This picture was taken September 3rd and I just love the way it illustrates a soft topline with a telescoping neck.
ANT Bodywork Follow Up to AK adjustments – Day 1
The morning after Sid worked on her, Jillie was sore in her hindquarters and refused to stand on both hind legs evenly, shifting from one to the other and feeling quite dejected. When I checked, the shear at L-5 had reestablished itself. I had been working on that shear, but without Sid’s neurological reset, nothing I did held. The great thing is that after his work, the correction I know for shears was effective and I was able to release it. I am confident that Sid’s treatment will push us over the top of the long hill we’ve been climbing and make all of our work from here on more effective.
Day Two following AK adjustments:
Horrible weather! Rainy, cold, windy; there was no way I was going to ask any of the horses to cooperate on even a basic level. Fed them and left them alone. I was somewhat bummed because we’ve had a lot of severe temperature swings lately and Jillie is just now convinced she should be serious about a winter hair coat. The rain with cold stresses her and I fear it is complicating and perhaps slowing her progress.
Day Three following AK adjustments:
ANT Bodywork Follow Up to AK adjustments
After challenging Jillie’s brain with the clicker work, I checked through her body. Her back was not looking as soft as it looked a few days before. This did not alarm me because the cold weather and rain cause her to tighten muscles put her in a sustained state of tension. When I asked for a belly lift, the “float” in the movement was minimal, unlike the way she lifted after Sid finished working with her. As soon as I put my hands on her, she started to relax and, as I felt along her back I could feel echoes of some of the fixations Sid had worked on, particularly at T-9-10, just behind the withers and T-14 in the mid-back. When I connected with L-5, L-5, Jillie lifted her right hind and held it up for a long time. This response was like nerve “zinger.” These echoes from the past all readily responded to the ANT vascular work. When I asked again for a belly lift, the float had returned and her “horsey yoga” lateral stretches were very nice to both sides.
Sid had explained that the point in Jillie’s croup was the result of the ilium being “slipped up” due to opposing muscles not firing to maintain balance. To address this I did FIT (Functional Indirect Technique) to unwind the established pattern and invite the ilium to open and drop. I also reestablished the idling rhythm in the pelvis, which was barely detectable. Next I did cranial work and witnessed deep processing in response to connecting with the TMJs, occiput, and hyoid (in the throat latch).
Since Jillie was just trimmed less than a week prior, she did not have much foot to give but I was able to rasp the outside of her front feet some that first day and again on the 3rd day.
ALMOST READY TO BEGIN TRAINING THIS YOUNG HORSE!!!!
The morning after Sid worked on her, Jillie was sore in her hindquarters and refused to stand on both hind legs evenly, shifting from one to the other and feeling quite dejected. When I checked, the shear at L-5 had reestablished itself. I had been working on that shear, but without Sid’s neurological reset, nothing I did held. The great thing is that after his work, the correction I know for shears was effective and I was able to release it. I am confident that Sid’s treatment will push us over the top of the long hill we’ve been climbing and make all of our work from here on more effective.
Day Two following AK adjustments:
Horrible weather! Rainy, cold, windy; there was no way I was going to ask any of the horses to cooperate on even a basic level. Fed them and left them alone. I was somewhat bummed because we’ve had a lot of severe temperature swings lately and Jillie is just now convinced she should be serious about a winter hair coat. The rain with cold stresses her and I fear it is complicating and perhaps slowing her progress.
Day Three following AK adjustments:
ANT Bodywork Follow Up to AK adjustments
After challenging Jillie’s brain with the clicker work, I checked through her body. Her back was not looking as soft as it looked a few days before. This did not alarm me because the cold weather and rain cause her to tighten muscles put her in a sustained state of tension. When I asked for a belly lift, the “float” in the movement was minimal, unlike the way she lifted after Sid finished working with her. As soon as I put my hands on her, she started to relax and, as I felt along her back I could feel echoes of some of the fixations Sid had worked on, particularly at T-9-10, just behind the withers and T-14 in the mid-back. When I connected with L-5, L-5, Jillie lifted her right hind and held it up for a long time. This response was like nerve “zinger.” These echoes from the past all readily responded to the ANT vascular work. When I asked again for a belly lift, the float had returned and her “horsey yoga” lateral stretches were very nice to both sides.
Sid had explained that the point in Jillie’s croup was the result of the ilium being “slipped up” due to opposing muscles not firing to maintain balance. To address this I did FIT (Functional Indirect Technique) to unwind the established pattern and invite the ilium to open and drop. I also reestablished the idling rhythm in the pelvis, which was barely detectable. Next I did cranial work and witnessed deep processing in response to connecting with the TMJs, occiput, and hyoid (in the throat latch).
Since Jillie was just trimmed less than a week prior, she did not have much foot to give but I was able to rasp the outside of her front feet some that first day and again on the 3rd day.
ALMOST READY TO BEGIN TRAINING THIS YOUNG HORSE!!!!
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