Five years ago, arthritic pain in my hips got abruptly worse. In a few weeks, I changed from an energetic endurance rider routinely riding 50-mile events on my big Standardbred mare, into a crotchety exhausted person barely able to walk across a p...
It’s common for a horse suffering from any kind of exertional myopathy to experience muscle pain, fatigue, cramping, damage and other muscle issues. However, despite it being fairly common, using special alterations to your horse's diet and exercise ...
I have a secret that only those close to me know... I suffer from debilitating migraines and thoracic outlet syndrome. All told, these conditions limit the functionality of my upper body significantly. I have a life-long affinity for horses though. I...
Bowen therapy was always something I was a bit unsure about. Does it work? What does it do? How does it work? My horse had a bad back for well over a month at this point. I had only ridden him a handful of times before I realised he was in so much p...
If you avidly ride horses, then you have probably dealt with some attitude from a sassy horse. This can be extremely aggravating. However, it is important to keep your cool. Horses are very intuitive to their rider’s emotion, so it is important to find...
John Strassburger, esteemed horseman and journalist, believes that depending on the individual horse, three to four years of age is a safe time to start training a horse under saddle. At this age, a horse is generally physically and mentally ready to...
Many horses suffer from back pain. Very acute back pain often manifests itself in behavioural changes, some of which may be pretty extreme; rearing, refusal to be tacked up, bucking under saddle. More usually the signs are subtle; a loss of performance...
I would have to say that one of the most common issues I run into with horses is hidden tension in the jaw and poll. Sometimes it’s a mental issue, and sometimes it’s a physical one. Issues at the poll are like having a very bad headache. It clouds your...
With a soft brush, brush off the forehead, which will remove surface layer dirt. With your fingertips briskly rub the forehead hard enough so you are getting to the skin. Look at your fingertips. Are they clean or are they covered with a grey and/or ...
Horses are much tougher on their teeth than we are. Fortunately for them their teeth keep growing until they are 27 to 30 years old! It's a good thing too since the tough forage that they eat wears their teeth down. If their teeth did not keep growing...
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