it seems very similar to the old Unigroom. I have those in all the colors! It seems the horses tended to like the soft pink ones the best. And like the reviews of this current product, the horses just seem to melt when you use them. I inherited a box full after a friend lost her horse. They are worth their weight in gold.
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My Posture Prep is supposed to come in today.
We’ll get to try them out tomorrow.
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Waiting impatiently for mine; it was supposed to be delivered yesterday. I know my big mare will love it. She’s been known to pin stall cleaners into a corner demanding that they scratch her butt (they’ve learned not to even start with the skritchies because she is never satisfied). I think I’m going to start using it prior to doing fascia kinesiotapings as she needs all the help she can get to loosen up.
ETA: it was in the mailbox. I’ll give it a go tonight and see what my more sensitive girl thinks about it.
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Pico_Banana, your the bomb for caring to share your Posture Prepping experience and thereby help spread the benefits to so many.
Here is a share for you and yours. I hope it all fits…yikes… I can only share 2 links. Fingers crossed
Here is a comprehensive list of my videos.
If you get the chance to watch the 2012 Equine Wellness video you wont be disappointed A full power pint presentation. Quite comprehensive. My flagship video.
Remember:
- Foundation for good posture is all 4 cannons on the verticle
- Compare posture from right and left sides.
- RedFlags. Find it Feel it and Fix it
- Cross Fiber:
-back to front
-short strokes 4-6 inches
-Skin is the horses clothes start lighter to loosen the skin. Yet horse’s like it deeper too.
-use your whole body and watch with soft eyes. The myofascial system is a self lubricating System. Watch the fluid dynamics under the skin.
- Posture is the language of the horse.
Are they comfortable in their own skin?
Are they happy on the inside and outside?
RedFlags
Hamstring crease release
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Big mare did in fact love it and never wanted me to stop. I didn’t have time to watch all the videos yet, but will this weekend. I started up by her tail and worked forward, and then around the withers and scapula both sides. Next, I did around the pecs/girth area, and then on the ribs and gaskins. She did not start snatching her right hind away and threatening to kick when I worked that side even pretty close to the flank. I did see her think about it at one point, but she settled back in.
Little mare had an injury I had to attend to instead, so I haven’t tried it on her (plus my arms were about to fall off after big mare).
Overall, glad this thread convinced me to add it to my arsenal, and the price is right compared to some other therapies I dabble with!
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Checking back in. I own a nearly white flea bitten grey. Today he got a bath and to distribute the soap I used the posture prep. Like I do when grooming and he LOVED it even more than a dry run. It slid so smoothly across his coat. Like a smooth massage.
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My fjord does this too. We spend LOTS of time with stuff like this. I love that it’s a way for us to communicate where it’s obvious what he wants.
I have a PP on the way to see what he thinks if. I have a curry that is similar that he likes so I’m excited to see his thoughts. I just started working with him where I present two grooming tool options and he picks; I’ve got a scratchy curry, a tail brush which he likes for neck itches, the grooma curry, and a theragun massage device.
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I’m always at a loss for what to get my barn mates as a small Christmas gift - this fit the bill! This, horse treats, and some chocolates. Done!
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Product enhancement idea:
Can we have the posture prep with an extender for getting harder to reach areas and for those of us with shoulder issues that can’t reach over our head with tall horses or horses that kick out?
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Yesterday I was in the car for 2+ hours, and I sat in the ododontists chair for 2 hours while he cleared all the infected areas out of one of my molars in preparation for a root canal.
For some reason I forgot to use my human Posture Prep last night. This morning my neck and scalp HURT even after a warm bath.
I used my Posture Prep and my pain is gone. I should have done the Posture Prep last night!
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How do you use it???
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I use it cross-wise on my neck, from right to left. I try to work it also across the tops of my shoulders (not the scapula) from the front, and a little around my sensitive right shoulder joint.
Then I move it up to my scalp. First I move it side to side from the bottom up the center parting of my hair up to my forward hair line. If that is not enough for my scalp pain I get creative, I add up and down some, then some at a diagonal over the muscle fibers.
Then my neck/scalp pain abates or goes away, usually for the rest of the day unless I do something stupid to trigger my neck pain again.
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Nothing says “two thumbs up” more than a fjord willingly stepping away from his hay to get the grooms for more than two seconds. This was a first! I just ordered 10 more so Charlie can give Christmas gifts to his horse friends 
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I ordered a truckload, too, for gifts. As I use the tool I consider it a big win if La Mare starts to yawn.
When I prep her before a ride, she gives good feedback in some areas and post-ride it’s in other areas. Now and then I get, on the crossties, that sideways, stealthy, super-fast nip. (She doesn’t get me. Just turns her head and makes that little snap.) Can’t tell whether that’s displeasure or an invitation to play, so I take it as displeasure and move to another area, lighten the pressure, etc.
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Dont forget the legs
Rotator cuff
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So my mare has gotten bodywork 2x, and I also did some kinesiotaping on her after her session on Monday, so I can’t say it’s all down to PP. BUT, I did not tape her hind end below her glutes. I have been using the PP for a couple days on her hamstrings, gaskins and legs. Last night, I was able to get her to relax her leg down/back so that she rested her toe on the ground just behind the point of her buttock. This might not seem like much to most, but she is usually so grabby and tense with her hind legs, and she was able to rest each leg down/back for maybe 30 seconds.
I still haven’t tried it on my other mare because I’m tired by the time I’ve covered 17 hands worth of the big mare.
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I have been using Posture Prep for many years and every year I get more and more. I use them so much they wear out after a few years and need to be replaced. I cannot stress enough how important the posture preps have been for not only my horses but I keep the human by my bedside. I get wicked migraines and I use them to break up the muscles causing my migraines and it helps tremendously. I used the dog one on my dog that passed away pretty much daily. I never knew how much fascial release the horses needed until I started using this product. I have attended her seminar’s and watched her video’s for tips and tricks! Highly recommend to anyone even thinking about it. It’s the best money I have ever spent and does so much more than supplements which are crazy expensive!
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I did two out of three horses today, then stood up and took a breath and had sharp chest pains I was so sore. But my problem children are happy.
I’ve been using one on myself. I have horrible pain in my hip/lower abdomen from adhesions and scar tissue that pull my pelvis out of alignment. I’m noticing a distinct difference in how the scar tissue feels under the skin and my hip has been holding the proper alignment better. I’m happy too.
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I’ve had the PP for about a month now and it’s replaced mare’s curry comb. I have noticed shifts in where she’s sore as time as gone on. Her semitendinosis used to be really tight, but focused effort on her hind quarters and she feels a lot better. Now it is the under side of her neck that feels very hard. I definitely think it’s making her more comfortable overall, and it has significantly heightened my own awareness to the spots that she is uncomfortable in. And the mysterious line of atrophied muscle in her haunches that people called a red flag for PSSM when I posted about it is all but completely gone on both sides now!
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Ditto. And like you, I’m newly aware of ouchy areas that come and go, and how they may affect (or — Gulp! — may be the result of) that day’s ride.
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