Pro Osteo - Terveyden hyväksi

31/08/2025

Mahtava reissu Koppelohaukkuihin takana!
Päästiin hienoihin maastoihin Nellimin perukoille ihan lähelle itärajaa Veikun kanssa, joista löytyi muutama lintukin haukuttavaksi.

Luonto oli todella kaunis ja Veiku työskenteli hienosti. Lopputuloksena 48 pistettä ja Koppelohaukkujen 17. sija, eli aivan kelpo suoritus. Tärkeintä on, ettei sattunut tapaturmia, ja että koira jaksoi loppumetreille asti hyvin pienestä hapotuksesta huolimatta ja kokeen jälkeisenä aamunakin liikkui hyvin aamulenkillä. Toivottavasti tämän ja viime viikon valmistelevat osteopatiahoidot sekä huolellinen verryttely ja jäähdyttely auttoi asiaa.

Veikuhan on Maurin kanssa kokeita käynytkin, m***a nyt on meikäläisen osaltakin aloitettu. Tästä on hyvä jatkaa!😍

Kiitos hienosta tapahtumasta järjestäjille ja sekä tuomareille ja kanssakoirakoille.

Suurkiitos myös rakkaalle .fi Miralle, joka mahdollisti koko homman hoitamalla meidän porukan nuorinta jäsentä koko koepäivän ajan, kun Maurin (tuomarina toisella koirakolla) kanssa oltiin maastoissa. ❤️

Ja viimeisimpänä muttei vähäisimpänä rakkaalle Maurille koko hommaan innostamisesta ja kannustamisesta, tämä on vasta alkua.❤️

Päällimmäisenä valtava kiitollisuus näistä hienoista koirista ja meidän kotimaan upeasta luonnosta.❤️

22/06/2025

❤️ Also my daughter’s birthday 😍

Happy 151st Birthday Osteopathy! Today is the anniversary of when Dr. Still started practicing what would become Osteopathy. As A.T. Still declared, “On June 22, 1874, I flung to the breeze the banner of Osteopathy.”
Photo: Still Doctor's Shop; ca. 1928. [2008.58.1538]

13/06/2025

It is official🥳🎂🌸🥂🍾

🌟Master of Health Care🌟

06/06/2025

🌟Characteristics of breathing
patterns and neurological control mechanisms of Equine and Canine diaphragm during tidal breathing: a scoping review🌟

My Master’s Thesis is ready and has been accepted!!! Such an inspirational process, and I need to say, it is only the beginning. 😘

The language is English, only abstract is in Finnish. So please enjoy all my international and Finnish friends and colleagues❤️

26/05/2025

Thank for all of the participants and especially our lecturer, Peter, for an inspiring weekend!
Finally applying the EVOST principles to Equine Osteopathy together.
Tuulensillan talli hosted us so well, thank you for the patient patients and the good facilities.
Thank you Mira for everything, especially for doing this all with me.
Also, thank you Max and Jean-Paul for your great work through all these years!
To be continued in October.

01/05/2025

Horse owners please note! This subject is back! I heard a very disturbing tale some time ago now from a dental colleague (a BAEDT member) who had been treating the same horse for a number of years with no problems; this year, the owner decided to use a 'dentist' new to the area (not BAEDT) who 'diagnosed' various problems, but recommended to 'exercise' the tongue by pulling it out from side to side at full extension to help 'realign' the hyoid apparatus (see pic). Since this treatment (and one session of tongue pulling) the horse was unrideable due to violent evasive head movements under saddle and the owner was left distraught and wondering what had happened.

The hyoid apparatus is a set of delicate bones, one of which (no.3 in the diagram) is attached to the base of the tongue. The bones, delicate joints or the tongue itself could easily be potentially irreversibly damaged by such 'treatment' 😔

We have heard a few tales of tongue pulling to 'realign' the hyoid apparatus, and there seem to be a growing number of videos on Youtube, Facebook etc of persons performing this 'technique'. Some appear to be very credible professional looking people that I can only assume are doing as they have been taught by someone else. No disrespect to you, but please think again before performing or recommending this technique. Mostly it was Australia but it appears to be spreading like a disease around the globe. The first person attributed to this was Dr Kerry Ridgeway in USA, however he did not publish any scientific evidence or research about it and there are reports of it doing more harm than any possible good.

The hyoid is not a 'gyroscope' for the horse as stated in one video, and to attempt to realign the hyoid through tongue pulling, manipulation or any other method is in our view potentially damaging, and a potential welfare issue. Also, logically if the hyoid was ‘displaced’ or ‘out of alignment’ you would 100% know about it as your horse would be in marked distress and no amount of tongue pulling would help.

It is really important that all professionals whether they are body workers, physiotherapists, dental technicians or vets work together as a team for the good of the horse - we must all follow the science - there is none for this. Please, do not let anyone attempt to manipulate your horse's hyoid apparatus.

24/04/2025

Ihanaa koiranpäivää!❤️
Kuva: Taru Sinervä

07/04/2025

Multiple studies have shown that increased flexion of the neck during riding or lunging can have many negative effects on the horse’s body and is a welfare issue. Please read this comprehensive article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-72766-5

Image:
Riding behind the vertical or lunging while restricted with side or draw reins can also damage the nuchal ligament. The nuchal ligament is the main ligament of the neck, running from the occipital bone to the thoracic spine with attachments to the cervical vertebrae. It plays a crucial role in supporting the neck during locomotion and allowing for energy-efficient movement.

During hyperflexed head and neck positions, there is increased tension on the cord portion of the nuchal ligament and its attachment to the occipital bone. In horses ridden behind the vertical, the nuchal ligament does not function as a unit, with both parts – the cord and lamina- complementing each other. The cord is under increased tension, which over time can lead to degenerative changes in the ligament and bone changes at its attachment site, resulting in new bone formation – exostoses.
Between the first cervical vertebrae and the nuchal ligament are often developed nuchal bursae, cranial that is above the atlas, and caudal nuchal bursa between the cord and axis. When the nuchal ligament is under extensive tension, that can also initiate inflammation of those thin-walled structures. Cranial and caudal nuchal bursitis can be confirmed by ultrasound.

https://vetmed.agriculturejournals.cz/pdfs/vet/2020/08/01.pdfhttps://avmajournals.avma.org/view/journals/javma/237/7/javma.237.7.823.xml

Links to my work:
Patreon page that supports my work
https://www.patreon.com/equineanatomyinlayers

Whole Horse Dissection online (12 months access)
https://ivanaruddock.podia.com/the-equine-anatomy-in-layers

Atlas of the Equine Musculoskeletal system
https://ivanaruddock-lange.com/equine-atlas/

09/12/2024

❤️ Lapset ja hevoset ❤️

05/10/2024

Suomen Eläinterveydenhuolto-opisto on yksityinen, vuodesta 2004 alkaen toiminut oppilaitos, joka on erikoistunut laadukkaisiin, monipuolisiin eläinten terveydenhoitoon ja käyttäytymiseen liittyviin ammattikoulutuksiin, lisäkoulutuksiin ja lyhytkursseihin.

05/10/2024

Suomen Eläinterveydenhuolto-opisto SETO:n järjestämänä Hevosen rangan biomekaniikka ja fysiologia-luento Sastamalassa 27.10. Muutama osallistuja puuttuu vielä, että saadaan kurssipäivä toteutumaan. Tervetuloa lämpimästi mukaan kaikki hevoshierojat, fysioterapeutit, osteopaatit jne. Viime kerralla mukana oli myös pari satulansovittajaakin. Jatkoluentopäivä myös suunnitteilla. 🐴🐎
Ilmoittautumiset SETO:n nettisivuilta seto.fi

26/01/2024

Luentoja hevosen biomekaniikasta kiinnostuneille hevosalan ammattilaisille!😊🐴🦄🐎 Tervetuloa mukaan, ajankohdat maaliskuussa 2024.

SETO:n sivuilta lisätietoa, linkit alla:

https://www.seto.fi/hevosen-rangan-biomekaniikka

https://www.seto.fi/hevosen-rangan-biomekaniikka-ii---syventava

Suomen Eläinterveydenhuolto-opisto on yksityinen, vuodesta 2004 alkaen toiminut oppilaitos, joka on erikoistunut laadukkaisiin, monipuolisiin eläinten terveydenhoitoon ja käyttäytymiseen liittyviin ammattikoulutuksiin, lisäkoulutuksiin ja lyhytkursseihin.