Jennifer Daley Equine Sports Massage in The Oaks, New South Wales, Australia | Physical therapist

Jennifer Daley Equine Sports Massage

Locality: The Oaks, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 411 399 522

Address: 705 Burragorang rd 2570 The Oaks, NSW, Australia

Website: https://equinesportstherapy.com.au/

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25.01.2022 What it looks like when horses are ridden with their heads pulled in too tight. Imagine that headache!!

25.01.2022 Montana feeling a little fresh today

24.01.2022 The foals luv April

24.01.2022 Montana on the road to recovery

23.01.2022 Benefits of Massage; Improves your horses proprioception If your wondering what proprioception means? perception or awareness of the position and movement of the body. Simply massage will help improve your horse awareness of where their body parts are including limb & foot placement.

23.01.2022 Good Morimg to everyone have a great day

22.01.2022 Very interested read

21.01.2022 You can never stop learning

20.01.2022 Monday Motivation

20.01.2022 As we are slowly getting back into the swing of things and your finding your horse is refusing to move forward, back up, kick, bite or pig rooting!! Your horse might need a massage. Send me a msg or give me a ring on 0411 399 522 to arrange an appointment.

19.01.2022 Very interesting

19.01.2022 Second Superficial Muscles; Splenius Function; When contracting Bilaterally it elevates/extends/stabilises the neck. When contracting unilaterally it contributes to rotation and bending of the neck to that side. Origin; Spinous processes from T3-T5 via thoraco-lumber fascia and nuchal ligament.... Insertion; Nuchal Ligament, mastoid processes of skull, wing of atlas and transverse processes of C2-C5. See more

19.01.2022 Isaac Newton’s third law of motion states that for every force applied there is an equal and opposite reaction. When discussing biomechanics this concept becom...es more complex as the horse’s body can be distorted temporarily by the forces applied by reins and gadgets. This is why no matter what you use the likelyhood that the horse is opposing to it in some way and therefore using his muscles in ways we don’t intend is basically a certainty. This is why I have personally ceased many years ago to use any kind of restraint to impose on the horse a certain posture. We are not in times of war, we have the privilege to have enough time to spend on our athletes to ensure correct posture and gymnastics and should know better by now than pulling their head in and down. There is nothing that can’t be done without these tools and as the saying goes, a good enough rider that could use them properly, doesn’t need them.

18.01.2022 Happy Mother’s Day to all our Beautiful Mothers even to our equine Friends as well xoxo

17.01.2022 Equine muscle of the week Semitendinosus The semitendinosus has several sites of origin including the last sacral vertebrae, transverse processes of caudal ...vertebrae 1 and 2, caudal fascia, broad sacrotuberous ligament and the ischial tuberosity. It inserts into the tibia, crural fascia and merges with the tendon of the bicep femoris that runs to the calcaneus. It extends the stifle and tarsal joint during weight bearing. When the limb is non weight bearing it flexes the stifle joint, draws the hind limb caudally and rotates it medially. If there is a problem with the semitendinosus then on palpation the horse may tighten up and tuck under with the pelvis. If the semitendinosus is shortened then the cranial phase of the stride could be restricted and appear as a shorter step. Also the leg may track inwards compared to the other limb. The horse may also find collection work harder. If your horse shows signs of lameness then always consult your vet and then a bodyworker (massage therapist) can help relief and relax any soft tissue problems. If you do have any questions about muscles and soft tissue work then please don’t hesitate to get in touch with Pollyanna ([email protected]) #equinemuscles #equineantomy #equinebiomechanics #equinebodywork #equinemassage #muscles #hindleg #horseofintagram #equinerehab #equinesportstherapy #ponyofinstagram #semitendinosus See more

17.01.2022 Good Morning to all my beautiful clients have a great weekend with your equine friends

17.01.2022 It’s great to catch up with Rocky today for his follow massage.

17.01.2022 First Superficial Muscle ; Masseter Function; Elevates the Mandible and presses it against the Skull Origin; Facial Crest and Zygomatic Arch Insertion; Mandible

16.01.2022 Today I got massage to lovely horses Lucy is coming along very nicely and I got to meet Gibbs he was such a gentleman https://www.instagram.com/p/CBmX0Uan5LM/?igshid=iubypoiuas3j

15.01.2022 Happy Birthday to all the beautiful Horses in the world

15.01.2022 Guidelines on stretches

15.01.2022 My new tool has arrived

14.01.2022 Trot is a superb gait for assessing straightness, symmetry and soundness. This is because trot is such a symmetrical gait. Here are some observational points to... watch:- Firstly does your horse land with the diagonal pair exactly together? (It's easiest to assess this in slow motion.) This is a good indication of balance. When a horse lands with one hoof in the digaonal pair landing a moment before the other this is called diagonal dissociation. If the forelimb lands first this indicates the horse is more 'on the forehand'. This is often seen in young, weak, poorly trained horses or those with poor conformation. If a horse lands hindlimb first this indicates the horse is pushing and carrying more from behind. This is more often seen in well trained and more advanced horses and those with a naturally uphill conformation. Easy spring, suspension and absorption of landing forces. How much does the horse naturally go up and down? Of course the type of trot asked for will alter this. But generally horses that are happy to push up into the moment of suspension know they are comfortable within their musculoskeletal system to absorb the landing forces. Horses with joint pain or discomfort will often guard on impact and will try to reduce vertical displacement. And finally observing symmetry. Does the horse move and react through his musculoskeletal system the same on each diagonal? The third horse in the video illustrates a great view for highlighting symmetry. If you would like to learn more about this topic you would be interested in our courses 'Assessing Posture and Movement' and would find the books 'How Your Horse Moves' and 'Posture and Performance' particularly interesting reads. #toptip #equinebiomechanics #equineanatomy #horseandrider

14.01.2022 Slowly but surely I’m getting back into the swing of things I have really missed treating my Equine friends

12.01.2022 Sunday Morning Rides

12.01.2022 Last week I reached a milestone for my small businessI’ve worked on over 500 horses Last week I reached a milestone for my small businessI’ve worked on over 500 horses

11.01.2022 Great day for a ride

11.01.2022 Just for a little fun I would love to see a photo of you and your horses?Just for a little fun I would love to see a photo of you and your horses?

11.01.2022 Wow what a big couple of days up north, it was great to catch up with my regular clients and meet new clients. It was so great to see every horse release

11.01.2022 Why stretch? The main objective of successful training is to achieve the best possible performance while keeping the horse injury free. To do this requires a he...althy musculature so, maintaining flexibility and suppleness is an important factor in reducing the risk of muscle or tendon damage. Vets and therapists are becoming increasingly aware of the advantages of stretching and many sports therapists perform stretching as part of their treatment. Stretching is an important aspect of elongating the muscle fibres. It can: increase the range of movement, flexibility, athleticism and suppleness reduce muscular soreness, tension and stiffness reduce the risk of injury to joints. muscles and tendons improve coordination maintain the current level of flexibility increase mental and physical relaxation increase circulation enhance body awareness TOP TIPS 1. your horse must be warm 2. stretch daily 3. be patient

10.01.2022 During this ISO at home, what has been your favourite thing you have been doing with ur During this ISO at home, what has been your favourite thing you have been doing with ur

10.01.2022 Interesting read

09.01.2022 Just abit of light reading

09.01.2022 Merry Xmas to all my Clients and especially to all my equine friends. Carrot stretches

08.01.2022 Short video on a lesson I learnt years ago and it came i handy over the last few week

08.01.2022 Our horses are amazing creatures and they have over 700 skeletal muscles which produce movement, create stability and maintain their posture. The most commonly used muscles are the superficial muscles which experience stress from everyday work. Over the next couple weeks I will post each muscles breaking down exactly what they do.

08.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/138433429504609/posts/3599508376730413/?vh=e

08.01.2022 Horses are amazing

08.01.2022 A Closer Look At The.........HINDLIMB (especially the hamstrings). Building on the post yesterday, I wanted to take a little bit more of a closer look at the hi...ndlimb. In the initial post I spoke about the need to have a balanced distribution of muscles to make a nice "peachy" rear rather than it being disbalanced or "angled". The disbalanced hindend often has gluteals and tensor fasciae latae that are too weak and hamstrings that are too large (hypertrophic). The hamstrings are made of the semitendinosus, semimembranosus and biceps femoris muscles. The diagrams below show them all as a group and individually. Some things to notice: 1) They ALL have action over more than one joint....so any problem with them will affect more than one joint. Especially the sacro-iliac joint, hips, stifles and hocks. 2) They ALL mainly act to extend the limb ie straighten it and retract it. So if they are larger than they should be or more dominant then the limb will be held more in extension than is ideal. Another thing to note is that all of these muscles are also supplied by the same branch of the LUMBAR-SACRAL PLEXUS. This is a large group of nerves that unsurprisingly are found near where the lumbars meet the sacrum. ANY reduction in motion of the lumbar or sacral region can result in issues with the nerve supply to these muscles and other areas too (including blood vessels, organs etc). So therefore, bio-mechanical issues to the lumbar-sacral region can affect the hindlimb as well as being created by internal issues such as organ problems. There can be many reasons as to why the hamstrings could become hypertrophic (too large) and therefore promote a more extended hindlimb. Two of the factors are HOW THE HORSE IS EXERCISED and the LUMBAR-SACRAL ISSUES mentioned above. If a horse is ridden or exercised mainly EXTENDED then all of the EXTENSION muscles will over-develop across the body. So you would often see the increase in the hamstrings behind....a dip to the thoracic spine (under the saddle) so no top line....forelimbs would be extended (often therefore having a low heel in front as they land more heel first) and then the neck will have a high head carriage with tension in the base of the neck. The poll will also be extended which will mean that it will not be able to flex (and therefore struggle to create contact). Some of the physical issues to the hind limb that these over-developed hamstrings would cause include: 1) Excessive strain to the joints. If they are being pulled to extension then they can never fully flex which means they are held under imbalanced strain. The stifle may then suffer from meniscal or ligamentous problems. The hock will also be put under strain too as will the other joints. 2) The tendons of the hamstrings attach directly to the hock so will put strain on the hock AND create a pull to the hoof. Could this pull also add to PROXIMAL SUSPENSORY DESMITIS and some of the chronic FLEXOR TENDON STRAINS???? 3) The hoof will often have a worn toe as the limb cannot flex easily so catches it on the ground during motion. The farrier may be having to constantly battle with the hindlimb balance as a result of issues at the opposite end of the leg! These types of problems can therefore lead to performance related issues and eventually lameness if not dealt with early. SO.....WHAT CAN BE DONE??? Well I think we know that the WHOLE HORSE will need to be evaluated since all areas are related BUT if we were to concentrate on the hind limb then osteopathically it would be essential to ensure that the limbs are moving correctly but also make sure that the lumbar-sacral region is mobile so therefore the organs have to be considered amongst other things. As for general exercises, creating a more natural FLEXION or ROUNDED shape when working the horse would really help. Anything that will allow the head up too high and lower the back will create these problems so must be avoided. A number of our team members have some fantastic posts on their pages explaining the key techniques to achieving this shape without the use of gadgets. Emma Cutting of Beaumoor Sentire near Pontefract, Dan Wain of Dan Wain Equestrian LTD in Warwickshire, Julia Hardy of Over Newbold Equestrian in Chesterfield, Gill Liggins of Gill Liggins Dressage near Sheffield and Amanda Barton of Tilefield Equestrian - Amanda Barton in New Forest. There are also some static exercises that you can do such as those demonstrated by Mary Sargeant of Equinebodyworks By Mary Sargeant MMCP Members Group and Lorraine Dearnley of Lorraine Dearnley - Coppermead Equestrian Services - Masterson Method. One thing to constantly remember is that the current shape of your horse did not occur over night therefore the improvements will equally be slow and steady...so persevere! As a result, we tend to book our follow up appointments for 3 months after the original session as this is a great time to re-evaluate progress and as soon as everything is back on track we will be hosting more treatment clinics across the country!!! ***All images were taken from Google Search Images and then scribbled on by myself***

08.01.2022 Good Morning to all my wonderful clients I would like to introduce a new addition to my family Dakota I’m excited to say that I will be back working over the next couple of weeks

07.01.2022 April enjoy her ride on Emma

07.01.2022 So.. Toaster and I have been working on a project for some time now. I hope this makes people smile. :D The Git Up Challenge with Toaster Music: Blanco Brown, The Git Up. #ThingsIWouldOnlyDoWithMyHorse #TeamToaster #BLMmustang #thegitupchallenge #gitupchallenge #thegitup #gitup

06.01.2022 Whatever discipline you are interested in, walk has many benefits for your horse. Compared to trot and canter, walk is the gait that uses the most thoracolumbar... rotation and lateral flexion - SO it is great for mobilising the back. The larger the steps the bigger the movement. Watch out for the swing of the tail and symmetrical head and neck movement as an indicator of good back movement. Spending plenty of time in walk, pertinent at the beginning of a session, can have great benefits for loosening up the joints, back and muscles. This particularly useful at this time of year when horses spend more time in the stable. Walk is slow with no moment of suspension, this means:- It is a low impact so exercises can be practised in walk many more times compared to faster gaits. The joints, fascia, tendons and ligaments are loaded gradually. This is good for reducing the risk of injury particularly with weak, tired and older horses as well as those coming back from injury. There is time to think, react and learn. This can be beneficial for both horse and rider particularly when learning a new skill. The muscles are used differently. There is less stretch and elastic recoil compared to the faster instead slow controlled contractions are required. This makes walk an excellent gait for enhancing strengthening exercises. If you'd like to learn more about the biomechanics of the walk and other gaits you'd love Posture and Performance. #toptip

06.01.2022 Quick trip up the central coast for work, due to a few cancellation we made a quick trip to the water

05.01.2022 In today’s world, time spent peacefully, calmly and gently with the horse can quieten the mind and put life into perspective.

05.01.2022 Already for our run tonite

05.01.2022 Happy Easter to all my beautiful Clients

04.01.2022 Yesterday I got to do a follow up massage on Sonny who really enjoyed it. Thank you Emily Rose for letting me treat him and it’s great to see u guys are making improvements.

03.01.2022 Our horses muscles create movement as well as provide structural support. Doing proper stretches with your horse will improve their posture and performance of your horse

02.01.2022 I luv my carrot stretches

02.01.2022 Happy New Year to all my wonderful clients, thanks for your support for 2020 and Im looking forward to getting back in to work for 2021 Happy New Year to all my wonderful clients, thanks for your support for 2020 and Im looking forward to getting back in to work for 2021

02.01.2022 It’s was great to treat Sammy today, I’ve really missed him

01.01.2022 That sinking feeling when your horse refuses to move forwards, pig roots, or even bucks you know something isn’t right, but you can’t quite work it out. There’s a good change your horse has a heap of muscle tension causing it discomfort, and that’s where I can help you. Drop me a message or give me a call on 0411399522 to book and appointment