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In Touch Integrated Horse and Rider Services

Locality: Rosa Brook, Western Australia

Phone: +61 429 359 257

Address: Margaret River 6285 Rosa Brook, WA, Australia

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23.01.2022 Repeat:- for every 1 deg negative PA, there is a 4% increase (yes, per degree) on the deep digital flexor tendon. Keep telling yourself that!

21.01.2022 Posture is controlled by the horses automatic response to its environmental and biological inputs. The central nervous system places huge importance on efficie...nt counter action to gravity, simplistically, so the horse doesn’t fall down. Hoof proportions are an important sensory input and as such play a fundemental role in posture. It’s amazing to watch the posture of horses change and develop as their hoof proportions change and develop. The position and orientation of any anatomical point along a kinetic chain will affect every other. It’s important however to appreciate that while the hoof can cause postural changes it’s poor conformation can be created BY the posture and often we are dealing with the result and not the cause. The influences on posture are wide and often abstract but creating 4 feet square on the ground can be a great start to breaking the negative cycles of poor posture. We will be discussing the main areas for abnormal compensatory posture in an upcoming videocast. Here are some progression pictures of an ongoing case.

20.01.2022 Wow what a year! I just want to take this time to thank you all for your amazing support over the year. I always feel like I’m surrounded by an extended family when I start work each day. So many amazing people, horses and dogs, that it’s impossible to thank everyone individually. You all give so much to my day and inspire me to keep learning everything I can, to continue to be better and stay on this journey with you all. I would like to wish you all a Very Merry Chris...tmas and a wonderful holiday period. I’ll be off from the 25th until the 3rd of January and back on the 4th bright eyed and bushy tailed, possibly a few kilos heavier after Christmas, but refreshed and ready to start my day on the 4th Well 2020 has definitely left it’s mark on us all, but we rallied together and got through it... like we do!!! We continued to be there for each other. Whether it be to laugh, cry or simply talk about the day. We ‘figuratively’ held each other’s hand and we came through the other side.... together Well here’s to 2021 and what ever it brings. As together we’ve got this Love to you all and stay safe

20.01.2022 Happy new year May tomorrow bring with it new dreams, much love and an exciting new chapter

18.01.2022 Thanks Annette I tried to make it home with it, but omg it’s amazing

18.01.2022 If you ride horses, follow Belinda Bolsenbroek, you truely wont be disappointed

16.01.2022 I got to treat this beautiful boy today and I found a few things to help him sort out, which was all good. When i started, we were in his paddock and stable, next to his hay roll...you could say his happy place. Now this boy tends to get a sticky right shoulder, so imagine my surprise when I tested the lateral and medial rotation of the limb, the protraction and retraction and the flexion and all were quite good. I then palpated, treated what I needed too, got to the subcl...avius muscle and it just opened with ease down the front of the shoulder. Without thinking much about it I moved on, even though a little surprised... let’s just say it’s his thing! So the rain stops and we decide to move him to the arena, I want to observe him move and just in passing the owner asked how the right shoulder was and I said surprisingly good, have a look. Well... he made a liar out of me. That shoulder was as tight as, the neck was braced and the subclavius had a no entry sign hanging off it you could say, the arena wasn’t his happy place, there was a heightened emotion in the arena and he was suddenly bracing. But you guessed it, only in the right shoulder. So I worked on softening his body and asking for a little flex and for him to work with me and low and behold we had a loose shoulder. It just goes to show that it’s not only humans that hike their shoulders when anxious or stressed. Lesson learned xxx See more

13.01.2022 In Touch Integrated Horse and Rider Services. Offering an integrated range of neuro-muscular release techniques for humans, horses and dogs, that are effective for treating both chronic and acute joint and muscular pain and restrictions in movement and flexibility. Your appointment begins with a body assessment that recognises holding patterns and rotations within your body. As it is these holding patterns and rotations I address, in order to relieve your body from chronic ...Continue reading

12.01.2022 If the hooves aren’t in balance, how can any joint above be in balance? Unbalanced hooves, simply mean that the horse has to compensate and in turn, create higher pathologies.

11.01.2022 Friday feel good moment. Country week success

11.01.2022 A tail is an extension of the spine, so it’s good to watch and see what it’s doing? What is your horses tail doing ?

09.01.2022 I like this idea of horses going through a seasonal cycle. A good read

08.01.2022 Today was a new experience for me, treating a baby goat with a wry neck. I think I’m officially a goat (kid) fan, they are so cute and inquisitive. Cath the owner is so amazing with her goats, nothing gets past her attentive eyes

06.01.2022 Yes, I’m a fan of this page. I’m often seeing under run heels, accompanied by long toes and all I can think about is the issues this creates in the horses body. When I talk about a horse needing more heel, I’m referring to the angle of the heel. If it’s running forward the angle is a lot less, than if it is able to stand up. If the heel is standing up under the horse, the horse has a lot more support, which takes the strain off the soft tissue, especially the deep digital fl...exor tendon. When we talk heel angles (ventral angles), the aim is to match the toe (dorsal angle), in most cases, as best we can. This can take time and another reason I recommend 4 weekly trimming cycles, so that the farrier has the best chance to make positive changes, before the hoof starts to distort again. Better to see a hoof due for a trim, that still looks like a balanced hoof, than a hoof that’s gone a few weeks longer and is changing the balance the farrier endeavoured to create.

04.01.2022 Ohhhh this one is a good one. On a circle, as the outside limbs make contact with the ground, the first point of contact is on the medial edge of the hoof, this then transfers to the whole hoof, but the lateral ligaments (outside) below the fetlock, still have to compensate for the horses lean towards the inside of the circle, putting them under much duress.

04.01.2022 When I’ve read about the affects of marshmallow root in the past, I’ve read it looks very similar to a horse tying up. It’s definitely one weed I pull, if ever I see it in the paddock.

02.01.2022 Ohhhh I love this and do it often. It is something we can all do - your horses will love you for it

02.01.2022 Why is toe length and alignment important in protecting your horses flexor structures? It’s important to understand that horses are fragile, they are built for... speed and efficiency, especially the lighter breeds. This means they have what is called a small safety factor, their structures can only bare 1.2 x the strain it’s designed to (Fig.4)(Weller 2020). Toe length and orientation of the digit directly affects the lever arm of the toe and the point of force (van Heel et al. 2004,2005, Moleman et al. 2006). The longer the lever arm at the toe and the more forward migrated the point of force, the greater the collapsing force on the limb. The horses flexor structures, I.e the Deep digital flexor, superficial digital flexor and suspensory, are responsible for counteracting this rotational force by the amount of load/strain they bare (Weller 2020). So shortening the point of break over reduces the strain on the flexor units. So if a little bit of toe shortening reduces the strain on the tendons then an even shorter toe will be even better right? Well it doesn’t work like that, the flexor units are designed to work as an elastic spring reducing the muscular effort in initiating break over, if you shorten the toe too much you negate this function. Also if you reduce the stance phase (the time the foot is on the floor) you reduce the time the foot has to spread the ground reaction forces over, so you proportionally increase the peak ground reaction force. Where does this strain go? Not only are the flexor structures themselves at risk of damage, but that strain is also transferred onto the fulcrums they travel over, namely the navicular and proximal sesamoids. It comes back to creating optimal balance around the centre of rotation. Read the captions for further information.

02.01.2022 At the stables ready to treat the next horse and the horse owner offers me a neck and back massage that was me. Thanks Rosie , they feel awesome xxAt the stables ready to treat the next horse and the horse owner offers me a neck and back massage that was me. Thanks Rosie , they feel awesome xx

02.01.2022 PODCASTS IN THE PIPELINE In the first of a series of podcasts in the pipeline Belinda spoke with Tracy Malone on the equal importance of the emotional needs of the horse in determining what is functional movement for each individual. Speaking of her early influences and training, Belinda noted that even at the highest levels of training, the horse’s voice was not often acknowledged. The importance of developing our communication skills cannot be overstated. Our horses’ depend... on a listening rider and a team approach to training. No one who understood the expression of suffering on a horse’s face would ever consider riding in rollkur for instance. Horses try so hard to tell us when the movement we ask for is dysfunctional. Just how many horses would have healthy happy lives if we all look the trouble to look them in the eye! We must view our training sessions as a two way street where the horse feels able to contribute by voicing their opinion even when it is something we don’t want to hear. Here's the link to the podcast for anyone who hasn't had the opportuity to listen yet https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode EQUINE COMPLEX VERTEBRAL MALFORMATION (ECVM) C6/C7 MALFORMATION This congenital syndrome is present in most modern breeds, the question is - WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT? The good news is that ECVM is easily diagnosed via x-ray of C6. Early diagnosis is indispensable for improving the management, health and rehabilitation of affected horses and we are passionate about promoting a protocol that would make radiographs of C6 standard practice in pre-purchase examinations. Here's the link to the recent presentation by Sharon May-Davis on her findings with Wendy Murdoch for anyone who hasn’t had the opportunity to watch it yet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szk4oSp_Rd4. That’s it for this week, thanks for your company. Belinda will be heading to the Party Headquarters of the Beaudesert Masterclass students for her final on-the-ground clinics for 2020. We will bring you the insights and highlights when we train our spotlight on Beaudesert next week.

01.01.2022 How amazing is this. We talk about axial rotations, loading of a particular fore, the affect it has on the whole spine in a compensatory nature and this pic couldn’t show it more. Thanks Tami for sharing the image