07/16/2025
Food for thought 🤔
I am seeing a lot of horses at the moment that are holding tension through their withers/trapezius.
* have they put on some summer pounds? 🐷
* have you increased their workload, ie schooling, jumping, lessons, clinics causing the building of muscle in this area? 🐎
* have you had the saddle checked recently to accommodate these changes to their bodies? 👍
So when you bring your ponies in tonight, just spend a couple of minutes with finger pressure rubbing the area above and behind the shoulder area (where your saddle sits) and see how they react. Do they like it? Tense under your hand? Hollow? Lift head up? Swish tail? Scowl at you? Stamp a foot? Move away from you?
Let’s all do a little check for comfort in this area 😊
And most importantly get out there enjoying each other . . . Go book that clinic . . . That pleasure ride . . . . . That lesson whatever puts a smile on your face 🐴
