Borders Equine bodywork

09/07/2025

Taken from a comment on another page. Very insightful and food for thought

Equi-libriam hestipraksis Aps wrote:

I work full time with lameness, and I am realising that injury and pain is not correlated to degree of lameness, especially not in multiple-limb lameness.
My thoughts are, that to show visual lameness, the horse needs to have a few prerequisites in place:
1. There has to be another leg that is less painful for it to make sense for the horse to use energy redistributing it's bodyweight more over that other limb.
2. The horse needs to be sufficient mobile and pain free through it's whole body (thorax, loins), for it to make sense tensing/lifting/hopping/shifting weight from a painful limb through the body to another less painful limb.

Horses will OFTEN instead chose to avoid pain in another way, as limping is too straining in the long run: they will reduce or increase speed, avoid turning in a specific direction (eg unwilling on one rein), and also just show sign of pain - swishing tail, headshaking, pinned ears, bucking, rearing, panicking, being disobedient.

Often, horses with quite large lameness can seem quite ok moving around. A colleague of mine once said : as long as it's limping, the sound limbs are taking the weight, and the horse might actually be totally pain free. But when mentioned issues makes it impossible or too painful to limp/ redistribute - that is when the horse stops limping, but is actually more painful...

07/07/2025

For anybody who is reading this meet George I got George as a five year-old he was a total stress head we couldn’t go anywhere without him booking and being very silly there was times when I felt I needed to sell him as I thought I had over Horse myself someone suggested Borders equine bodywork. I laughed and thought don’t be silly. I’m not into all this fluffing about but the spookiness got worse after a few falls not just me but other people who rode him for me as I had lost my confidence I decided to give it a goal nothing ventured nothing gained. It was a slow process and to be honest I didn’t think it was really working at First and then all of a sudden wow what a difference with proper maintenance it keeps him calm less spooky we still have our moments but nothing is bad and we did our first ridden show yesterday and he got two first and a second and behaved unbelievably good and I think he actually enjoyed his day before I got George. He was like a say a five-year-old he had had seven homes. I have had them three years now, the first 2 1/2 years was totally and honestly I can say regretful but I stuck with it as there was something about this little horse that just needed my help and attention and hard work determination and the right team helping you pays off so all I can say anybody who is having doubts about trying this type of work on your horse, don’t be a fool like I was just get on and do it. I can guarantee you will reap the benefits. Or your horse well and in time you will see a totally different animal. Good luck.

06/07/2025

What an awesome session with this chap. The last session was a bit difficult for him, so we approached this one much softer, no head collar! I wanted a no agenda approach to keep him nice and relaxed, worked a treat.( I would not generally do this for safety reasons. However, I work regularly on this chap and we know how to dance together. Thank you to his lovely owner for trusting me with him he's so precious x

06/07/2025

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Tonight we have had ANOTHER breakthrough moment in our Masterson journey - Buie seemed really relaxed this evening so Lorna opted to carry out the session without his headcollar, and amazingly he then relaxed even further into this practice and himself ✨

There is nothing not to love about this practice 💙

01/07/2025

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Today's long read is all about herbs. Even if you’ve never fed your horse herbal supplements, you’re likely to encounter them at feed stores and on the internet, so it’s wise to learn a bit about them. To spare you the effort of sorting through the volumes of information available about herbs, we’ve pulled together some key facts about those most commonly fed to horses.
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01/07/2025

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01/07/2025

So blessed to have my clients' owners sending reviews and support of the work I do.
Thank you sally and all your lovely herd

Lorna Longmoor has been coming to my farm to offer Masterson Method sessions to anyone of my 6 horses for a while now. She began working with my horses for experiential course practice, and I continued her services once she became fully qualified. Lorna has noticeably grown and increased her gifts and skills over this time.

It has been a really gratifying experience for us all to note the ongoing improvements the horses have been experiencing over this time, some of them profound. It is enjoyable to be both conscious and aware of what can release, relax and unravel as a result.

Peace and release pervades! Straightening, strengthening, lightening and positive postural changes. My horses recognise Lorna and are not slow in coming forward to tell her where they would like her to work on or are in need of.

I heard about Jim Masterson and his method of bodywork with horses a good number of years ago. I attended one of the beginners weekend courses in Scotland and bought the set of learning tools and information. For some reason I did not pursue a study of it myself. I have worked with varying methods of bodywork and have employed people to visit my horses to improve their comfort and well being so I am no stranger to ‘feel’ and the world of energy, connection and inspiring outcomes. I have been around long enough to know that if a pure heart and genuine intention and focus is involved in our connections with ourselves and other living beings that anything positive, supportive, and transformative is possible.

I wholeheartedly recommend Lorna and her knowledgeable and holistic approach for positive support, change and well being.

29/06/2025

Well that's me home from my hols!
Diary is busy, if you would like a appointment or just a chat about your equine friend, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Have a great day xx

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12/06/2025

Hi, I'm Lorna. I am a Masterton Method certified practitioner, using this as the core of my knowledge and somatic therapy with fascia bodywork.

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