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Re: RC: Re: Sore Back
geez, Kathy
Does this mean I can NEVER get on HorseScience list??? Their loss! ;-)
Bette
> Kathy Mayeda wrote:
>
> That must be bai hui (or something like that). Potent accupressure
> point.
> This is “mysticism” according to Tom Ivers!
>
> K.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bette Lamore [mailto:woa@stormnet.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 11:28 AM
> To: Kathy Mayeda
> Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net; agiven@coair.com
> Subject: Re: RC: Re: Sore Back
>
> Hi Kathy
> Hoping someone on line could tell me! He used to be out of
> Petaluma CA
> and then he went to the Olympics and met a French amour and
> was over
> there for a while. Last I heard he was back in the states
> but I have no
> idea where. I know he said he worked with Linda
> Tellington-Jones;
> perhaps Bobby knows?
> At one Olympic event, he was working with 5 different
> countries! Don't
> know how he kept from having a conflict of interest,
> specially since one
> of them was the French team :-) I know he has some
> practitioners around
> santa Ynez (I only work on my own horses). Perhaps someone
> down there
> knows one of them-- Sylvia??
> Bette
>
> > Kathy Mayeda wrote:
> >
> > Bette – please tell us how to get hold of Michel Kaplan
> clinic
> > organizers!
> >
> > Yes, you are right about the desensitization.
> >
> > K.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bette Lamore [mailto:woa@stormnet.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 8:20 AM
> > To: Kathy Mayeda
> > Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net; agiven@coair.com
>
> > Subject: Re: RC: Re: Sore Back
> >
> > Hi Kathy
> > The problem with the method of running your
> fingers down
> > their backs to
> > test for pain is this: if the horse has been in
> pain for
> > some period of
> > time, he will frequently "block" the pain---
> meaning he has
> > no feeling
> > to the touch yet is still has a back problem.
> There are
> > pressure points
> > by the hip which the Chinese call "The Gates of
> Heaven"
> > which will
> > unblock the nervous system of the horse and then
> you can
> > test for
> > soreness. Michel Kaplan (used by many different
> Olympic
> > teams) teaches a
> > course on his neurokinesiology, which I took. It
> has saved
> > my horses
> > from much unnecessary pain. If he offers a
> clinic in your
> > area, I'd go.
> > His techniques have a lot in common with the
> TTouch method
> > which, if I
> > remember, you are very familiar with. Both are
> incredibly
> > helpful.
> > Bette
> > > Kathy Mayeda wrote:
> > >
> > > There’s an excellent book out called
> “Understanding the
> > Horses Back”
> > > by Sarah Wyche. It lists a whole checklist of
> things to go
> > through in
> > > trouble shooting back problems. Believe me, I
> know about
> > what you’re
> > > going through – 6 saddles later I licked the
> major issue
> > by getting a
> > > ReactorPanel saddle, but all the other things
> need to be
> > addressed as
> > > well – like good dentistry, shoeing and proper
>
> > riding/exercise.
> > >
> > > Len Brown of Orthoflex has a video out on
> palpating the
> > horses back.
> > > It’s a little homegrown type of video, but it
> shows step
> > by step how
> > > to pinpoint back soreness.
> > >
> > > If you run your fingers with medium pressure
> on either
> > side of the
> > > spine and your horse dips his back
> dramatically at any
> > specific point
> > > – yes there is soreness. If you continue to
> palpate,
> > sometimes he’ll
> > > get a little desensitized and not dip his back
> at the
> > touch.
> > >
> > > Good luck!
> > >
> > > K.
> > >
> > >
> >
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Bette Lamore
Whispering Oaks Arabians, Home of 16.2hh TLA Halynov
(Yes, really 16.2!)
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