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Danielle Walker
� Equine sports and rehabilitation massage therapist (EMST)
� Sports Massage Therapist (SMT)
Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Derbyshire
I can’t quite believe we are in December again, every year I’m shocked when sending follow-up appointments and they fall into the next year!! A busy time for RP, keeping all our fabulous clients in tip top condition, increased mucking out and mud wading has an impact on the body, not always for the positive!! Feeling very festive after visiting clients this evening 🎄🎅🎄 🎄
So true! This applies to both horses and humans 💪
Happy New Year everyone, looking forward to following your achievements in 2023! January is already looking busy, so if you need an appointment please call or text. Enjoy the new year’s celebrations🐴🏇🥂🥳
I’d like to wish all our clients, friends and family a very merry Christmas and I look forward to seeing you all in 2023
Oh what a fabulous client I’ve had the pleasure of treating this morning…. Smallest client yet 🐴🐴
Rest in peace, incredibly sad news
My daughter leaning the ropes, it would seem the passion for equestrianism has been passed on 🐴😊
A great read, especially informative for anyone currently doing rehab 😊
**NEW POLE WORK EXERCISE RESEARCH**
Great to work with an exciting group of researchers looking at the effect that pole work exercise has on equine locomotion.
Here is a new paper published in Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, titled “Effect of ground and raised poles on kinematics of the walk”, authors: Vicki A. Walker*, Carolyne A. Tranquillle, Russell MacKechnie-Guire, Jo Spear, Richard Newton & Rachel C.Murray*
For a limited time, this paper is available as Open Access using the link below. Massive thank you to the Petplan Charitable Trust who funded this research.
*lead authors
https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1fD~12dbxqfIqR
Wishing all clients and followers a very happy Christmas, thank you for all your support this last year and hope to see you in the new year!
It’s been a very busy couple of weeks, meeting some new faces and also catching up with some more familiar ones…. both equine and riders. I’m fully booked until 12th August and weekends in August and September are already looking busy, so please be in contact if you’re needing an appointment.
As many of the riders who come for a massage know, I’m quite passionate about posture and the link between pelvis mobility and saddle fit for the rider. This is a great visual to show the differences between seat positioning for men and women enabling stability.
Fabulous review from a lovely customer thank you 😊
Absolutely over the moon at the uptake on rider sports massages. On Saturday I had the pleasure of treating the very handsome Bro and his fabulous owner Stephanie Davies one after the other. Steph had full body massage, with range of motion and posture assessment, throughout the massage we concentrated on areas of asymmetry and increasing range of motion through her pelvis, first ride back and the reports are excellent 🐴 💆♀️
I’ve had a cancellation on the morning of Saturday 10th Julyfor either horse or rider massage, please message if you’d like the appointment 😊
Very excited to announce bookings are now open for human massage, fully insured and mobile so please be in contact for more details. Next week is already looking busy with some horse and rider combinations booked in…. Very excited to follow the improvement when both are being treated.
Also offering a relaxation massage package for the dedicated partners, parents, friends….
Very excited to announce bookings are now open for human massage, fully insured and mobile so please be in contact for more details. Next week is already looking busy with some horse and rider combinations booked in…. Very excited to follow the improvement when both are being treated.
Also offering a relaxation massage package for the dedicated partners, parents, friends….
It’s taken longer than it should to get around to posting about my logo and team wear- a huge thank you to Misch Fretwell - Chatterbox Consultingfor the logo and to J S Teamwear for making come to life, it must have been a challenge 🤩. Can’t recommend these two business’s enough! Thank you!!
Out and about before a busy day 😊 best way to start the day!
Home after a long day Origym Centre of Excellence in Liverpool, now fully qualified Sports Massage Therapist…. They were already queuing up for a massage when I got home!!! 🥂
I’m rubbish at remembering about photos, but here are some of the fabulous faces that were treated at Ryalls Farm Livery yesterday. Such a beautiful day and some very happy horses 🐴
Now for another busy morning 🐴 💆♀️
Charlotte Beardsley
Jennie Griffiths
Poppie April Abbott
Ruth Lee
Day 2 - sports massage! Really enjoying the challenge of turning my hand to human massage
So lovely to meet the very handsome Murray and his owner . Murray is a 4 year old Connemara who is enjoying his ridden education and seeing the world. It is so important that youngsters are treated regularly to ensure their muscles are kept in the best possible condition whist their workload increases and their bodies are developing.
Happy birthday 🥳 Splash, big 20 today! He was treated to a sports massage this morning to support his muscles, increase flexibility and circulation and support repair- not to mention give him a feel good!! Massage is a fundamental to ensuring our horses are kept in the best possible form whatever age they are. Natalie is very consistent in her approach to his treatments which helps Splash to stay at his best.
So fantastic to see clients out and about over the bank holiday weekend here is Sophie Fretwell with her 5yr old Worzel who she’s carefully produced over the last year.
He’s a monthly massage customer, I work closely with Sophie and other professionals meaning we are able to ensure he’s in peak condition.
Sophie Fretwell Eventing
This is my old boy Storm, he is 19 and retired from ridden work but we have had many fabulous years of competing and some great memories. He gets treated to a massage each month to support his mobility, increase blood flow to his muscles and release pain relieving endorphins. He’s given so much to me over the years, it’s so lovely to be able to support him through his retirement.
He is the reason I offer a golden oldies package at a reduced rate, a way of saying ‘thank you’ to them for all the dreams they delivered over the years 🥰🐴
So lovely to see clients out and about over the last few weeks, good luck to those out competing or training this weekend 🐴 🍀
Lovely early morning hack before work with Sophie Fretwell Eventing- best way to start the day!
Early morning hacking with Release Performance - Equine Sports Massage Therapy with the matching horses 🐴 ❤️
A great Sunday read, this is a conversation I have regularly, the link between an asymmetrical rider and the impact on the horse / combinations performance. Remember your athleticism impacts theirs 🐴😊
SHOULD WE RIDE WITH ODD STIRRUPS?
The answer to this may seem obvious however, sometimes riders are unaware that one stirrup is longer than the other and furthermore, riders (and trainers) may deliberately alter one stirrup as a possible solution to help “improve” the riders’ position or manage rider limb length differences.
In some cases, when rider’s ride on one rein they may feel more symmetrical than when riding on the other rein. On the rein where they feel less symmetrical, the rider would usually feedback that their seat/hips are consistently slipping out to one side. From a visual observation, when the rider is riding towards you, it may appear that the stirrups look equal and when riding towards you on the opposite rein, the outside stirrup may appear longer. This observation will generally coincide with the rider’s feedback that their seat/hips are displacing to the outside. At first glance, it may seem that the rider is putting increased weight in the outside stirrup due to it being “longer” which is causing the riders seat/hips to displace towards the side with the longer stirrup. Therefore, based on this visual observation, riders (and trainers) shorten the stirrup to make them appear visually “symmetrical”.
The key word used here is “appear”. What needs to be considered here is the position of the saddle. We (1) and others (2, 3) have demonstrated that saddle slip generally occurs on one rein as a result of the horse’s locomotor system. As saddle slip generally occurs on one rein, this will have a significant effect on the rider’s position. In the above scenario, with the saddle slipping to the outside, this will change the position of the stirrup bar (relative to the horse) which will give the appearance that the stirrup is longer on the side that the saddle has slipped towards, and the rider will follow the saddle causing them to displace their seat/hips (Image: Left rein). When on the other rein, as the saddle is “straight” the position will be improved (Image: Right rein).
In the above scenario (saddle slip right, right stirrup appears longer and riders seat displaced to the right), if the right stirrup is shortened this will compound the issue further as an element of rider asymmetry will be induced into the horse-rider system as a function of different stirrup lengths (4). When assessing stirrup length dynamically, it is important to assess the position of the saddle relative to the horse. This observation must be made from a rear viewpoint, with the horse/rider going away and must be performed on both the left and right rein and in all gaits (if appropriate). If the stirrups “appear” to be different because of saddle position, then initially this must be addressed with the qualified saddle fitter (and others). In the above case, riders and trainers should avoid the temptation to shorten one stirrup to resolve the issue as this is not addressing the fundamental reasoning i.e. why is the saddle slipping?
In addition to this, riders often report that they have one leg longer and then self-prescribe a plan to alter one stirrup. This will be addressed in a future blog, but caution should be taken over this, along with clarification from a specialist, confirming if the rider has an actual or functional limb length difference. In either case, it is imperative that riders seek clarification on this before altering stirrups, as for reasons outlined in previous blogs, riding with asymmetric stirrups will cause the horse to seek a locomotor compensation strategy to compensate.
So to answer the initial question, it is important that the length of the stirrup is equal and not asymmetrically altered to “correct’ saddle or rider position.
Check your stirrup leathers regularly to ensure that they are symmetrical and get someone to watch you ride away from a left and right rein approach.
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Dr. Russell MacKechnie-Guire
Centaur Biomechanics
www.centaurbiomechanics.co.uk
1. Mackechnie-Guire R, Mackechnie-Guire, E., Fisher, M., Mathie, H., Bush, R., Pfau, T., Weller, R. Relationship between saddle and rider kinematics, horse locomotion and thoracolumbar pressures in sound horses. JEVS. 2018;69:43.52.
2. Greve L, Dyson SJ. An investigation of the relationship between hindlimb lameness and saddle slip. Equine Vet J. 2013;45(5):570-7.
3. Greve L, Dyson SJ. The interrelationship of lameness, saddle slip and back shape in the general sports horse population. Equine Vet J. 2014;46(6):687-94.
4. MacKechnie-Guire R, MacKechnie-Guire E, Fairfax V, Fisher M, Hargreaves S, Pfau T. The Effect That Induced Rider Asymmetry Has on Equine Locomotion and the Range of Motion of the Thoracolumbar Spine When Ridden in Rising Trot. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science. 2020;88:102946.
Fantastic start to yesterday watching Sophie Fretwell school one of her young horses, he even removed the bobble from my hat whilst I completed his warm down stretches 🤣
https://m.facebook.com/Sophie-Fretwell-Eventing-2044049455857750/
Lovely afternoon massaging my ‘golden oldie’ Storm. He’s given so much over the years making dreams come true in the competition world, it’s so great that I can give him a happy retirement. Massage is a great way to help the older horses as it improves circulation, helps with joint mobility,
improves recovery from soft tissue injury and
releases natural pain relieving endorphins.
Storm loves the Epiony heat pad 🐴 and so do I, it’s great on aching back 😊
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Happy birthday 🥳 Splash, big 20 today! He was treated to a sports massage this morning to support his muscles, increase flexibility and circulation and support repair- not to mention give him a feel good!! Massage is a fundamental to ensuring our horses are kept in the best possible form whatever age they are. Natalie is very consistent in her approach to his treatments which helps Splash to stay at his best.
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