How to perform the Hind Quarter Reflex exercise with your horse скачать в хорошем качестве

How to perform the Hind Quarter Reflex exercise with your horse

Hind Quarter Reflex Tips and benefits: • This is an ‘active’ stretch (the horse has to take part) • This stretch is often called a ‘horse sit up’ • Apply pressure very gently, only increasing if your horse does not react to lighter pressure • Repeat up to 5 times • Stimulates the thoracic sling muscles (shoulder girdle) • Stimulates the abdominal muscles • Stimulates the Iliopsoas muscles (stabilizing muscles deep within the ‘groin’) • Improves suppleness and flexibility of the back • Assists in improving posture and core strength • Creates flexion through the back, separating the spinous processed of the back • Encourages the horse to tilt their pelvis, mobilising at the sacroiliac junction • Great exercise for ‘cold backed’ horses Before trying this exercise: • Please only perform stretches and mobilisations with your horse when they are warm (after exercise or after a 10 minute brisk walk) • Always perform the exercises in a safe environment on an even surface with good footing, do not attempt if your horse is likely to kick • Never force the horse beyond their comfortable range of motion (ROM), stay within your horse’s current capabilities and work to increase this over time • Repeat the exercise evenly on both sides • Be mindful of your own posture when mobilising your horse to prevent straining your back • If your horse has any of the following conditions you should not attempt this technique with your horse and if you haven’t already done so please contact your vet: (Discharge/Mucous from the eyes or nose, Laboured Respiration, A wound that is less than 7 days old, Colic, Cushings, Laminitis, A Neural Disease e.g Tetanus, Neuralgia, An Infectious Disease e.g Strangles, Equine influenza, Herpes, Pneumonia) • If you horse has a previous tendon or ligament injury or has arthritis please check with your vet or therapist that this exercise is suitable for your horse.