POSTURE AND PERFORMANCE: PRINCIPLES OF TRAINING HORSES FROM THE ANATOMICAL PERPECTIVE by GILLIAN HIGGINS

Author:GILLIAN HIGGINS [HIGGINS, GILLIAN]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781910016077
Publisher: Quiller
Published: 2015-10-28T16:00:00+00:00

This pony had an extra vertebra between the 18th thoracic vertebra and the 1st lumbar vertebra.

Assessing straightness and symmetry during movement is as important as the static assessment.

Compensating for Asymmetry

When compensating for asymmetries in any part of the body, the effects may present as altered movement patterns in sites far removed from the original problem. For example, if the horse experiences pain in the jaw, this can have a causal effect on the poll, neck, forelimbs, back and associated movement patterns. This complex scenario varies from horse to horse.

Where the horse pushes unequally from behind, the forces being transferred forward will also be unequal. The arrows on the photograph indicate the possible flow of compensatory forces and this explains why horses can develop back pain as a secondary symptom of hindlimb lameness.

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