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Using a blade as another screening tool

I use my blade on almost every single horse I touch as a screening tool.

It gives you MORE information about the tissue. More information is never a bad thing during assessment.

It can magnify what you find and it can magnify the improvements you make in the tissue.

Have you ever used a blade?

Comment BLADE to check out my Cups and Blades class for more information

You could use this application for:

❤️SI pain
❤️Difficulty “engaging” their hind end
❤️Not driving from behind

It’s one of my favorites. Never met a horse that didn’t love it, and it stays in place for a long time.

Let me teach you everything you need to know about how to safely and effectively use kinesiology tape on your horse 😎

Did you know nerves were NON elastic?

That’s why it is so important that they are able to glide.

When they aren’t gliding, they’re sending signals to the brain that say “STOP that hurts!”

So maybe the muscle isn’t actually tight, it’s possible that it’s the nerve not gliding.

Critter’s L1 🤍
I recovered his bones today 💔
Gah. When they’re communicating to you, listen.

Wait, what?

*this is not intended to be educational material as it is, in fact, wrong 😉

Sharing more about my personal journey with my horses in areas where I am not an expert.

I started taking my own nutrition very seriously when we were dealing with infertility and unable to get pregnant. The more I learned about nutrition, inflammation, and body performance, the more questions I started to ask about our horses.

I have done 5 different nutrition consults with 5 different people about doing a forage based diet, and most of them were SO so similar.

Which is great! Solidifies that information has validity.

If you are wanting to transition your horses to a forage based diet and off of grain, this is a simple approach to get started with.

1. Forage pellet
2. A fat
3. A mineral
4. Salt

There are many nuances, yes, but this basic plan is a great foundation to start with. Once this is established you can add customized needs from there.

Obviously hay was not discussed in this video and is a very critical part of their nutrition. I feed bales of Timothy, alfalfa, and brome, and I’m thankful I have access to all 3.

Again, I am not an expert on nutrition. I have seen the power of nutrition in my own family heal cancer and allow us to have children.

There are studies that have found changes in the laminae within 48 hours of adding non-structured carbohydrates.

I do not think every horse has laminitis, but I do think there is a spectrum and we are missing tons of cases on the low end of the spectrum.

Those horses in the low end are dealing with frequent low grade chronic inflammation but nothing ever severe enough to catch an owners attention if they are not educated in what to look for.

So I’m sharing my journey and hope it helps someone!