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16.12.2022 Excerpt from ‘Understanding Horse Performance: Brain, Pain or Training?’

By Sue Palmer on December 16, 2022
From Chapter 12: Does your horse score 10/10 for comfort?... Since none of us can possibly know everything (and if someone claims that they do, perhaps they are not the right person to be working with), one priority is to point people in the direction of the right help. The trick is to know when and how to do that, and where to point them. I sincerely hope this book will help, for the sake of ridden horses throughout the world.
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‘Horse Massage For Horse Owners’ – Compression

By Sue Palmer on January 7, 2022
You can buy ‘Horse Massage for Horse Owners’ on Amazon (affiliate link), or from The Horse Physio. Join my mailing list today for FREE bonus content at www.thehorsephysio.co.uk. Compression Practising on yourself Rest your hand lightly on your forearm, just above your wrist, and slowly slide it towards your elbow. As you reach the end […]
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7.12 An Excerpt From The Book ‘Horse Massage For Horse Owners’ by Sue Palmer

By Sue Palmer on December 7, 2021
Effleurage Practising on yourself Place your hand, palm down, onto your forearm just above your wrist. Apply a little pressure, mostly through the heel of your hand but keeping the whole of the palm of your hand, including the pads of your fingers and thumb, relaxed and in contact with your forearm. Keeping the pressure […]
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27.11.2021 Excerpt from ‘Understanding Horse Performance: Brain, Pain or Training?’

By Sue Palmer on November 27, 2021
From Chapter 12: Does your horse score 10/10 for comfort? 1. Picking up feet What to do: Pick up each of your horse’s feet in turn, as though you were going to pick out his foot. The ideal: A balanced horse who is willing to have all four feet picked up, where left feels the […]
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29.10.2021 Finding the right help

By Sue Palmer on October 29, 2021
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” Ralph Waldo Emerson It can be a minefield trying to find the right help for you and your horse, and I’ve written […]
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27.10.2021 Excerpt from ‘Understanding Horse Performance: Brain, Pain or Training?’

By Sue Palmer on October 27, 2021
Chapter 12: Does your horse score 10/10 for comfort? “For centuries, humans have said to horses ‘You do what I tell you or I’ll hurt you.’ Humans still say that to each other – still threaten, force and intimidate… At heart, I’m saying that no one else has the right to say ‘you must’ to […]
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24.10.2021 The Fascia Of Grapefruit!

By Sue Palmer on October 24, 2021
“And ye who wish to represent by words the form of man and all the aspects of his membrification, get away from that idea. For the more minutely you describe, the more you will confuse the mind of the reader and the more you will prevent him from a knowledge of the thing described. And […]
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22.10.2021 Sharing The Science: The Effectiveness Of Osteopathic Interventions For Chronic Low Back Pain

By Sue Palmer on October 22, 2021
A 2020 study reviewed the evidence of osteopathic techniques for chronic low back pain. In medical language, ‘chronic’ means ‘long term’, so the study was looking into whether osteopathic techniques work in treating long term back pain. As you might have seen from my blog ‘Cranial Osteopathy and Animals’, I have a particular interest in […]
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21.10.2021 Cranial Osteopathy and Animals

By Sue Palmer on October 21, 2021
“To find health should be the object of the doctor. Anyone can find disease.” A.T. Still MD, DO Philosophy of Osteopathy What better way to spend my weekend that learning? In September 2021, I attended an online CPD course in the anatomy of the craniosacral system, hosted by the College of Craniosacral Therapy. Craniosacral therapy […]
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19.10.2021 The Mysterious World Under The Skin

By Sue Palmer on October 19, 2021
“The body is inherently a system of seamless networks of tissues rather than a collection of separate parts. These connective tissues surround, support and penetrate all of the muscles, bones, nerves and organs. This is the stuff that shapes us and gives us both stability and mobility.” Rich Ennis Every so often I come across […]
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