Jericho
Well-Known Member
No particular issue with my gelding other than he has a tendency to be quite rigid in the neck and having finished the eventing season and during his winter break I thought I would use the time to give him a good detox, health check, teeth done etc and also get an osteopath to see him. (He was seen half a dozen times over the season by a physio doing all the usual stretches and massages just to keep any stiffness/ soreness at bay from working on the hard ground). We were recommended an osteopath who has worked wonders apparently on humans and equines and she has been a few times and is lovely but very little seems to happen - her work is very quiet and subtle and she mainly just lies her hands on his back for 45 mins. She says she can see changes in him and can feel him releasing and he does seem to walk a little looser after but I don't know... There is no stretching, manipulation, movement, massage involved - is this what you would expect from an osteopath (most people I have spoken to or videos I have watched seem to 'do' quite a lot more?
thoughts ....
thoughts ....