can be in lessons, working on herself to help her mare more 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

28/09/2024

🐴 SADDLE FIT🐴

Ok so I am not a saddle fitter but every now and again, a client will present with issues that have me questioning. In this instance, I will ask to see the saddle sat on the horse and provide an opinion.
This horse was presenting with soreness through thoracic trapezius and longissimus dorsi bilaterally, with tension through gluteals and hamstrings.
You can see that the panel does not follow the shoulder of the horse, and only has limited contact behind the dorsal aspect of the scapula. This limited contact was also very tight. We couldn’t get a hand in there without the girth, so think how tight that would be with a girth and rider. What I didn’t take pictures of was the slight seat unbalance (tipping backwards) and the unevenness of the flocking. This would prevent the spinal musculature from working correctly.
They managed to get him booked in with a Master Saddler within a week where the gullet was changed and the saddle reflocked. In the waiting time, the owners went back to some groundwork and in hand poles to keep the horse mentally engaged, develop the bond and maintain his body condition. The horse now moves a lot freer and with more relaxation.
Regular saddle checks are so important to the correct development of horse and rider. Ill-fitting tack is thought to be the no. 1 cause of back pain leading to lameness in the horse!

15/09/2024

“Use black electric tape as it looks like a normal nose band to onlookers”!!!

So surely as you say those words, your mind should be telling you that it’s very very wrong! So wrong so that you are trying to hide it!

There is so much wrong with this video! And I can’t even process it all right now!

Horses are not our slaves to “submit” to what we want 🤬

09/09/2024

09/09/2024

📣 ANNOUNCEMENT 📣

I hate to say it but winter is coming, and autumn before that 😬
Please ensure that if your horse is receiving a physio treatment that they are:

❌ NOT WET
❌ AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE
❌ NO COAT SHINE/ CONDITIONER ON THE COAT

All of these things prevent me from carrying out a detailed hands-on assessment, and treating your horse to the best of my ability!

Thank you 🤩

27/08/2024

My thoughts go out to the owners, but please stay alert everyone!

❗ A case of EHV-1 neurological disease in a 13-year-old Warmblood mare on a premises in Ceredigion, Wales, has been reported to the ICC.

🔎 The mare presented with a stiff gait and difficulty urinating, quickly progressing to ataxia and recumbency. The case was euthanased on humane grounds.

🔹There are nine direct and around 20 in-direct in contacts, of mixed vaccination status. The premises is under voluntary movement restrictions, biosecurity measures are in place and additional testing of the population will be conducted to aid in optimising control measures and to inform when restrictions can be lifted.

🔹Positive diagnosis was confirmed by PCR on a nasopharyngeal swab and blood.

10/08/2024

𝘽𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙

Especially in our industry, with everything that has happened over the last few weeks, the last few months, even years, the overwhelming feeling that I get is that change is coming!

We no longer follow the instructions or commands of our “more experienced” professionals. We no longer follow the statements of “it’s just how it’s always been”. We no longer follow “because it’s tradition”.

Why?? Because we are now entering an era where horse owners/ riders ask questions. We want to learn more. We want to do better by these creatures that we adore! We have access to a more rounded knowledge thanks to science, that gives us evidence based facts. It also helps that the world is now watching!

But always remember, we as in the horse owners, the equestrians, the riders are the ones that created this industry. Our energy, our love, our passion for the horse! So we are the ones that can change it. Put their health and welfare first, results second!

Give your 4 legged friends big hugs and remember why you started. See it, feel it and live it! Be the difference we need!

09/08/2024

A meme tribute to the boss!
🐾🐶

03/08/2024

The boss won his own frillies today 🥉🥉
Very proud of how well he behaved and just got better and better through the classes 🐾

01/08/2024

This is why I was so so happy to see Becky given the opportunity to ride 😍

29/07/2024

A little aid to help with setting out your walk poles 👌🏻

SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE
Walk poles are so beneficial for the horse - they build strength in the core and the hind end and also increase the ability of the horse to bend and engage the hocks. This is all because there is no moment of suspension in the walk, therefore all effort to pick their feet up is done via the muscles.

Set out six poles in a straight line with a distance in between the poles of 0.8-0.9m (approx. 4 foot lengths). This distance can be altered if needed. You want your horse/ pony to be able to walk through the poles comfortably without having to collect or lengthen too much. If you have a green horse or one that is lacking balance and/ or strength, then continue to walk over the poles flat on the floor. Once your horse is confident and strong enough, you can raise alternate ends, working towards raising both sides of each pole. As you walk through, allow your horse to take it’s time, allow lowering of the head which will aid lifting through the core which will then lift the back.

Do not panic if you cannot go from flat poles to raised in one session. Let your horse show you what they are comfortable with and don’t over face them. I would love to see how you get on ☺️

12/07/2024

Two very relaxed boys for their treatments today!
Both lads had a full body massage along with specific treatments to some minor sore areas! They have now been moved on to 3 monthly treatments 💪🏻 as the owners are managing their exercises and workload brilliantly!

04/07/2024

❓DID YOU KNOW ❓

That LLLT is a very good treater of wounds!
Once the wound is clean, red light therapy can be administered to aid in wound healing at an accelerated rate.
It does this by triggering a biological process of photobiomodulation, which generates energy at a mitochondrial level which intensifies the healing process. It can also provide pain relief because of a rise in endorphins, and a reduction in pain receptors!

I can offer services to aid in wound healing using my LLLT kit. If this is something that (unfortunately) you are needing then please get in touch 📲🤳🏻

03/07/2024

❇️ NEW KIT ❇️

Some fab guesses from yesterdays question box, with a few that were spot on 👌🏻

So you might have noticed that I seem to picking up more canine clients which is lush, so I’ve expanded that side of the business.
I now have my own set of cones and poles, a balance ball and a more solid balance pad! All expertly displayed by the boss!

Very excited to start using the new kit and making your pooches stronger 💪🏻