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Animal Mechanics

Locality: Lismore, New South Wales

Phone: +61 427 962 867

Address: Totally dogs-Terania st South Lismore 2480 Lismore, NSW, Australia

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25.01.2022 1989 I started to practice on animals. In Year 2000 I started to dedicate professionally to animals and if only I knew then what I know now - I know I will be saying the same in years to come.

25.01.2022 Although we know we need to ride in alignment and know the importance of good posture, most of us don’t automatically think about our ribs when it comes to ridi...ng. We are aware of the importance of our pelvic girdle being level (anyone who has read Sally Swift will be know of her analogy about visualising your pelvis as a bowl of water when you are sitting with a neutral spine the water doesn’t spill out), but very few of us consider our rib cage. But our rib cage is important! Basically if we imagine our body as a set of building blocks, each block should be stacked one over the other. And the rib cage block should be aligned over our pelvic girdle block. In addition to the front/back plane of leaning or collapsing forward or leaning behind the vertical (my own weakness) we also need to consider the side/side plane. Our rib cage can all too easily slant to the side, collapse on one side or have one side in front of the other. All of which will have an affect on our horse. Having actually thought about our rib cage and considered where it actually is in relationship to our hips, the next question is can you line it up with your pelvis? If you have a front/back discrepancy this may involve you bringing your rib cage over the top of your hips so that are in a straight line. For some this requires a shortening of the front of the body while lengthening the back and for others visa versa. A session on PI (my Posture and Alignment indicator) can be really helpful as it will tell you if your weight is too far forwards, backwards, left or right. If you have a side/side discrepancy you will need to adjust your ribs appropriately. As I mentioned above your ribs may tilt sideways and rotate, and possibly even shift all at the same time. The variables in the stacking pattern of our building blocks are virtually unlimited. So how can you tell what your rib cage is doing and more to the point, how can you deal with it. The answer here is easy your elbows. If your elbows are the same height as each other (try rubbing the inside of your elbow on your belt) and neither one nor the other is in front of the other then your rib cage is stacked correctly on a side/side plane. Our rib cage is actually very mobile and it moves much more than we think. If we wish to keep it correctly stacked and be able absorb the motion of our horse we need to be able to activate the appropriate muscles. Pilates is an excellent way to do this. Now the evenings are getting darker and lockdowns prevent us from getting out and about, why not register for my LIVE Pilates class on Zoom on Wednesday evenings. The next series of 4 start this Wednesday 28 October and you can sign up here: https://frangriffith.com/live-zoom-classes/ Alternatively if you can't make the LIVE classes you can subscribe to Pilates on-demand here: https://frangriffith.com/on-demand/ And if you are not sure whether Pilates can make a difference, why not join my FREE 5-day Give Pilates a TRY challenge starting on 2 November. You can sign up for that here at https://frangriffith.com/give-pilates-a-try/ but please make sure to check your email spam folder to make sure you get the links to the recordings.

24.01.2022 Recognizing signs if subtle lameness

23.01.2022 Bad Behavior vs. Pain Reaction Many times riders will label a certain behavior as bad or naughty, without any consideration for what is causing this behavior. M...ore often than not, it is a reaction to pain or confusion. Pain causing the physical inability to do what is asked, and thus causing the horse to act out as a means of telling us something is wrong. Pain is what we're focusing on for this post, specifically hidden injuries inside the mouth. While properly fitting equipment is important, so is knowing how to use that fitted equipment along with the understanding that even though you cannot see it, improper use can and will cause physical damage. These photos show the damage caused not by a lack of dental care or improper fit, but overly tightened nosebands. While the fit of the equipment is of the utmost importance, so is the knowledge to use that equipment as intended, in a manner that is respectful and kind to your horse. You not being able to see the injuries does not excuse you from responsibility.

22.01.2022 Hi family, friends and clients, Tegan Brooke Connelly is now organising my business. My facebook page is back up and running and we will post future work on th...is page. Darrens personal number is now changed to 0428388227 and all dental work needing to be booked can be sent to his old number, 0418388227. Can our clients please like and share this page around! Thanks heaps! Darren Lynch - Performance Horse Dentistry

20.01.2022 Hallo everyone Just letting you know that Animal Mechanics is unable to take any new EQUINE appointments untill NOV 28th Canine appointments are still be available Fees for canine start at $60,00 (miniture) up to $85.00( Giant)... Equine fees are $150.00 from Bentley/Naughtons Gap clinc Away from clinic location has a travel fee added. You are generally looking at $160 to $170.00 per horse with travel, depending on how many horses in the area being serviced) Travel dates are extremely limited and no new service areas are available. On travel days You may need to transport your horse to location I am working from. Service areas remain the same for North QLD VIC till restrictions lifted no service Northern NSW outside of Naughton Gap clinic. Limited dates to Mullimbimby , Murwilllimbah, Byron Bay, Bangalowe. Stay safe and enjoy the spring weather.

15.01.2022 obstacles to do some rehab work (taken 8 yrs ago I miss my rehab training arena, but soon to have another one even better). You do not need an arena to do rehab and training, but sure is nice

12.01.2022 EQUINE BACK MOTION A lot of people have been asking on the earlier saddle post today about how much the horses back moves during exercise. There are a fair numb...er of papers now published on this but visuals are always good. Here is a short video of a horse walking and trotting on a treadmill viewed from above with painted markers along the spine and IMU's (orange) to record motion. Replayed at half normal speed Copyright Dr David Marlin 2020.

12.01.2022 Liberty with 6 Horses - Dan James - Night of the Horse - Del Mar National Horse Show

08.01.2022 Are your horses feet causing back issues? Studies have shown us that lameness affects the back due to the horses compensatory mechanisms. Pfau (2020) discusse...d how horses uses biomechanics and musculoskeletal adaptions in order to firstly reduce the forces on a lame limb but at the same time protect the other limbs from overuse, highlighting the back as a link between the fronts and hinds. A stiff back enabled the horse to make use of these adaptive mechanisms. Spinal stiffening was also suggested by Hobbs et al. In horses that had high low hooves in front as a mechanism for maintaining straight movement with the help of contra lateral hind limb compensations. A recent article of mine discussed the feet as the beginning and end of a closed kinetic chain and we can see here how this is used by the horse. These adaptive mechanisms are good in the short term as they enable painful limbs/feet to be protected. But if these adaptive movements become long term due to chronic pain then secondary issues can ensue. It is also important to appreciate that adaptive movements become engrained over long periods and do not always correct themselves with the abolition of the primary pain (Rombach 2020), secondary issues could become the new primary and cycles can be created. Rehabilitation becomes essential to return the horse to their natural movement and postural patterns. To repeat the theme of many of my posts. The feet and body are inextricably linked, if you’re dealing with back pain, could the feet be playing a part? If you are having morphological issues of the feet, is the back playing a role? And maybe the whole cycle is being created by something else completely. For further reading follow the trail starting from these links.. . https://www.theequinedocumentalist.com//bio-tensegrity-and . https://www.theequinedocumentalist.com//the-hoof-the-begin

02.01.2022 This guy is awesome.. I did a clinic with him when I was in Germany one of the best...