ASKHQ: STRENGTHENING THE LOWER LEG
Q: How can I go about strengthening my lower leg? A: Many of us have issues with our lower leg […]
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ASKHQ: POOR POSTURE TRANSLATES TO THE SADDLE
Q: I tend to hunch in the saddle, which I think is related to my poor posture at my desk
IN KNOTS – TYING UP
Tying up was once thought of as a racehorse-only muscle disease, but we now know that more equines are at
IN SUSPENSE – UNDERSTANDING SUSPENSORY LIGAMENT INJURIES
The suspensory ligament is one of the most common soft tissue structures to be affected by injury in the horse.
MOVEMENT IS MEDICINE
Text: Shelley Wolhuter Horses are designed to move. In fact, when it comes to horses, movement really is medicine. In
FLATWORK FEBRUARY #18: LEG YIELD TO CANTER
Trot down the three-quarter line and use your inside leg on the girth to push your horse towards the track,
FLATWORK FEBRUARY #7: THE COUNTDOWN
‘The Countdown’ is excellent for improving your horse’s reaction to your aids, ensuring they are in front of your leg,
FLATWORK FEBRUARY #5: PUSH AND COLLECT
In essence, this exercise asks that you ‘push’ forward on the long side of the arena and ‘collect’ on the
FLATWORK FEBRUARY #4: THE SPIRAL
You can complete this exercise in either walk, trot, or canter. But like with most of these exercises, starting at
FLATWORK FEBRUARY #3: THE FIGURE EIGHT
The Figure 8 is typically done with 20m circles with a change of direction where the two circles join over