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kirstennelsen
United States
Приєднався 10 бер 2010
Kirsten Nelsen, professional horse trainer, owner of Wexford Training Inc. and developer of the teaching program, Training for Optimal Balance, shares theory, ideas, strategies and techniques to help horse owners improve knowledge, skills and training strategies in order to train their own horses successfully. All training ideas shared are compassionate, creative and always put the horse's health and well-being first.
163: Osteopathy for Horses
Dr. Ann-Marie Hancock visits us again and shares information about Osteopathy for horses, what it is and how it works, especially compared to chiropractic and massage therapies. We also get a bit of her personal background and some history of how osteopathy developed and expanded as a health treatment. Dealing with some health issues or idiopathic lameness means we have to expand our awareness of things that support our horse's health when all the conventional methods are not healing our horse. Looking at the whole body often holds the key for health issues that are hard to figure out. Dr. Hancock is available for consultations and working in conjunction with your local vet to help resolve health issues that are not getting better.
Guest: Dr. Ann-Marie Hancock, DVM and Equine Osteopath
True North Equine in Marshall, VA
www.truenorthequinevet.com
dr.hancock@truenorthequinevet.com
Host: Kirsten Nelsen, professional horse trainer
developer of Training for Optimal Balance
www.kirstennelsen.com
Guest: Dr. Ann-Marie Hancock, DVM and Equine Osteopath
True North Equine in Marshall, VA
www.truenorthequinevet.com
dr.hancock@truenorthequinevet.com
Host: Kirsten Nelsen, professional horse trainer
developer of Training for Optimal Balance
www.kirstennelsen.com
Переглядів: 21
Відео
Lexi 8
Переглядів 9914 годин тому
10/18/24 With our cooler weather we are able to get back to trot work, even a bit of canter, with Lexi. As an older mare with sweating issues she has had a summer of walking. Working on the long reins to start balancing the trot on the ground, while also stabilizing and improving her balance under saddle at the walk, is how we prepare for trot work under saddle. Kirsten Nelsen, professional hor...
162: Horse Inspired Poetry
Переглядів 26День тому
Special guest Linda Drattell, author and poet, shares her latest poetry about her horse Vegas. Linda and Vegas were together for 29 years after instantly bonding at their first meeting. When we keep our horse, for better or worse, and spend time with them even in old age, the lessons and magical moments enrich our lives in ways that are hard to describe. Linda's poetry puts words to those priva...
Use of Long Reins Affects Horse Balance
Переглядів 76День тому
Tracey and Stitch 10/31/24 Stitch has made big improvements since adding Equioxx to supplements, helping Stitch work through some physical discomforts with more ease. So now, changing position on the long reins alters how we affect the functions of the spine through the long reins and can move rehab work further forward. How to do is explained in this conversation more than why to do. Book your...
Hercules 8
Переглядів 75День тому
10/17/24 Hercules has been walking on the long reins most of the summer with occasional rides. Today, with the weather cooling down finally, we begin our winter season work on trot! So this is the first trot in several months and the plan is to get a bit better at the walk under saddle while we also start building up balance at the trot on the ground. Kirsten Nelsen, professional horse trainer ...
How to Feel More through Our Seat as Riders
Переглядів 7214 днів тому
This simple hack, riding in jockey position but staying in the saddle and without stirrups, is super helpful for sensitizing our seat as riders. We instantly feel the movement of our horse's back more clearly by taking our legs out of the equation. This hack works for both male and female riders, helping us feel our horse though our lumbar, pelvis and core, so that we are more accurate with our...
Balance for Female Riders
Переглядів 19014 днів тому
"shoulders back" as a riding instruction is very useful for stabilizing the male skeleton through the lumbar and pelvis, or the rider's seat. The very same instruction has the opposite effect for the female skeleton, destabilizing the lumbar and pelvis. Stabilizing our seat as female riders is more a matter of coordination that a gesture or a position. The female lumbar and pelvis are shaped di...
161: Sole Paint for Horses
Переглядів 3914 днів тому
Guest Anne Leary, founder of "Annie's Sole Paint," talks about the product she created, sells and uses to help horses have stronger, healthier hooves. If you are not familiar with sole paint, then you might want to give it a try. Sole paint is a South Florida thing - for helping horses that have to live in wet conditions all year. Sole paint helps dry and thicken horse's sole, whether wearing s...
Rarely Wrong 8
Переглядів 8314 днів тому
10/17/24 After a little over 3 months of working on lunging at the walk Rarely has moved up to a passing grade with consistency, but we will still keep this exercise on the training menu until she really masters it. For now, this is a wrap up video to a long time on the same exercise. I give Rarely a "C" or "B" at this point, but our goal is always "A " So, we will continue lunging at the walk ...
Dynamic Rider Balance
Переглядів 4021 день тому
Tess and Sochie 10/22/24 Sochie and Tess are progressing nicely on the long reins. Under saddle, where the weight and balance of the rider make all the difference, we discuss how to find more core stability, improve the seat and organize rider balance in a way that acts like a dynamic aid in order to help Sochie balance. How we use our torso, seat and internal body weight distribution while rid...
Backing Horses from the Saddle
Переглядів 3321 день тому
Thinking Up then Back is the key to mechanically correct backing or rein backs with horses. Taking it slow is important because this is physically a difficult move for all horses, but especially if the back has been dropped or the hindquarters disengaged. Putting the bit pressure up in the corners of the mouth, off the lower jar, is a very important part. Book your own FREE intro private lesson...
160: Creating Space for Learning
Переглядів 3321 день тому
Creating space and setting up situations for making mistakes, exploring, being wrong more often than right and interrupting our preconceived ideas is so important for authentic learning. If we only practice for what a judge wants to see, always pushing to be perfect ourselves or make our horse work perfectly all the time, we miss out on all the little details that move us from being good with h...
Progress with Horse Ground Driving
Переглядів 3621 день тому
Tracey and Pablo 10/17/24 Pablo is finally showing substantial improvements, both with attitude around the barn and in work on the long reins. Pablo's desire to keep moving, at least not halting all the time even if the walk is still slow, is a huge mile marker. Offering to walk for the entire 30 minutes means Pablo is feeling much more comfortable. The visible stiffness gets a bit better throu...
Rafalko 8 redo
Переглядів 3521 день тому
10/16/24 Repeating the last video training session with Rafalko, working on a precise tempo at the walk, using 2 beats to feel the hind legs and working at 60bpm. In the last video the sound got cut off due to old batteries - so this redo is a repeat from the last training video with only groundwork in between. Kirsten Nelsen, professional horse trainer developer of Training for Optimal Balance...
Backing Up Horses from The Ground
Переглядів 5721 день тому
This quick video shows how to ask your horse to move backwards in a way that is beneficial mechanically and helps strengthen our horse's back and hindquarters. It is not easy for any horse, but especially if our horse has a weak back and hindquarters, so patience is the key. Book your own FREE intro private lesson! Sign up for a POWER HOUR at www.kirstennelsen.com Kirsten Nelsen, professional h...
155: Seeing Engagement or Disengagement in Horses
Переглядів 57Місяць тому
155: Seeing Engagement or Disengagement in Horses
154: Does Tracking Up indicate Balance?
Переглядів 342 місяці тому
154: Does Tracking Up indicate Balance?
Horse shifting From No-Go into Steady-Go
Переглядів 332 місяці тому
Horse shifting From No-Go into Steady-Go
Developing Horse Balance with Long Reins
Переглядів 892 місяці тому
Developing Horse Balance with Long Reins
153: Engaged Hindquarters Lengthen our Horse's Neck
Переглядів 662 місяці тому
153: Engaged Hindquarters Lengthen our Horse's Neck
I was at a barn today for my granddaughters riding lesson. first time there - one of the horses had a cribbing collar on but it was sooo tight, i couldnt get a finger thru it at all. the horse kept coming to me and putting its neck near me to say..help me, its too tight. i was scratching his neck and side of face. He looked uncomfortable even when he was turned out.
That is more common than not. It is tough because the cribbing horse is hard on the property so the collar gets tighter until the cribbing stops. Even though the instructions are out there what you saw is also what I see all too often. All we can do is share info about a proper fit.
I love how you all do get off subject sometimes because it reminds me that it’s ok to be on one topic with your horse and have your horse offer up something else helpful and it’s ok to go there with them. I loved this podcast!
Thanks! Sometimes those tangents are the most valuable pieces! So glad to know that you enjoy the podcast too. Keeps us motivated to continue!!
Thank you so much or having me on your show, Kirsten! It was a joy to discuss horses with you.
You're most welcome! It was a joy to speak with you as well.
So interesting. Lifelong rider and I always struggle to feel settled in a saddle. I appreciate the repetitions and precise explanation.
I’m glad you found it helpful! We are told so often that we are not bold enough or don’t have enough talent - what we have is a physical challenge that is left completely and entirely unaddressed. I find it ironic that over 60% of horse owners are women and yet the archaic instruction is still geared to the male skeleton. This is where tradition has failed to keep up.
@ I find this helps with my everyday standing and walking posture, too.
How much of a horse's crookedness is due to the rider's imbalance?
A crooked rider can cause a horse to become crooked - because we are mass with weight that has a direct impact. Most of the time both horses and riders have their own habits of left to right imbalances., so it takes a bit of time to sort out. A crooked horse can cause a rider to become crooked if we are not aware of how to balance ourself on an unbalanced horse. Again - most of the time it is chicken and egg, hard to tell who influenced who because often times the horse we ride the most reflects our same left to right imbalances. Someone times the rider naturally counterbalances a horse’s crookedness, but that does not remedy imbalances, we just cope a little easier.
Hi from Tasmania, just wanted to say thankyou so much, I've been listening to your podcasts for awhile now and have learnt so so much, this one was very interesting as I've also been recommended long trot, ground poles but no hills by my vet. I've been using ground poles in a small way at walk with my Arab who is still on a rehab program. I shall now put my poles away 😊regards Kim
Thanks so much Kim! I am so glad you are finding the podcasts useful!
Generally how long would a training session practicing this last?
It can be done in short sessions or long ones, up to an hour like a normal training session. What I look for is the horse’s energy to come down a bit towards calmness even if not achieved fully in any single session. If the horse’s energy is escalating away from calmness after 10-15 min then I would try a different exercise that involves movement first and maybe do a little time with standing still at the end, after moving around a bit. As long as the horse is getting a bit calmer each time, then it will take hold. But every horse has a unique time frame for learning.
Any chance you can share some of the 60 bpm songs or playlists mentioned ?
I remember “mustang sally” from just a quick google search I did. I also found one of my favs “Feeling Good” by Nina Simone is also 60bpm. I just did a google search for songs at 60bpm and there were huge playlists offered by Spotify and Amazon. Wasn’t too hard to find in searches on your favorite platforms or google.
So interesting that molasses is an inflammatory yet stephanie told me to feed whatever it takes, including molasses, to get my horse to eat NAC which was part of her protocol. His Insulin went from 84 to over 200.
That certainly is interesting! As far as I know from my first interview with Stephanie she had molasses on the list of 5 top ingredients to eliminate. Have your horse’s numbers gone back down? Did you eliminate molasses? Just curious as I am learning about this too!
You can't spur algebra into your kid's head! I love that❤
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❤❤❤ sooo much relevant and amazing info- for Any rider🎉🎉 What moved the most was the Owner feeling Understood and Heard in her concerns, your responses🎊🎊. Her feeling more comfortable about her horse and Self is One of the most important feedback a trainer can offer- a rarity, indeed. Thanks to the owner and Kirsten Nielson for sharing this personalized jouney with anybody interested in learning❤❤❤
Great info. Can you talk about instability and stumbling, either front feet or back feet? The occasional toe stumble, even when they land heel first most of the time. Barefoot and sound! Yay!
Great suggestion! Yes. That will be a great topic for an upcoming podcast - soon. Thanks for the idea.
😂😂 we humans can find reason why something is not working ( getting my legs around my horse) and accept that. Once you shared your awesome knowledge - I became more aware of my own body/ MY spinal stability. This morning - 2 month later am rewatching this great educational lesson and am super greatful for you! Paying attention to my own balance First, than my horses', sure makes a BIG difference. We have progress for sure...update soon to be avaiable❤❤❤ Thanks Kirsten and Deborah❤❤❤
When the student is ready the horse (or mule) will appear.. Fascinating and exciting. This is a great explanation of what's going on in my mare that no one has addressed before. Thank you for what you do!
❤you two bring much needed info FOR the horse-via the learning human.🎉🎉 Thank you so very much for brining this free education and -for me-make me THINK!❤❤
Great information, thank you!👏
Thanks for sharing :) Do you use Science of Motion in your work ?
Jean Luc has been an important mentor of mine. I differ in techniques from the Science of Motion methodology somewhat, but the goals are the same and the theory for developing balance is the same.
@kirstennelsen that's great! Interested to see how you implement it :)
What about Vaseline?
That works as a barrier, it just does not have disinfecting or dehydrating qualities. As a barrier to moisture, Vaseline and hoof barriers can also act to trap moisture inside the hoof.
Am incredibly grateful to have learned from those two wonderful ladies how to move my body with more ease and efficency. My horse seems to notice the change as well- she too is more at ease moving in a relaxed, yet stable manner with me on her back. ❤❤❤ to both of you❤❤❤
Arab's are one of the most resilient breeds on earth. The thing I'm wondering is chiropractic treatment which most horse owners forget. Carrying weight on any back is going to affect skeleton alignment over the years. I had one full Arab and one Arab and saddlebred cross. Knees went out and rehomed to good trustworthy friends and still have them. Being 31 is incredible to begin with. She's beautiful.❤
Yes. The princess does get regular body work that is chiropractic in nature but works more with soft tissues. She loves it and it has helped her a lot. She is also just tough as nails that mare!
Good info, thanks! With Vern's EPM i always need to check for sweat or lack of... i also liked the physiology behind the heat acclimation, makes complete sense when u live with 4 seasons it does take a bit to get used to the weather changes.
Loved this podcast
❤Hercules
"The one place your horses still go upside down is during the transition from walk to halt and from halt to walk"...wise words Ladies.
This is a comprehensive summary of everything I needed to learn to work with Blaze. Watching what you are doing with the reins, legs,and back, listening to the introduction of what you are doing, and the continuing explanation of what is going on - all very helpful.
I DID read the article - 2x ( thanks for sharing/providing ❤❤) and Kinda understood, but you two ladies going over details and explaining sure helped. One thing I did not realize was the " Rib-cage, as a Stability muscle". Need to wrap my head around it for a little more ... Envious of you two, because you have each other to bounce off/ discuss/ brainstorm valuable reseach- findings. My horsie-friends are just not interested 😮 (besides Steph, that is). Thank you both for sharing so freely❤❤❤
That is why we started horse geeks - for the rest of us!
Wait. Is she saying that a strangulating lipoma can be caused by a grain diet? I've looked and looked and asked vets if there is any way to prevent this. They all said no. One of mine had 7 feet of small intestine taken out, and did well, but then had another strangulation a year and a half later and we lost him. 😞 He was a very picky eater (and hard keeper TB) and never did well on an all forage diet. I tried. So I did add some senior feed so he would actually eat. 😐
I need to do a follow up podcast about my horse that had 5 lipomas surgically removed. Just pure luck that none were strangulating. My mare lost a lot of weight on the forage diet and it has been hard to get back on her. BUT her poops restored to normal texture and not a single colic episode since. When I first tried the forage diet and she lost all that weight I panicked and put her back on senior. Then she had a bad colic - post surgery - where I thought I would lose her. I put her back on the forage diet knowing her poops had changed and just had to deal with weight issues another way. Losing weight became less of a problem than the colics! There is no direct proof that lipomas are an inflammatory response or related to the diet. I just know the theory as something new to consider and the anti inflammatory diet has definitely helped my now 31 year old mare remain colic free even though I still struggle to keep weight on her.
@@kirstennelsen thanks for the response. Strangulating lipomas are so frustrating and devastating. I've never seen a horse in so much pain in all my years. There just must be something to prevent this horrific experience. I look forward to the follow up podcast. 💜
@@theradiantcrone it is heartbreaking and without relief until surgery - and even then… Personally, just imho, I see the correlation between grain diet and lipomas in my mare. She lost a lot of weight but then I wondered if that wasn’t the truth of her body underneath chronic inflammation. Even though very skinny her poops returned to normal, soft ball formation where they had been cow patties or rock hard. Her movement improved with more willingness to go forward. But she looked like a rescue horse where she used to be a plump easy keeper. It was a struggle but she has not had any colics since. All worth it. I show my mare’s recovery under the playlist Wexford Training Barn on this channel under Prima 1,2, 3 etc if you are interested. It is slow but working. Am planning another update early August and I think she finally shows tangible improvement in weight and muscle.
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Ahhhh. NOW I get it! This is a great explanation. On inside circle inside front and outside hind ABduct and outside front and inside hind aDduct ( am better " seeing it in diagonals). I remember ABduction as " somebody is taken away" ( only have to remember one😂). Now I just have to figure out what would happen to rest of legs if outside front aBducts.
You will see the front legs go the opposite way when the horse bends the neck to the inside of a turn. The neck bend rotates the back - so the inside front adducts towards the midline and the outside front has to abduct away from the midline. This how horses “escape through the outside shoulder” but it is just the horse trying not to fall over when we try to make the midline and neck a banana 🍌
Pausing to interrupt a habit🎉🎉🎉❤❤. Love jt- will be another of motto❤
One of my two is very bug sensitive. Agree on using the SWAT on the belly. I also use on his sheath area or any little spots that he has scratched raw. In his ears I use Dermafas, as those get irritated by bugs quickly. Fly mask with ear covers. -- I haven't looked into allergy shots. That's an interesting idea. Thankfully I have Summer Sore flies / nematodes under control, so it's just regular fly situation. -- Gotta combine fly management with the avoiding raw spots from scratching etc. It's a complex situation. Thanks for your video.
Thanks for the extra info on product and I am glad you found the video helpful.
I aquire a dysfunctional balance after an accident- am aiming to get back into my functual Optimal balance?
Whenever we have an accident or injury the nervous system sets up a detour. We and our horses automatically alter our coordination to protect the problem, letting it heal, by working around it. Once we are healed the detour remains in place as a new habit in the nervous system unless we actively, consciously restore ideal coordination or use. This is why physical therapy exists for people - and is what we have to focus on as part of training our horses.
Love the " Allow Space" for the horse - much more fitting than Micromanaging.
Ohhhh❤❤❤ what an Eye-opener🎉🎉. I always hated the stiff perched riders...so, I moved with the horse...but it was not. A Still move- more like a Drunk Sailor😂😂 ( or rag-doll)- unbalancing my horse even more. Thanks to you two amazinng ladies and a great Zoom with Kristen I can NOW feel the difference in Self and my horse🎉🎉🎉
❤from contraction to relaxation...the in-between to me sounds like a " healing-crises". Makes so much sense now, how difficult this in-between phase is for horses. I want my horse to feel Safe with me, trust me- that's the relationship I want. What I have now is wonderful- but my horses deserve more. Thanks-as always...you guys make me THINK!!❤❤❤
And WHY is this amazing info not known to average mortal? So much info to digest- can't wait to have it all sink in. Instability!! Thank you two ladies so much🎉🎉
So boring.... tzzzzz
no one is making you watch... move along then
What's that name
Of horse? Prima
Turtle-Dust😅😅😅 that's what my rather imbalanced lil pony " kicks up". Love the ' straighness" thru tight turns. Your explanation ( not sure here or in the other videos I bing-watched) of " neck will straighten out last" ( think I quited this correctly). Thank you so very much fir all the great sensible info. Will DEFINATELY get your help in long-reining🎉🎉
Watching this one now❤. The owner is sooo endearing- had to giggle lil on the tangled ropes and her calm repeated ask to ask the equaly endearing horse to move. I can see myself do same. Great learning video- and soooo much education fro. You. Thank you🎉🎉
Interesting!! I heard you say : " tighten hindend lead and give slack to front lead" in the beginning, but ...I did not " get it " until end of video😅😅😅😅. Will re-watch a few more times. Just started to be interested in long-reining...your apporach- as far as I comprehend at ti's point- seems the most sensible one🎉🎉🎉. Thank you❤
It works literally back to front on long reins so it can take awhile to really grasp how it works the way I teach - but the results are consistently amazing. Worth the effort.
Thank you@@kirstennelsen
JR gets an A+ for grass diving. Lol
She does look better Kirsten.
Another banger ladies. The advice on the long reins is legit.