Guest Blog 17 - The Horse Physio - Sue Palmer

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17.9.2021 Follow me…

By Sue Palmer on June 17, 2021

Join me in an ongoing discussion on the links between performance, pain and behaviour in horses. Read about...

To a Trickle Haynet

By Sue Palmer on April 30, 2021

Oh evil instrument of equine teasing, morsels of food through micro holes squeezing. Filling my belly is much impeded. Takes lots of effort and much time needed. Your green nylon string so thick and strong. For a horse this is torture and just plain wrong. Tempting strands visible but so hard to attain. So very […]

28.4.2021 Sam and Rabbit – March

By Sue Palmer on April 28, 2021

Guest blog from Sam and Rabbit So another month has sped by. Rabbit and I have continued training hard in the last month, and very excitingly have booked our first dressage test for over 12 months! We have managed to qualify for the PetPlan Area Festivals at Elementary level. This is in May, so in […]

25.4.2021 Guest Blog from Dr Sue Dyson

By Sue Palmer on April 25, 2021

An ethogram is a series of behaviours each with strict definitions, for example ears back behind a vertical position for five seconds or more. The Ridden Horse Pain Ethogram (RHpE) was developed to facilitate the recognition of discomfort in ridden horses, which was likely to reflect either primary musculoskeletal pain or discomfort caused by the […]

Guest Blog: Amy MacKinnon

By Sue Palmer on April 24, 2021

Guest guest blog from @amymackinnonequestrian Quiet, peaceful mornings I absolutely adore my quiet, peaceful mornings caring for my horses. The earlier the better! The horses low whinnies and the robin’s song are a welcome greeting. Turning out in the half light , the sounds accompanying me are birdsong and I notice the feline population of […]

One Sixth Saddles

By Sue Palmer on April 21, 2021

Today’s guest blog is by Val Evans from One Sixth Saddles Toys… everyone played with them as kids, everyone had a favourite toy. When I saw my favourite Marx toy horse – some 40 years after I last played with him – it brought back so many memories! I was blown away by the amazingly realistic […]

Simplicity Health and Weight Loss

By Sue Palmer on April 16, 2021

Stress, sleep and weight loss A guest blog from weight loss consultant Lorraine Harris, @simplicityhealthandweightloss www.simplicityhealthandweightloss.com High levels of stress can disrupt our sleep patterns. This can lead to cravings for high energy foods, those which are high sugar / fat / carbohydrate. This becomes a vicious cycle. When stress levels are high, we are […]

The Effect of a Physiotherapy Intervention on Thoracolumbar Posture in Horses

By Sue Palmer on April 15, 2021

This is the title of a peer reviewed study published in the journal Animals in October 2020. The authors are Amy Shakeshaft and Gillian Tabor. The link to the full article is below, it is open access which means it’s free for anyone to read. Amy and Gillian looked at whether baited stretches changed the […]

Hilary and Max: February

By Sue Palmer on April 13, 2021

A Guest Blog from Hilary Moses This month allowed Max and I to get back into the school and to hopefully start some real work. The hacking time was building up and we were doing longer distances with all the trotting. My vet had told me to avoid hills and muddy paths and that’s quite […]

Jan and Rebel, Part 2

By Sue Palmer on April 9, 2021

A Guest Blog from Jan Daley I consider Rebel to be my first pony. Yes, my sister and I owned and borrowed ponies as children, and my ISH was given to me on the understanding that if my circumstances changed, I would give him back to his previous owner. But this was my first foray […]

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