09/10/2025
Let’s talk gait assessment 🗣️
Here you will see the lovely Danni with 2/3 of the horses which received treatment today.
From gait assessment we are looking for:
▪️Any areas of tension / compensatory movements
▪️Are they sound? Are they restricted in range of motion? Equal footfall?
▪️Are they restricted through there thoracolumbar?
▪️Is there a swing of the pelvis, are they dropping on a particular side?
▪️Is the horse able to move through there thoracic sling or do they appear restricted.
Horses will then be placed on a small circle on both reins and asked to back up. All the horses seen today for there maintenance treatments were seen as they were all youngsters either starting there ridden careers or riding away where their owner wanted to ensure that they were happy, comfortable and used to other people handling from the start of there careers. Follow to keep an eye on there journey! 🖤