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"Physical Training that is Physical Therapy"
Training is on the front line of defense against lameness in horses right alongside nutrition, hoof care, tack fit and emotional health. Are you sure the way you are asking your horse to move is encouraging soundness?
Methodology
HorsePT’s rider coaching program is focused on guiding horses toward efficient body coordination. A crucial part of this is the interaction between the rider’s and horse’s bodies. A rider can easily impede the healthy movement of their horse and likewise a horse with inefficient coordination can create distortion in the rider. This is just one of many paradoxes HorsePT guides riders through in the process of establishing healthy efficient movement in horses. Efficiency equals Soundness. When the rider’s body is influencing the horse's body to move efficiently, the horse becomes physically comfortable and emotionally available for relationship and connection with the rider.
No two horse and rider pairs are the same, so it does not make sense to offer a one-size-fits-all program. The methodology of HorsePT is to teach each rider to formulate strategies based in a framework of healthy locomotion. Coaching is offered in a one-on-one setting, either in person or through video coaching.
William was chronically lame from a young age, was retired and changed hands many times. By changing the way he uses his body, he became sound even with the pathology he accumulated over the years, and progressed in his athletic training without recurrence of his lameness.