February 09 midwest horse digest Page 31
Problems on Competition Horses
and at last he was able to trim and shoe Sam
without calling the vet to sedate him.
In many instances chronic pain, or
Although there is noway to prove it, perhaps horse’ own system is ready to release it. In the
even pain memory which resides in the
the hairline fractures were already there and case of the horse in New Zealand, I per-
muscles is the cause of behavioral and
the great heart of this young stallion totally formed Equine Touch on him focusing on the
performance problems. Sometimes this pain,
overrode the physical condition.
the fear and its associated
Jack Meagher 1924 – 2005, the
behavior pattern comes from one
father of equine body work and the therapist
source and one source only, the
for the USA Olympic team made this great
horse was started too young.
quote in 1981“. ''A horse is the biggest,
toughest, strongest athlete in the world, yet he
©2008 Jock Ruddock About the
can't tell you where he is hurt, you have to go
author: Jock Ruddock a former
find the problem. It's kind of a study in anato-
New Zealand Police Officer and
my in Braille."
professional wrestler pioneered
So, once again, we are back to hid-
The Equine Touch, and with his
den pain, the nature of the horse, no matter
veterinarian wife, Dr, Ivana
what it is bred for, it will hide or endeavor to
Ruddock, has turned itinto a dis-
ignore any debilitating pain until it is in such a
cipline that is now recognized
state that it no longer can. In the interim,
and applauded by all who see or
however, its reactions and behavior pattern, as
use it, including veterinarians
well as its personality, will completely change.
throughout Europe.
This is often the only clue that a trainer will get
that the horse has a problem.
Local practitioner and National Instructor, Colette
The Equine Touch, a rebalancing,
retraining, and some would say
One trainer put it to me that shoes
Bolster performing Equine Touch. healing modality for the horse, is
were only put on his horse just before he
the first non-diagnostic, non-inva-
raced, and he only took a few steps on hard hindquarter and then when Sam relaxed
sive, energy and connective soft-tissue disci-
surface, so it could not be a concussion relat- holistically, I did some mobilization as well as
pline in the world to be awarded national
ed problem. I asked him if I put on brass stretching the hind legs, which the trainer did
accreditation status in the United Kingdom.
knuckles, how many times I would need to not believe was possible, and after checking
Visit www.theequinetouch.com for a complete
punch him to break his jaw. It only takes one that the pain shown earlier had disappeared,
list of practitioners and instructors. Colette
misstep with shoes on concrete, one stomp at left him with an extremely skeptical trainer.
Bolster, KCB Equine Center, Dassel, MN is a
a bothersome fly, one wrong step coming off a The next day the trainer phoned the
local practitioner and National Instructor for
trailer backwards and a serious injury pattern owner to tell him that for the first time Sam
The Equine Touch. Contact Colette at
can be established all the way up to the came to greet him in the paddock, his behav-
Colette@kcbequine.com or visit
sacrum. ior had changed completely, he was friendly,
www.kcbequine.com
Holistic, gentle non invasive
bodywork, such as the Equine Touch, which
uses palpation as part of its assessment
process, which not only reveals problems at
all levels, but can, by relaxing the muscles and
reduce the pain, take the stress off the
bones, individually and collectively. The fact
that Equine Touch is gentle and non invasive
means that the moves will not remove the
spasm from muscles that are acting as
natural splints for the skeletal system until the
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