Muscle fasciculation during treatment
I often post videos of the horse showing a sign of release, such as yawning. Today I thought I’d share a video of the muscle releasing through a technique.
The muscle is fasciculating, which is an involuntary muscle twitching, during a treatment this can be a sign of an area of muscle tension releasing which I locate during palpation. Working on these tension areas can reduce pain and dysfunction whilst improving the horses gait, movement and mental happiness 💫
For me it is so important to look at both the skeletal system and the soft tissue- as they both impact each other.
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A beautiful sign of release🥰
Straight from the Horses Inside Out conference straight back into work. Here the horse was showing muscle tension throughout the Deltoid muscle and his right scapula was lower than his left, after the adjustments and soft tissue work I was rewarded with a big yawn!
Do you allow your horse to have a full cool down after working?
How many people give their horse a full cool down after a ride?
This time allows the horse to stretch their top line, stretch their muscles and disperse of any lactic acid which may have build up which can then cause soreness, similar to if we’ve had a hard day. This can help relax the muscles and then reduce stiffness and tension building up.
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⭐️The difference a treatment can make⭐️
The first video shows Bea pre treatment, you can see that she is avoiding the contact, her gait is stiff and shuffly, she is leaning on my hands, avoiding the right bend and making a 20m circle quite hard to ride!
The second video (in the comments) is a week after treatment, you can see that she is taking the contact quietly, her gait is more even, she is using her hind quarters more, she is bending more to the right and is listening to me and my aids.
I treat Bea once a month and on palpation the most marked misalignment was that her pelvis had dropped down on the right.
It proves that pre treatment she was not having "an off day" she was trying to tell me that she was uncomfortable and struggling with what I was asking.
Subtle behaviours like this can be a sign that the horse is in need of a treatment. If your horse displays any changes in behaviour then it might be time 📱07570 770925
When I say let me know how your pet gets on, I really mean it, I love videos like this! 🙉
This is Beth, she is a retired racing greyhound who now enjoys a quieter life (sometimes🤣). Her owner came to me as she was starting to loose strength through her hind quarters.
She is now on a treatment programme and it’s clear to see she is feeling much stronger throughout her musculoskeletal system with some impressive tight turning zoomies🥰
I love to see and hear how they react post treatment, especially ones like Beth who stand so beautifully throughout the process, albeit the occasional side eye 👀, who then show how well they’re feeling through behaviour like this🥰
This is a clip I took whilst treating Laura Thyer’s horse, Laura is an international dressage rider and owner of Derrière equestrian 💫
Laura noticed that he was slightly tight during their training sessions. The video shows the muscle tension present, this was also paired with a right to left curve of misalignments throughout his spine. The video in the comments shows how the muscle spasm decreased after the spine was realigned and myofascial release techniques were used on the muscles.
It is important to remember to treatment is a process and not an event, but Laura’s vigilance meant that a session was arranged before the issue got worse.
Can’t wait to see you both again!💫
