Equine BodyHelp

06/10/2025

Is your horse head shy? Can you easily get a halter or the bridle on? Or is there always a fight? Then maybe your horse needs some cranial work.

This youngster was the same. He had always fought, was generally difficult as a foal and wouldn't let anyone near his head. After weeks of patient work by his handler, he would now allow a halter on but would still not allow anyone to touch the top of his head......until after the treatment today.

I'd treated him twice already, realigning his hindquarters, rib cage and the bones in his lower neck, slowly building up a trust. This time I started slowly, gently working with his head, starting with the hyoid bone, then ever so slowly slipping my hands onto his lower jaw, then further with one hand on his nose, gently checking the alignment of the upper with the lower jaw. He then needed a break, so I stepped back, giving him space. After a few moments he chewed. Hoorah! The tensions were beginning to release. When he was ready I placed my hands gently on the TMJ, feeling and releasing the tension there and then slowly let my hands do the walking, working gently with the cranial bones. I could feel the tension building and then releasing in his head. He could feel it too and unsure, looked for security from his handler. He then let me work hands-off with his poll. Afterwards, with my hand on the global fascia point in front of the withers, I checked for any remaining tension in his body. His body reacted with a massive trauma shake, but inexperienced, this build-up of energy spooked him again and he began to get agitated. I backed off, holding the space, waiting for the release. He then bumped his head slightly on the doorframe and this triggered the release; he yawned and chewed repeatedly, releasing the build-up of tension in his head and body. I continued to hold the space and he relaxed.

Afterwards with his head over the stable door I gently scratched his upper neck, working upwards around each ear and over his poll. His head dropped, his eyes were half closed. He was finally enjoying the touch, the gentle touch on the top of his head, where he had not allowed it before.

30/09/2025

Not all horses appreciate having their teeth seen to by the dentist and unfortunately this one was no exception. During the fight to get the gag on it had probably then been clamped open with his jaw misaligned, thus straining the TMJ, and twisting the lower jaw against the upper jaw. The owner noticed afterwards that his whole chewing action was wrong and it was my job to sort this out.

If you too suspect that your horse has issues with eating or accepting the bit after the dentist has been, message me! I should be able to help.

29/09/2025

I had a little helper last week! 😺

20/09/2025

Never heard of orthobionomy?! Don't really know what an equine bodyworker does?

Check out my website to answer all these questions, and if not, message me! I'm happy to help!

Equine BodyHelp. Effective equine bodywork following the gentle holistic techniques of orthobionomy. Book a 1-to-1 session for your horse or join an Equine BodyHelp workshop. Based in Ellesmere, North Shropshire, UK

19/09/2025

All horses are different! They react differently and have different needs. Some like to be treated hands on, some like hands-off. Some have clear physical issues, and some have emotional trauma tied up with this. Some work easily together with me and some find it difficult to let go.

Pictured here are four horses that I didn't know before this week, each one requiring and deserving their own individual treatment.

The one who had physical tension in the hind end but had emotonal trauma stored in the psoas muscles and the fascial diaphragms and reacted aggressively if I tried to touch him there. I backed off and worked energetically, hands-off, which he sort of accepted but just found the whole process a bit weird, alternating between relaxing into what was happening in his body and threatening me with ears back. Interestingly, when he'd finally released and I'd broken the energetic contact he then came towards me with ears forward and nuzzled my hands. He'd been mistreated and was initially fearful of me, a stranger, doing weird things he didn't understand.

Then there was the endurance horse who was chronically lame, her whole body twisted through her spine, her pelvis twisted as well as her thorax. She reacted beautifully to the hands-on treatment, realigning her pelvis, releasing her SI joints and the tension in her lower back, realigning her thorax and neck vertebrae.

The retired event horse, who'd seen it all before and as long as you could offer him something to help would work with you but otherwise he wasn't interested. And the not-so-bright but trusting, massive youngster with sway back who was quite happy to let me work with her.

All in a days work as an Equine bodyworker! Message me if your horse needs any pain, stress or tension releasing. I'm very happy to help!

On my YouTube channel https://youtube.com/?feature=shared you'll find some demonstration videos showing how I work and also showing some simple techniques that you can use yourself to help your horse or pony.

17/09/2025

This simple technique you can easily use yourself to help release any tension build up in the shoulder blades of your horse.

I'm an Equine Bodyworker working from Ellesmere, North Shropshire and I use the gentle methods of orthobionomy to help release pain and tension in horses. You'll find more videos like this on my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/.

Message me if you need expert advice to help your horse. I charge £70 for an hour session and travel costs above 5 miles from Ellesmere.

20/08/2025

Can be a bit spooky if you're not used to this way of working, but this horse was about 10m away from me for his treatment. This was his choice. He felt more comfortable being given space and not being touched. Yet the same reactions happen; chewing, licking and yawning, the eyes soft and the ears responding to the shifts going on in his body. In danger of falling when relaxed (he had before with other forms of treatment) he'd wedged himself up against the fence before we started. Clever animal!

I'm an equine bodyworker working from Ellesmere, North Shropshire. Contact me if you're also interested in this way of working. More info on my website: https://equine-bodyhelp.jimdosite.com/

07/08/2025

It's not often that I get to hear what the horse, rather than the owner, says about me and my treatment! One of my horsey owners also uses an animal communicator regularly and sent me this report recently:

"This is the feedback via the animal communicator a couple of days after the treatment. The first question was what did he think about Anna and the session? "She surprised me a bit, she's not like the others in what she does. The others tend to manipulate my body but it feels like this one is manipulating my mind and emotions."

Question, was he happy to have his mind and emotions manipulated? "At first no and then I started to feel better, more comfortable in myself, I think it works."

Last question, any more feedback. "I feel brighter, lighter almost floating on air after the treatment." I told him "well done" and he said "I just stood there" 😊."

This was interesting for me as it also matched up with how he had reacted during the treatment. At first he was not at all happy with me touching him and I worked hands-off with an energetic connection. But after about 10 minutes or so he relaxed and I was able to gently work with him directly, with my hands touching his body. I will say though, that I never push anything that is not wanted, so I never manipulate anything...semantics, but important. I work together with the horse.

This photo was taken after his second treatment. He was loose in the yard and 2 or 3 times, he walked away from me, requiring some space, but also I felt, beginning to establish our relationship. He needed and wanted some autonomy, the right to decide if and when he wanted to be treated. I gave him the time and the space and we came to a mutual agreement together. When I'd finished and wanted to take a photo as a record, he turned towards me, and although still very poorly, breathing with difficulty, gave me this most gorgeous look.....of mutual understanding? I would like to think so. I very much look forward to meeting up with him again soon. ❤️

31/07/2025

Oh my goodness! What an amazing experience! This one didn't even wait to be introduced to me but came and stood right by me and made the connection with me as I was completing my initial talk with his owner. An ex-racehorse, he'd been bucking his young rider off due to pain, his trainer thought. My job was to find out if this was the case.

Even before I'd even stepped into the stable he was "totally zoned out", as his rider put it and he was then an absolute delight to work with. The whole stable yard watched, holding the space, quite an amazing experience for me too, whilst this beautiful soft Thoroughbred worked together with me, realigning bones, relaxing muscles and fascia: the pelvis, the diaphragm, the thorax and shoulders, the poll, the hyoid bone and the jaw.

I thought we were finished, he'd dropped his head, but then he slowly and deliberately turned his head towards me and the final vertebrae in the middle of his neck released themselves with a series of clicks. Done! He started eating his hay and then went to his water bucket and drank...and swallowed each and every gulp in a regular rhythm, something he had not been able to do before! The trainer ran his hands along the horses spine, no pain, not even a blink of an eyelid to indicate any discomfort! Amazing, totally amazing!

This horse knew what he needed, he connected and worked together with me to release his pain. I feel very humbled and priveliged that he invited me to take part in this amazing experience. 🤗

24/07/2025

This beautiful animal was anxious and scared when I first saw him, being over aware of what was going on around him. His new owner reported that he was extremely reactive with a tendency to rear up if he was scared and buck when she thought he might be in pain.

15 minutes into the treatment he was beginning to relax and went to drop his head in the direction of his young owner, who took a step backwards before I could say "stay still". She stood back in front of him and he dropped his head into her tummy. He needed the trust, he needed the love and we all, the young girl, her mum and myself, all felt the surge of energy that in that moment bonded the two together. Tears of emotion rolled down mum's and my cheeks. Wow! Just wow!

I continued the treatment helping to release pain and tension in his pelvis, and in his SI joints as well as beginning to release the trauma of a past life stored in his whole fascial system. He now knows he's finally found his forever home.

24/07/2025

Sometimes, truly wonderful things happen! 🤗 This grey mare is being treated by her young owner, not by me, using some of the basic techniques of Equine BodyHelp and orthobionomy that I show in videos on my YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/

The mare is totally relaxed, chewing every now and then, her eyes half closed, listening in to the changes already happening in her body. Just wonderful, totally wonderful to see in such a short time how somebody can begin to learn to help their own horse! ❤️

09/07/2025

I'm an equine bodyworker based in Ellesmere, North Shropshire. Not every case I get to see is straightforward and this little chap has proved to be quite a conundrum!

With a banging pulse and two warm hooves before the treatment we feared the onset of laminitis. After the treatment, no pulse, and the next morning still no pulse and cool hooves! Over the next week the pulse returned and the hooves became warm again. After the second treatment the same thing happened, no pulse and cool hooves. The vet was also baffled but at least ruled out laminitis.

I was there to treat his body, with suspected back problems. He had difficulty lifting his legs for the farrier and wasn't finding it easy to walk up a ramp into the field. I found that his whole body was twisted, through the spine but also, obviously, his pelvis and thorax. You see him in the second photo after 10 minutes, still processing the changes happening within his body. In the following treatment I focused again on realigning his pelvic area as well as the thorax and his jaw, including the TMJ.

It is not unusual for physical therapy to have wide-ranging affects within other systems of the body and although, like the vet, I have no explanation for what might be going on here I have seen wonderful things happen with horses after equine bodywork.

We wait to see how this little chap is next week!