Equi-Q

02/23/2024

Life Update! 💛 I moved to Oklahoma! I will be based out of Garvin County but am mobile and able to service surrounding areas. If you are wanting to get acuscope therapy for your horse let me know!

05/20/2023

Evening treatments. This guy came in for some preventative treatments.

04/05/2023

What a neat picture to show the blood supply in the hoof wall! The acuscope is a great tool that helps promote blood circulation along with many other benefits.

The extensive blood supply beneath a horse's hoof wall.

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02/08/2023

Fun Fact:

Did you know that the coffin joint takes the most impact in a horse’s body when the hoof hits the ground? Taking preventative measures to decrease the affect that concussion has on not only the horse’s feet, but throughout their body, is crucial in keeping equine athletes performing at optimal levels.

There is also a statistic that was released that measured hauling hours for horses. It states that for every 1 hour of hauling, it is equivalent of the horse running 1 mile.

Think about this as you’re hauling, and then asking a horse to perform at an elite level. The proper preparation is important, but appropriate recovery measures must be included to decrease the risk of overuse injuries and chronic conditions from occuring.

12/12/2022

Did you know several NFR competitors utilize Acuscope therapy to keep their horses feeling and performing their best?!

http://www.barrelracingreport.com/issues/11_29_22_BarrelRacingReport_HighRes.pdf?mibextid=Zxz2cZ

I’m not sure if anyone has looked up the barrel racers report, but they ask what alternative therapies your top 15 use on their athletes. Acuscope/Myopulse has been a big player here at the 2022 NFR! wether I’m behind the scenes, or these ladies own their own equipment. It’s pretty neat to read. Thank you Emily & Jordon for giving me printed credit. You have no idea how cool that is to see ♥️

📝 - http://www.barrelracingreport.com/issues/11_29_22_BarrelRacingReport_HighRes.pdf?mibextid=Zxz2cZ

12/02/2022

Pictured is the stage of equine skeletal development. Did you know a horse has 205 bones!

11/14/2022

Here’s why a horse not being strong enough through their core is not the whole picture… 💭

When we discuss a positive posture, it’s not all about core engagement. A series of musculoskeletal factors need to work synergistically to create this uplifting suppleness for positive posture.

⭐️ LUMBAR BACK MUSCLES ⭐️
If these muscles have tension, you can often find the pelvic angle will tilt forwards. If you tilt your pelvis forwards, you will feel the contraction of your lumbar area and a kind of disinggaement of the flexibility/ability to flex the lumbar spine.
Spinal flexion is what occurs when the core engages; as the core lifts, the spinal column is in a state of supported flexion. If you round your back, and engage your core, you will feel your back lift. This is a super mobile position, and if you try and bend left and right you’ll find this easier than if you tilt your pelvis forwards.

So, pelvic position is a super important precursor to core engagement.

⭐️ INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE HYPERTONICITY ⭐️
The intercostal muscles are a part of the core muscle network that can be palpated in between the ribs. When this rib network becomes sore, the ability to have softness through the ribcage for the engagement of core muscles on curves and through transitions can be challenging. This can often occur as a secondary effect to dysfunctional pelvic position through compensation mechanisms.

⭐️ CRANIAL DISPLACEMENT OF THE SCAPULA ⭐️
This is an interesting one I have seen in horses with forelimb pathologies, likely as at least a partial result of the overloading of the forehand. But fairly often, in the more acute cases, I will see this in horses with ill-fitting saddles. The increased tone of the cervical trapezius muscles draw the scapula forwards out of the way of the saddle, and is often accompanied by atrophy to the thoracic trapezius. This can happen on a very subtle scale. I find this is quite a good example of how core engagement would not solve this horses way of going until the original pathology was identified.

I hope this will provide a little insight into why having a horse strong through their core muscles is not always the only factor as to why posture is compromised.

www.vetphysiophyle.co.uk

11/11/2022

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10/17/2022

This horse is naturally very anxious and during the 1st treatment she stayed alert and curious of what was going on. The 2nd treatment she began to relax and this is the 3rd treatment of starting her on the electro acuscope. She was asleep and relaxed the entire time! It is so rewarding watching them relax and enjoy being treated.