Posture Prep = Amazing!

[Sdel]

I’ve been using the human posture prep for about a month now. Christmas Day was the first day in years that I woke up with no pain in my hip/abdomen. I’ve been able to go a couple of days without using it before I start hurting again. Last night I was able to do cobra and upward dog yoga poses without feeling any kind of pain or pulling in my abdomen and without feeling like I will black out or triggering a migraine. That was huge! I’m finally getting range of motion back that I was starting to believe would never happen.

Now: like an onion, I have a spot above my right knee and a stiff ankle that is starting to be a persistent bother. It kept me up all night because I forgot to take my nightly Ibuprofen. I’m sure that those are related to the dropped arch on that side and I’ll have to start focusing on my foot exercises.

[PaddockWood]

@TangoCowgirl

Flagship Video with Power Point presentation with Posture Prepping, RedFlags, posture before and after photos.

2012 EQUINE WELLNESS SYMPOSIUM AT HASSLER’S DRESSAGE AT RIVEREDGE:

https://vimeo.com/67574069

This is SO good. Thank you for sharing and please share others you have in your treasure chest. What I got so much this time was to really look at my horses more carefully - inch by inch over their whole body.

[TangoCowgirl]

Thank you for watching and commenting. This link share did not have a photo/thumbnail pop up. It does look like there have been a good number of click throughs.

[TangoCowgirl]

Lateral bending fascial line of the horse. So profound activating the cutaneous trunci, latissimus dorsi, Serratus, abdominal oblique muscles.

Posture Prepping to Improve Lateral Bending and More by Stimulating the...

[Demerara_Stables]

Finally got mine after it being lost in the mail!

QH mare that hates ALL touching, especially around hind end, actually lifted her tail and quivered her lip when I was massaging near her tail head. Straight up turned around and looked at me then sniffed the PP when I was working on her low back. Still needs very light pressure every where else but she was such a happy horse during and after compared to her normal self!

Going to try it on Dora today, but she’s much easier to please

[Sdel]

I’m back to square one on my gelding. He recently failed out of training. Right before he did so a chiropractor found a lump of tissue that they felt was a problem and would pull when he used himself a certain way. An animal communicator reported anticipation of pain coming from that same spot a few weeks later (no there was nothing to tip off the communicator).

I’m hoping the posture prep will get him back to where he was more quickly and with less bite risk to me than what I was doing before he went to training.

[SinMiedo]

I was using it on my very stoic and curry hating grumpy old man the other day when the farrier came and I stopped before I finished his right hip/hamstring to chat. He actually turned around and backed up to the door with an expression that very clearly stated “hey you with the green thing, you missed a spot!”
Seems like it’s definitely doing something, 100% Toaster approved, lol

[Sdel]

Used it on my gelding last night. The only place he would tolerate it was his face/poll/shoulder so that is where I focused on. His release was pretty extreme….bite game then about 10-15 very long, jaw crossing yawns. Drank some water (he uses this as a give me a moment maneuver), and yawned mid-swallow, twice. He’s not really trying to bite me, it’s a pre-release move almost like a cribbing type of response to stress. He’ll bite at other objects and the wall as well.

Afterwards I noticed that the area above his eye where he had cut it to the bone (when he failed out of training) was no longer as puffy. At his last treatment the chiro said she had adjusted his hyoid, and when I looked up the anatomy after the session, it all kind of fits.

ETA: noticeable difference at breakfast time this morning. I caught him “self releasing” a few times while eating breakfast. He’d be eating then he’d stop and stand there blinking and spend a minute licking and chewing and shifting weight before going back to eating. And his energy feels just over all a lot calmer. Now to try it on my mare. I don’t like her facial expressions while she eats.

[CanteringCarrot]

I’ve used it on my 2.5 year old 3 times now. The first time there was some lip movement, but he does like to be brushed and touched in general. The second and third time, no reaction, really. I also had a hard time finding a place on his body that “needed it” but he’s also 2.5 years old and has a very small workload so isn’t really under strain or partaking in many skillful athletic performances (aside from what he does on his own time). The first time I got a reaction from his hamstrings and shoulder, but the last 2 times checked they felt fine.

I’ll keep it around and will use it again as needed. It’s a cheap enough piece of kit to have, and if it can help the horse or provide them with some comfort, I’m all for it.

[TangoCowgirl]

If and when you curry your horse the tool and technique are meant to be used daily.

[CanteringCarrot]

@TangoCowgirl

If and when you curry your horse the tool and technique are meant to be used daily.

Ah, ok then. I only brush him like 3 times a week. Usually it involves a curry.

[Sdel]

Quickly snapped these tonight. You can see what I’m working on. He’s very ouchy but he let me hit the hindquarters briefly. Back and withers was a no go.

Just a couple minutes of gentle scratching in those dimples resulted in this:

[PaddockWood]

Dent and dings are red flags! Wave that red flag! So yesterday when my young horse starter was up on my mustang and I was videoing, I zoomed in with the camera looking for dents and dings. And there are many.

Dr. Pat, can you talk to us about horses in motion and what normal versus strained/tight tissue looks like?

Today’s Posture Prep was our best session ever and he’s enjoying it. This is a guy that when I got him did not want to be touched. He’s come a long way and we still have more peeling the onion to release this gorgeous guy.

I have pictures of him fighting in the wild and then know he went into a home with a stallion and came out of that situation all banged up with scars. And then there’s that long scar right over his hip.

I’ll get pictures of that hip scar AND video up close the next time the rider is here. I think I’m really onto something and thank you Dr. Pat!

[Sdel]

Well, that was quick. Today when I used the posture prep on my boy he got really into it. No biting game, just wanting me to hold his nose. He left his dinner to chase me around the stall to beg for more. Still a bit guarded over the back, but now on the left vs the right. He absolutely loves it on his belly, poll, and jaw. And he is starting to seem much less anticipatory that something is going to hurt.

I’m not sure if I mentioned why he failed out of training but essentially he got sore and reactive and then blew up in a buddy sour moment. The other horse got taken off the trailer first, and my horse jumped over the chest bars and got stuck with both legs over. At some point he wound up going over backwards and getting stuck before rolling over and getting up and walking out the same way he walked on.

[NaturallyHappy]

Your horse reminds me a bit of mine. I’ve long been of the opinion that NQR horses have muscular problems that many vets are unable to sort out. Mine slipped in the field clowning about; his left hip hit the ground but his front end stayed up. His spine took a tremendous torque and he developed an odd way of going. I’ve worked personally w Jim Masterson and Jean Pierre Hourdebaight (paid them to come to my farm) to help him. I do bodywork and bemer every day. Those two combined has really helped him. The posture prep is helpful, as well. One of the things I really like about it is the fact that it is so easy to use. I gave it as gifts to 2 boarders who don’t do bodywork but do use bemer.

[TangoCowgirl]

My first thought is fluid. I say the body is fluid dynamics. Like when you push water off a glass top table a thin wave moves. When you move the skin on the back of your hand the skin should glide easily . So as you look a the whole horse with soft eyes to see the skin gliding freely, you can start to see where there is morse superficial “stuckage.” Then you can start to see it in deeper layers and lines like from the point of the hip, FAR (functional axis of rotation up into the lumbar area or down into the fetlock or hoof.

[NaturallyHappy]

I’m replying to me, as the edit function frustrates me sometimes. I don’t think I was clear…I really like the PP for my own horse. I spend a lot of time daily w him. I think the PP is especially valuable for people who don’t have a lot of time.

[Sdel]

Yes, mine had a similar accident. Two days after I bought him he was brought into the barn for the first time, and left completely alone without any other horses that he could see. The only person there was the barn employee, who promptly disappeared into the feed room. He had a buddy sour moment and when the employee (who had ear buds in so they “didn’t hear anything”) came out of the feed room all they saw was his butt as he was heading out of the barn. My horse apparently climbed over the stall door and did who knows what to himself. I didn’t quite believe it, I thought maybe the employee was trying to cover for having left the stall unlatched……until he got himself stuck on the trailer.

[NaturallyHappy]

I hate ear buds. I’m sorry this happened to your pony. Good for you for sticking w it. It’s so rewarding.

[Inimitable]

I bought a Posture Prep 6 or 7 years ago and fell out of the habit of using it consistently. Thanks to this thread I’ve incorporated it back into my grooming routine and have already seen some really nice results on my main mare. I also bought one for the dogs and they all LOVE it. Like, they refuse to wait their turns and position themselves to get in on the action when we’re using it on someone else.