Blue Ribbon Bodywork

18/04/2024

Check out www.blueribbonbodywork.com for updates to the services we offer!! Which now include groundwork training!! More updates in the works!

30/03/2024

Just wanted to hop on here and say hello to my new followers! In the next month we should have more content and blog posts! I’ll have time to play on the computer since I will be at home for a few weeks.

06/03/2024

Hello I just wanted to let everyone know that my surgery was moved to April 5th due to having Covid a few weeks ago. I would like to do all clients between the 1st and 3rd of the month so that they are set up for the month! Contact me with any questions!

08/02/2024

Hello I wanted to let everyone that I will be having surgery on march 7th. So I won’t be able to do services for 2-4 weeks I’ll be playing it by ear and will update people once I can work again. I would like to do everyone between march 1st-6th. Contact me to schedule!

21/01/2024

A year later this horse just attended his first off property show! I’m excited to see him next week.

19/01/2024

Exciting news!
We are now on LiveEQ the app and EquineProConnect! You can contact us on LiveEQ to ask questions or schedule sessions. On EquineProConnect you can schedule sessions, ask questions, and now receive a session report for your horse. Go check us out!

03/01/2024

These are great tools when used with body manipulation! However like stated these will not break up muscle adhesions and restricted fascia.

Okay before you attack me, I’m not saying PEMF (Bemer, Magnawave etc) doesn’t work. It just doesn’t do what a lot of people think it does.

PEMF (Pulsed Electromagnet Field Therapy) is said to help stimulate cell growth and repair. There’s a whole lot of science behind it that I’m not going to get into, but my brief search of studies hasn’t found a ton.

What I’m getting at is I’ve seen and heard people using PEMF as a primary body work modality and skipping others. PEMF will NOT break up muscle adhesions or restricted fascia. Manual manipulation of these adhesions using a purposeful technique is what’s going to free up these muscles.

Bottom line, PEMF is a great tool and if you’re able to use it, great! Just know that only using PEMF isn’t going to replace your bodyworker or magically fix your horse.

As always though, listen to your horse and do your own research.

31/12/2023

Reposted as with a lot of horses being kept in longer and exercised less due to wet weather, it is important to keep an eye on our horses muscles.

A little diagram to highlight the importance of monitoring gluteal muscle mass. The gluteal muscles are truly a window, providing a view in of the quality of exercise and the bodies response to training. Atrophy or weakness can have an unzipping effect, causing other areas of the musculoskeletal system to be compromised and at risk of injury.

It should also be noted that this solely considers muscle mass, and not tonicity; where a muscle should be well developed, this shouldn’t compromise on the quality of the muscle.

20/12/2023

One of my favourite stretches for decompressing the cervical spine, and stretching out muscles that are commonly tense as a result of reduced forelimb protraction.

Visualising the release, mobilisation and stretch of these muscles is super eye opening to how this can be so beneficial for horses that have tension in these muscles.

From saddles that are too narrow, to navicular syndrome… these muscles develop tension to compensate.

It is also good to visualise why holding a stretch for 15 seconds is so important for effectiveness.

19/12/2023

This is why I recommend ground pole work to a wide variety of clients!

12/12/2023

👅 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐇𝐲𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 👅

It’s not just a bit.
It’s not just a bridle.
It’s not just a tongue sticking out the side.
It’s not just a contact evasion.
It’s not just “but they just don’t like to work in a contact”.
It’s not just “because they’re a mare”.

All of the inconsistencies or problems encountered with a contact, are all related to this very complex array of relationships between the tongue, hyoid and associated muscles.

To learn more, I am launching a webinar on The Hyoid, The TMJ & its Relationship to Neck Tension! https://vetphysiophyle.co.uk/product/winter-webinar-the-hyoid-tmj-and-its-relationship-to-neck-tension/ 🤍