InTune Equine

19/10/2025

Upcoming availability before cup weekend 🏇

Hello I have the following availability coming up before Cup weekend! 😃

PM or call to book in 🫶🏼

Upcoming session available for People 🤸‍♀️🙌
➡️ Tuesday 28th October 10am

🤗Taking bookings for November now Limited availability.

09/10/2025

Highly reactive horse, have you thoroughly assessed for fractures? Or are you still saying the horse is Naughty 🤷🏻‍♀️

23/09/2025

Ouch 😣 I’ve managed to sprain a facet joint in my back and let me tell you… it’s no fun at all. Walking, twisting, even leaning back has been a real challenge. Physio has taped me up and given me some rehab exercises to help strengthen and stabilise, plus strict instructions to rest flat when needed and avoid heavy lifting or standing too long.

It got me thinking about our horses 🐴… Their backs have facet joints too. Obviously, the function is a bit different since they’re on four legs, but with all the bucking, twisting and kicking they do, I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of them end up with the same kind of issues. And unlike us, they also have to tolerate the extra weight of a rider, which can put even more stress on those joints.

When I’m doing bodywork, one of the big giveaways of a past sprain is when an individual joint has lost its mobility. Just like us, a sprain can take 4–6 weeks to properly heal. The tricky part is after 2–4 weeks the inflammation may have settled, but the horse might just be compensating rather than actually recovered.

That’s why bodywork is so valuable — it helps pick up those little problem spots, get the joints moving properly again, and keep your horse feeling and performing at their best.

👉 I’ll be taking the next two weeks to recover myself, so if your horse could use a session, now’s the time to book in for October. Let’s get those joints moving and set them up for a great season ahead!

01/09/2025

For all those horsey owners who need some pain relief 🙌

20/08/2025

It’s a rugs off day today for the Casey/cardinia ponies! 🐴
Good to see many already off or changed to a cotton 🥰
Horses can deal with being cooler better than sweating in a polyester doona!

07/08/2025

If you have a playlist your horse likes be sure to have it ready for their bodywork session!
Horses are fluid and music influences the fluid movement 🙌

Equus Evidence: Join us for a regular feature summarising an interesting scientific paper and how it might influence the care of our horses 🧐

Less Stress, BetterPerformance: The Power of Relaxation forHorses 🎶💆‍♀️

This study shows that relaxing music or massage isn’t just a luxury—it's a proven way to reduce stress in horses.

A study of 120 young racehorses found that both gentle massage and calming music significantly lowered levels of cortisol, a key stress hormone. Horses that received massage not only felt better but also performed better on the track, with more wins and higher earnings! 🏆

But this isn’t just for elite athletes—**any horse can benefit**. From paddock ponies to competition horses, regular massage or carefully selected music can support calmness, recovery, and overall wellbeing.

🎼 **What kind of music works best?** Soothing, instrumental “New Age” music—composed to match horses' sensitive hearing range—had the strongest calming effect. Interestingly, **talk-back radio was shown to increase stress**.

📉 Lower cortisol isn’t just about calmness—**it’s linked to a reduced risk of equine glandular gastric ulcer syndrome (EGGUS)**, making these simple interventions important for long-term health.

At Equus Veterinary Services, we're all about keeping your horses happy, healthy and sound—because prevention is better than cure.

📰 Source: Kędzierski et al. (2017), *Pferdeheilkunde – Equine Medicine*, "Massage or music meant to be relaxing, result in lowering salivary cortisol concentration in race horses."

01/08/2025

Happy birthday to all the beautiful horses 🐎 🥕
Model - Flame 🔥

02/07/2025

How about a massage? 💆🏻‍♀️
Don’t wait until it’s a vet job as I’ll just refer you to a vet 🤷🏻‍♀️

Gotta be a team game 🏇🏻

17/06/2025

We think there’s more knowledge but is there? Bodies can maintain homeostasis so well although enough insult to the systems for a continuous period causes issues. It’s silently creeping up while we think we are doing the right thing purchasing all of these man made things to combat the man made problems. Is it a vicious circle?

16/06/2025

I know this isn’t about horses although there’s a few posts going around about how posture does not matter. It may not be the primary cause of pain but it absolutely does affect the way the body functions.
It’s a long video although after listening to this information I hope to make people aware that posture absolutely does matter.
I see people lunging for long periods of time with side reins and gadgets that put the horse in a perceived frame. Often the head is down although the neck is braced, the atlanto-occipital junction (poll) is held in flexion while the base of the neck, thoracic and lumbar are in extension. This position reminds me so much of clients that come in with dowager’s neck hump. Although no one has been holding their atlo-occipital joint in flexion.
Posture may not matter for breif periods although accumulation over time puts strain on structures leading to problems further down the track.
Have a look at the posture and you decide what you would rather have for you and your horse.

This is a very detailed look at the multiple reasons a person can develop a kyphosis posture that evolves into a dowagers hump. I apologize for the length of...

24/03/2025

It’s not always an obvious grade lameness when there is pathology. Horses are very good at compensating. This is why I never force a horse to do what they don’t feel comfortable doing. It may seem easy to you just to “go the other way” but it might be extremely difficult for the horse.
It has also been proven in people pathology doesn’t equal pain either. Is this the body just compensating so well to avoid it?

05/02/2025

Had some free time this morning to do a bit of bodywork on my lot. Monty was loving the attention and Flynn definitely has ADHD 😆 disclaimer this is not a diagnosis as it is out of my scope of practice 😉