ChiroMotion

12/12/2025

Bones and zero are getting in the Christmas spirit

11/12/2025

This is so true, we really need to make sure our education is nurturing our children.

Forty-three percent of children in Scotland are now identified as having some sort of additional learning need – the Scottish term for what is called special educational needs (SEN) in England.

If 43% of children have needs which are not met in the mainstream education system, I think it’s time to think about whether that mainstream system is fit for purpose.

We’ve created a system that does not consider the developmental needs of children, and which has an increasingly rigid focus on academics from an early age. We expect young children to sit when their bodies want to move, we expect them to focus on reading and writing when they are primed to learn through exploration and play. We send our teens to huge impersonal schools, where they move through the day without any connection with an adult who knows anything about them. We focus on test results at all costs, telling our children that if they don’t do well, a bleak future is all they can expect.

Then when our children show us that this doesn’t work for them, we say that the problem is them. We send them for assessments and get reports written on how they aren’t performing as we expect. We tell them that they are ‘badly behaved’ or ‘disruptive’. We identify them as ‘having ALN’ or ‘having SEND’. We behave as if the problem isn’t the system we’ve created, it’s the children who don’t fit it.

Unsurprisingly, the harder we look, the more children we identify who don’t fit the system. The more rigid the system becomes, the more children there will be who can't meet expectations. Children need flexibility, and our system doesn't provide it for them.

At what point will we realise that the problem isn’t our children, it’s that the system wasn’t built with their needs in mind?

20/10/2025

20/10/2025

So may people struggle with dyslexia today....but when diagnosed do they truly no what it is? With so many teachers and other non specialists now able to diagnose...is the diagnosis truly correct? Educational Psychologists train for years and give a thorough assessment (most of the day for the case of my two with a huge report). How can we expect our poor teachers to match that!

I was quite shocked when my youngest didn't get a clear diagnosis of dyslexia....... she's so much like Jacob, in fact maybe worse! Irlen's was mentioned....another term liked by some but not really covered by the NHS due to lack of research...so what do I do with that??

I am lucky though as now both of my children are under the hospital for Visual Processing Disorder - something that still seems fairly new at present and something else I'd never really understood!
Of course people always ask me what the difference is and I realised I couldn't give a good answer, partly because when describing VPD, I felt like I was also describing dyslexia. Even the DRs struggled a little as well! So I've been doing a little research and quite liked the post below.
https://lorrainedriscoll.com/dyslexia-or-visual-processing-disorder/

I'm obviously not an expert at all in these areas but I feel like I need to become one to advocate for my children...something I know a lot of parents struggle with as well. I enjoyed clarifying the differences between dyslexia and VPD and thought I would share it in case it can help anyone else

06/10/2025

Its time of year again.......our HBZ Halloween Hobby Horse Show for all our participants, family & Friends. - 25th Oct 11.00am Camp fire and marshmallows approx 1.30pm

Relaxed fun for everyone. Its free to come along and enjoy the fun.

Entry to the Hobby Horse jumping is £10 for EVERYTHING, as many goes as you want. We'll also have our family gymkhana again so get the parents practising!!

Refreshments on site, prizes for all participants and something special for best fancy dress. As always there'll be some quiet spaces available and the ponies to say hello to.

Please book at https://hunnybeezsocialfarm.co.uk/product/hbz-halloween-hobby-horse-fun-show-25th-oct-11am

Entries will close 15th Oct

02/10/2025

Always lovely hearing the happy endings. And yes, our treatments are so gentle for babies and all the family.

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22/09/2025

24/07/2025

Happily having a snooze whilst his mummy has a treatment.

07/07/2025

So pleased with Casper. With only a 10% ish chance of him coming sound, everyone at the stables felt the pressure, especially myself & Rosie. Casper fractured his navicular and damaged his DFT after being chased by a lose dog. A firm favourite with the participants of Parklands RDA & HunnyBeez Farm we knew we had to give him a chance. 18 months of rest and very steady rehab work and he is back in sessions again!!!

He's never going to be able to jump again or probably maintain a very heavy work load, but he can enjoy his therapy life again. He's back to stealing all the participants games before they can get them, knocking things over and generally being his cheeky self again. He'll continue get chiropractic, massage, K laser and anything else he needs to keep him in tip top condition.

Lets hope Freya, our next case does as well.

24/06/2025

Our own dog Porter enjoying a little bit of K Laser after injuring himself trying to jump the garden fence. I think he keeps forgetting he’s not a spring chicken anymore

07/06/2025

Fantastic first day of the options for animals/BVCA conference. Great talks on nutrition, agility alongside welfare and health in our pets. Looking forward to tomorrow.

06/06/2025

Made me chuckle

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