Some high praise and wonderful commentary for Callaho Landino and @zandi_mis.
It’s such a privilege to work with horses of this calibre, and I love every second that I spend with this boy. He quickly becomes a firm favourite of everyone that meets him or watches him in the arena.
Zandi, thank you for trusting me with this special horse. So many big things to come for you both! 🥂
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A common side affect of physiotherapy treatments (especially on cold winter mornings), is a brief transformation into a dragon 🐉
Orion the master yawner, as always!
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Son of Raj showed his quality in spades today with a BIG win in the Group 1 SA Derby.
This is my first Group 1 winning patient, and I can’t quite describe the feeling.
A huge thank you to @marwingracing for the honour of working with this horse, and a very well done to the Marwing team and owner Mr Chetty.
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It’s always rewarding to watch a horse respond to a treatment like this, but even more so when it’s their first experience of physiotherapy 🥰
Callaho Simply Will is beginning her career as a competition horse, and learning to appreciate the good things in life 😉
@janddupreez
@jme.eq.stud
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By far the most dramatic (and satisfying!) release I’ve ever seen!
Orion loving his spoils before his show this weekend 🥱
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I love all my patients, and I try really hard not to have favourites. But man, does Cruze make it hard! @christi.d_equestrian
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@mic.holland beautiful 3yo colt, Beneficent van Balou, learning about this physio thing 🥱
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VERY long day treating at Stokkies today (Hercules agrees!)
So incredibly proud of all my patients bringing home plenty of tickets. Full results to follow after the champs classes tomorrow 💪🏼
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Callaho Toledo (im)patiently waiting his turn 😂
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Rehab doesn’t stop on holiday!
As some of you know, I adopted Cheza during 2020 lockdown. We quickly realised she had fairly severe hip dysplasia (sucker for punishment, I know!). So now we live on a pretty much permanent rehab programme.
Since we caught it while she was still young, we’ve been able to structure her exercise, and her life in general, around keeping her strong. We don’t have a pool in jhb, so we’ve been making the most of the KZN sun and nice warm pool, and have seen a definite improvement in her muscle mass in just two weeks 💪🏼
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Knight Frank Ganimides looking phenomenal in his prep leading up to the Reonet WCQ this weekend 💪🏼
Best of luck to all the competitors!
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Theraband for the win 💪🏼
Alchemy Hercules showing some beautiful core engagement.
Core strength is just as important for horses as it is for us, if not more so!
A strong core allows for:
* Better hindquarter engagement
* Easier self-carriage
* Stronger and less painful backs
* Improved ability to collect and lengthen
* Better quality jump and ability to bascule
* Easier and better quality lateral work
* Amongst many others!
When building core strength in horses, the same principles apply as to people- a little bit every day, will show the best results! While I generally do a little core work as part of a treatment, engaging the core in a monthly physio treatment will not give the desired effect. This is why the home exercises that are given to owners are SO important!
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Yawns Galore!
Beautiful releases from Libby today! Working on muscular tightness and joint range in the cervical spine.