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12/26/2024

Heads up! This is government overreach at its finest. If you are a horse owner, please sign this petition. Equine welfare is very important to me, but this is not protecting horses, this is taking away your rights as a citizen.

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12/17/2024

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My other favorites for feeding in the wintertime are Super Boost, Immune VRL, Daily Tonic, and Relax Herbal Magnesium. Any one of these blends would be beneficial to add to your horse’s daily winter feed program.
Don’t forget to offer free choice Sea Salt during the winter months as it encourages more water intake, and dry hay does not contain the sodium levels that horses require

11/05/2024

08/01/2024

So important! And proper dental balance and alignment of the occlusal surfaces directly affects this

When your horse extends through their AO joint [the articulation between the base of the skull and C1], their lower jaw retracts - you can feel this yourself if you point your nose to the sky, notice how your bottom jaw glides back.

When your horse flexes through their AO joint, their lower jaw protracts - you can feel this yourself if you press your chin to your chest, notice how your bottom jaw glides forwards.

When your horse flexes through their AO joint, their laryngeal diameter decreases - you can feel this by pressing your chin to your chest and taking a deep breath in, notice how much harder that is.

If your horse has tension in their jaw, they lose range of motion through their AO joint - you can feel this yourself if you clamp your jaw shut, notice how much harder it is to point your nose to the sky or point your chin to your chest - your neck feels tight and immobile.

And the same can be said if your horse has tension through their AO joint or neck, they will lose range of motion through their jaw.

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Now do all of those movements again and notice how, when you drop your chin to your chest:

It's difficult to inflate your ribs to breathe,

It's hard to round your back,

Your hips tighten up.

This is because you've impinged your deep ventral line.

We do this to horses when we ride with a rein length/tension that doesn't accomodate and support their anatomy.

So if we compress their jaw and neck, we compromise their ability to:

Breathe

Lift their back to carry a rider

Activate their hindlimb.
..Gives us quite a lot to think about with how many horses are ridden and trained, doesn't it?

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Want to learn more?

The recording for Train Your Eye - How's Your Bit Affecting Your Horse? is now live on my website.

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06/15/2024

🐎 Neuromuscular Equine Dental Balances 🐎

Call or message me if your horse

▪️hasn’t see a dentist in over a year
▪️is struggling with keeping weight on
▪️head tossing while riding
▪️has trouble bending both directions
▪️has trouble with collection
▪️has a poor top line
▪️underdeveloped hind end
▪️won’t stand square
▪️visible hooks on the incisors (front teeth)
▪️grumpy/ behavioral issues
▪️trouble taking the bit
▪️chiropractic adjustments don’t hold

I use hand floats, and specialize in balancing the teeth to provide proper A/P motion and anatomical alignment of occlusal surfaces to provide stability and guidance to the TMJ allowing maximum motion for neuromuscular, proprioceptive, and bio-mechanical performance.

05/10/2024

🐎 Now booking Equine Dental Balances 🐎

Call or message me if your horse

▪️hasn’t see a dentist in over a year
▪️is struggling with keeping weight on
▪️head tossing while riding
▪️has trouble bending both directions
▪️has trouble with collection
▪️has a poor top line
▪️underdeveloped hind end
▪️won’t stand square
▪️visible hooks on the incisors (front teeth)
▪️grumpy/ behavioral issues
▪️trouble taking the bit
▪️chiropractic adjustments don’t hold

I use hand floats, and specialize in balancing the teeth to provide proper A/P motion and anatomical alignment of occlusal surfaces to provide stability and guidance to the TMJ allowing maximum motion for neuromuscular, proprioceptive, and bio-mechanical performance.

05/10/2024

I am so passionate about this! Not all dentistry is the same.
I’ve just finished up 2 weeks at the Center for Neuromuscular Equine Dentistry where we focus on Providing proper A/P motion and anatomical alignment of the occlusal surfaces to provide stability as guidance to the TMJ. This allows for maximum motion to give neuromuscular and proprioceptive and biomechanical performance

In equine practice, teeth corrections by means of motorized grinding systems are standard procedure. The heat resulting from that treatment may cause irreparable damage to the dental pulp. It has been shown that a 5.5°C temperature rise may cause severe destruction in pulp cells. Hence, the capability to continuously form secondary dentine is lost, and may lead, due to equine-typical occlusal tooth abrasion, to an opening of the pulp cavity.!!!

The heat from power tools used in equine dentistry, needs to be more spoken about and the fact it will definitely contribute to cavities in horses, the teeth being more prone to fractures and early periodontal disease…..

To read the full article click here https://bmcvetres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1746-6148-10-47

05/10/2024

This is so important, and not all equine dentistry is the same. What doesn’t mean to “float” teeth? Float actually means to smooth out, make flat, make even. Proper equine dentistry will balance the horses mouth to that individual horse. Providing proper A/P motion and anatomical alignment of the occlusal surfaces to provide stability as guidance to the TMJ. This allows for maximum motion to give neuromuscular and proprioceptive and biomechanical performance.

YOUR horse’s teeth health are important, BUT what’s even MORE important is how the equine dentistry is being done in your horse‘s mouth!

Why is this so important… because since your horse was born, they have what’s called a 3 point balance., which allows them to stand up shortly after being born and to walk, trot, canter, do a buck, flying change etc! Without that 3 point balance they would be more like a human baby and are unable to stand shortly after being born.. like you!😉

So, this clearly shows the deep relationships between teeth, posture and biomechanics in our horse.

Also, it’s because your horses teeth need to last him/ her there whole life for being able to eat and grind food, for balance and biomechanics!

So, what ever changes are made by an equine dentist whether by power tool or hand tool… it does amd will have an effect on your horses posture, biomechanics and digestion either positive or negative! To much change quickly, change in the top surface or structure of the tooth ie the rounding or smoothing out of the outside edge of the tooth, and or molar angle, or leaving incisors to long all do and will have a negative effect on your horse! Unfortunately, this is happening more and more!

See below the 3 pictures of examples of horse skulls showing the differences of the teeth! These skulls are from the collection of skulls Maureen Rogers, the Founder of Equine CranioSacral Workshops has collected and dissected.

Skull 1 the only dentistry done by the horse itself!

Skull 2 shows a horse who had power tool de by a right handed demtist… as you can tell by the difference in the height and slight angle change difference between the left and right side

Skull 3 shows a horse who had excessive power tool dentistry done… significant change in the molar angle and to the outside edge of the tooth smoothed and the chew surface which is the top of the tooth shine and smooth, which leaves the horse no way to break down the hay during grinding… the the horse will be prone to colic!

Seeing the teeth have a deep connection in the body both neurological, in balance and in proprioception (where we are in space) any change great or small to-the teeth.. will have effect on the horses balance, how the legs move, and posture! Human dentists know this and can only make minimal changes to a human tooth for this reason! There is NO difference between the change one is able to make in human’s teeth to horse’s teeth due to the complexity! BUT it is happening!

Having my knowledge about what is correct is vital for your horses health and longevity!!!

Copyright Maureen Rogers Equine CranioSacral Workshops 2024

02/13/2024

Laminitis…. a pain in the neck?
Laminitis causes a change in the nerves themselves as they respond to the stress of the laminitic event. During a laminitis event the nerves in the last cervical vertebrae of the neck, situated deep within the shoulder blade of the horse, are changed and actually suffer damage rather than just becoming inflamed, which makes the pain of laminitis difficult to control. The injury to the sensory nerves can be a reason why laminitis pain becomes chronic, with the horse suffering from repeated bouts of lameness even after the original bout of laminitis has been resolved. The nerve injury also causes a change in the behaviour of horses causing them to become withdrawn and spend a longer time at the back of the box.
Herbs offer a good alternative to bute as many can reduce nociceptive pain, the best nerve pain relieving plants are those containing high levels of triterpenes and quinovic acid glycosides such as turmeric and rosemary.
Offering a cocktail of anti-oxidant plants helps to alleviate the damage of laminitis as it affects many structures including the circulation, hoof tissue as well as the unmyelinated nerves.
Jones, E., Viñuela-Fernandez, I., Eager, R. A., Delaney, A., Anderson, H., Patel, A., ... & Fleetwood-Walker, S. M. (2007). Neuropathic changes in equine laminitis pain. Pain, 132(3), 321-331.

01/23/2024

Support your horse with herbs during the winter months, so they are ready to go come spring. 🌿

Winter is a great time to get on top of parasites, because often there are less parasites present in the external environment, yet they can really take hold in the internal environment if not addressed.

It’s also a great time to do gentle detox, and also, build up their body and support the immune and structural systems. Your horse will appreciate the extra love and care and tasty herbs in their feed to feed their digestive system and microbiome happy.

Curious about how herbs could benefit your horse? Comment on this post and receive $10 off your first herbal consultation/ evaluation.

01/01/2024

Glandular Balance is such a powerhouse blend of adaptogens, superfoods, and 4 different seaweeds to help support the endocrine system. Full of minerals!!! Super nutritive blend that supports the pituitary, adrenals, thyroid, pancreas, reproductive system, immune system, and digestive system.
This blend works wonders for horses that are heavily used/stressed, horses with metabolic imbalances and inflammation, horses mildly under or overweight, horses lacking shine, and hoof integrity.

Grab some today!
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12/14/2023

Happy National Day of the Horse 🐎

12/14/2023

Happy National of the Horse 🐎 ❤️

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