Posture Prep = Amazing!

[fivestrideline]

So I hopped on this bandwagon today and tried the posture prep on my 4 year old OTTB. He’s coming down from the track and is still pretty tight. Generally he doesn’t love or hate grooming - he just kinda stands there.

I’m still learning how to use this thing (I winged it off the booklet, planning to take a look at the videos tonight), but I think it helped loosen him up! I definitely noticed a difference in his skin/fascia tension afterward. He really pressed into me on his neck, but I had to lighten up to almost nothing on his girth and the inside of his hind legs/stifle area. Overall I thought he was less cranked up afterwards!

I didn’t try it on my kissing spine trainwreck horse yet, but that one is very vocal about what he does and doesn’t like so we shall see!

[Kyrabee]

I have been using mine every grooming session. It is da’bomb for getting shedding hair off. It comes off the PP in shaped plug and doesn’t go flying all over the place. My horse prefers the Posture Prep to a shedding blade, especially after she sheds some.

[ZuzusPetals]

It’s rewarding when you get a dinner plate-size area of skin sliding freely. And, of course, when horsey starts yawning, etc.

[TangoCowgirl]

New Concept on Pulling the Mane your Performance and Pleasure Horse

Simply silly, fun and effective. The horse’s man is their scalp if the scalp is tight they will not stretch as freely from the wither the pole/forelock.

The body goes to the path of least resistance. A tight scalp/mane can act like on overcheck on a driving harness and cause the horse to bulge it’s neck one side or the other. Happy mane pulling!

[Dr_Doolittle]

Funny - this is a TTOUCH thing as well!

I do it occasionally, I think it does help loosen up the crest and horses always really enjoy it.

[PaddockWood]

I have to report in again on the Weegy board feeling. It helps my guy so much to approach it that lightly to start. And it’s a great shedding tool for the hairy unicorns who don’t get clipped.

So I start light and then go deeper after full Weegy body strokes. And often don’t really go deeper on most areas.

He’s PSSM2 and has never wanted to be groomed much and while that has improved it may never be that he loves a good grooming like my horses in the past.

[emeraldcity]

Anyone have a sense of how to read a horse who rests a hind leg while I’m working on it with the PP? He has other sensitive areas he’s much more vocally reactive to, but while working on his right hindquarters, he always rests that leg- not really any reaction beyond that. Doesn’t do it on the left.

[NaturallyHappy]

@TangoCowgirl, do you have any experience w horses becoming sore after a huge myofascial release? My horse has/had one shoulder larger than the other. It is now significantly smaller…and he’s done major releasing….huge snorts, full body shakes, yawning to the point I think he will dislocate his jaw, sticking his tongue out, etc. I think his thoracic sling is letting go after being cast badly and he’s walking oddly because he has major muscle soreness. Thoughts? I know a poster upthread mentioned how uncomfortable she was after a major release. Thanks!

[Lunabear1988]

I have a horse that does this but both legs. I take it as a good sign.

[Inimitable]

I noticed one of mine doing this the other day. She rested her right hind and kind of leaned into it. I’m assuming it’s a good thing? But I guess I can’t say for sure.

[TangoCowgirl]

i would interpret that he is letting his pelvis and hip drp in a nice relaxed posture, maybe that is the side that he uses more. A dominant hind leg?

[TangoCowgirl]

History is huge. knowing he was cast and had postural and muscular compensations is invaluable. Like peeling back the layers of an onion the deeper compensations or primary injury could be showing up. I would look further down the limb to see if there is any restriction or tightness in any lower joint life the fetlock, pastern or coffin joint. Also not to forget the neck and withers.

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[Alice]

I purchased one because of this thread.

My mare who previously did not enjoy being groomed LOVES this tool. I don’t know if it is because she’s doing a bit of shedding, or the tool itself. She didn’t have much hair to shed, and it took 2 or 3 times for her to respond, so I think the tool itself is making her feel really good.

The first time using it I didn’t see her respond to it well at all, and I could use only the lightest of pressure. She leans into it now and its a very good arm work out.

I’ve also used it on my old gelding for shedding and it works really well for that too. He liked it right away.

So thank you for this thread!

[quietann]

With Lola gone, I’m going to try using the PP on my old mare, who hasn’t been too impressed with it so far. With allergy season coming, she’s going to get itchy, so she may change her mind.

Lola tended to be pretty tight, and loved the PP. My guess is with all the running around and playing she can do in her new home, she will loosen up.

[TangoCowgirl]

How to palpate tendons, ligaments and pulses is so very important for all to know to have a base line, and also relate changes when working with your farrier and veterinarian and trainer.

https://youtu.be/pSK7QS8et0w

[Simkie]

Just bumping this thread back up to ask if anyone else is seeing just pretty rapid wear of their posture prep curry?

I’ve been using the one on the right since April. Thought the teeth were looking shorter, so bought another and wow–pretty big difference! A solid 1/4" has worn off the outer teeth.

It’s only ten bucks, so whatever I guess, but I’m not sure I’ve ever seen such rapid wear on a curry type tool? Curious what others are finding!

[NaturallyHappy]

Raises hand…me, too.

[ZuzusPetals]

Ditto. Miss Mare prefers the fresh nubbies. I don’t get nearly the release when the nubbies are worn. I’m crazy about the thing, though, so I replace.

[fivestrideline]

Is this the horse one?

I admit that I haven’t been using mine lately (I haven’t been doing much more than picking feet and hosing off sweat from it being 100 degrees out…) but it definitely has rounded nubs now. I never got huge releases from my horses but they don’t seem bothered by it in its current state either.

[Simkie]

@ZuzusPetals

Miss Mare prefers the fresh nubbies

Yeah, I found the same thing today in my crew–they were all much happier with the new one. And it pulled a lot more hair off, too!

I like it a lot but getting 2-3 months out of it (I wasn’t paying close attention so not sure when the outside teeth stopped being pointy?) is a bummer. The cost is whatever but adding that plastic to the waste stream kind of sucks and the tool is practically disposable at that point. I’d pay more for one made of better materials.

@fivestrideline

Is this the horse one?

Yes. If your horse likes the rounded teeth, a grooma is the same thing. I find it easier to hold, less likely to pop out of my hand, and the teeth sure take a hell of a lot longer to wear–years not months. Same price point.

@NaturallyHappy I’m sorry you’re also finding the same thing!