Applied Posture Riding

12/01/2026

Every horse teaches us something valuable.
I have learnt that very quiet horses can be internal stressors.

This manifests as muscle tension, stiffness, and a dull leg, with reactivity to "everything" and other factors we don't understand.

A medical and or musculoskeletal assessment may be required.

I do a lot of groundwork to teach my horse to move in patterns.
I have great success with my Deep Fascial Massage gun for fascial freedom and muscle release.

Unloading stresses and only training once I have relaxation and attention has been slow but valuable.

Barbie did her first solo trip to the dressage on Sunday,

It is time for her to step up to competing soon.

09/01/2026

2026 is the year of the horse. I am going to make it the "year of the rider". We all have problems, not all are fixable, but many can be "fixed" with the right knowledge and training. I will be producing short courses aimed at "fixing" rider problems.

My expertise is Rider Biomechanics. Physiotherapy is my education, and being old and having healed from numerous injuries is my experience. I treat NO PAIN.

Our Passion for riding does not waiver however, the pleasure for riding does.

Riding pain-free has brought back the pleasure of riding for me.
I aim to provide education to help you regain your pleasure.

Course 1 "How to Activate your Core Muscles on Demand"

PS Let me know what you would like me to address.

24/12/2025

And a happy new year.

21/12/2025

I have been riding with shorter stirrups for the past 4 years.

Since I ruptured my Hamstrings off the bone, I have been protecting them from spasming and or cramping by riding with shorter stirrups.

With shorter stirrups, my knee flexion is supported by weight bearing through my stirrups. This has allowed me to ride cramp-free (mostly). I also have a forward tilt of my pelvis due to the new hamstring insertion having no impact on my pelvis.

My hands have joined the new posture party and now bend inwards. ( No excuse).

After reviewing my latest dressage photos, I decided it was time to regain my upright posture and lower-leg function.

I rode without stirrups for the 1st time in 4 years. I forgot how many muscles I used to use. I had no cramping, so I started with 15 minutes of walking and 10 minutes of trotting.

My plan is to ride more balanced to improve my mare's self-carriage and paces.

Maybe it is me, not Norma, who's average.

19/12/2025

19/12/2025

Attention, riders, are you looking for a new high-powered, long-stroke massage therapy gun? Even more powerful than the Maxi Fascial gun. Only for deep tissue therapy.

This gun is one of the best on the market, with long stroke length, high-powered gears, 4 heads, and long battery life.

I have 2 of these available (ideal Christmas present).
I have only 1 Maxi Fascial Massage Gun left.
I have ordered mini massage guns, due in next year.

Left know asap.

17/12/2025

I have ordered more stock for 2026. I have one Maxi Fascial Muscle Massage Gun left in stock until 2026.

One of the best therapy tools I have used. I just added a short video to the website that shows how to identify areas of pain and align them with the problems that arise during training sessions.

Barbie canters like a bent pocket knife (sideways). Her longitudinal strength and flexibility are still developing. When she resists, I know it is muscle pain. She is trying so hard to do what I ask, but at times she just can't.

I manage this both unmounted and mounted. To date, she continues to enjoy her work.

Strength will not be built with pain blocking correct movement patterns. Pain can also create negative work-related memories.

Time is that four-letter word that is precisely the same for all of us.

This compact gun delivers all of the above as well as increasing blood flow, fluid movement, swelling and pain reduction.

17/12/2025

I have been wearing my recently added posture-shoulder corrector for a few hours a day while riding and driving.

The sharp bite of pain and impending headache has eased, and I'm pain-free again. I use the brace to activate my scapular muscles, not to pull my shoulders back. Happy to report it is reasonably comfortable too.

As a physiotherapist I treat many people young and old with pain related to poor posture. I always treat with manual therapy, exercoise therapy and in some case I prescribe this little posture brace. I wear one myself for a few hours a day due to headaches from driving. It has stopped my headaches a...

13/12/2025

The 1st big square of hay in the paddock with my new slow feeder net.

It has slowed them down for sure.

I have these large nets on my website at a great price for Christmas.

12/12/2025

I have been using the Maxi Facial gun on all my tight, stiff, tender patients as a treatment and as a pre-manual therapy prep.

The gun identifies areas of pain that are not at the subjective level, which is interesting in itself.

Treating these areas always makes a difference to the local as well as the connected areas.

Yesterday, I released a woman's knee from a fixed flexion deformity (approximately 20 degrees) to nearly full extension. She had a facial gun session last week along with muscle activation exercises. Yesterday, at her 2nd appointment with me, I was able to stretch her knee nearly straight.

I designed new exercises and posture-alignment movement patterns, and she purchased a massage gun for regular use.
next step is to reset her upper body.

( She has been having physio for a year).

Old bodies require whole-body assessment and attention. Old bodies deserve better than just I have OA.

09/12/2025

This is a mini-style (15cm wide) Lumbar back brace which is ideal for wearing when riding, working around the stables, or any heavy work.

09/12/2025

Check out the new min braces just in today.

This is a mini-style (15cm wide) Lumbar back brace which is ideal for wearing when riding, working around the stables, or any heavy work.