Jennifer has trained under Regan Golob D.C. She has taken and passed his Bio-Energy Analysis courses, the basic and the advanced. She has also trained under Kelly Mills, Joan Ranquet and Susan Crawford D.C. for all the modalities listed. Visit www.equinenharmony.com for more information and to schedule a session.
Introduction to Bodywork
What is energy ? Energy is another word for electrical signals in the body. Everyone and everything has it. Just like a seed, it looks dead, but has stored inside it’s body the ability to grow a seedling when giving the proper environment. In animals and people, energy starts in the brain and heads out the spinal column into all the many parts of the body. The body is electrical, and needs a balance of minerals and water to work properly. In order to be functioning correctly the body must not be dehydrated and have a source or store of minerals and vitamins in which to use from, in a bio available form. If there has been an injury or trauma in an area of the body, energy blockages occur, and the electoral signal cannot get through the area efficiently or at all, and can cause issues. Not getting the proper signals can result in areas that loose feeling, or spasming muscles that cause pain. The issues can range from physical manifestations like lameness, tail swishing or bucking when asked to transition between gaits, or emotional ones like general grumpiness. Bodywork can benefit any living being greatly by helping the body heal from these energy blockages and help the body return to proper balance.
Fall and colic
Fall and spring tend to be high colic times. Why?
There are all sorts of causes for colic. Ulcers, kidney problems, pain, spinal nerves being affected by subluxations, uneven hoof trims causing pressure on an area of the coronet band that affects the large or small intestine meridian ting points, stress and barometric changes are a few of the causes of colic. We just tend to assume it is intestinal and start pouring in the oil and giving pain killers. Here are some things you can do while waiting for the vet. Check for gut sounds. Low on the left, high on the right side, put your ear right on the flank area. You should hear gurgling sounds if the gut is moving. If it's quiet, you might have impaction colic. If you hear "pinging" sounds, it is gas colic. For gas you can stand them head downhill or front feet in a hole, gas rises, and it will help them pass it. 12- 20 cc of Dynapro with some Relax every 20 minutes until improvement, then every hour usually has them ok in a short time. Nux Vomica 30c-200c can be very good also. You should keep all these things in your vet kit. Instead of tubing oil, use 1 Tbsp NTM salt to a quart of distilled water. Oil smothers all the good bacteria in the gut. Sea salt attracts water and water is lubrication. You also can put tea tree oil in a shallow container like a jar lid and hold it up so it touches the belly button. The belly button will absorb the tea tree oil and seems to stimulate the nerves and meridians to the gut. The horse will usually poop within 20 minutes of doing this. Belly lifts contract the abs and will help the intestines move impactions through. Work the bladder meridian and spray relax on the tail points to stimulate the gut. Use Ttouch on the tips of the ears and end of the tail. Pigeon toed horses have impactions colic more often, horses that toe out are more prone to spasmodic colic, because of the different effects on the gut by ting points inside or outside on the coronet band. Ting points are the beginning or ending of acupuncture meridians, that affect all the different organs and energy flow in the body. Miracle clay or kelp is great for ulcers.They both coat and soothe the stomach and intestines without blocking much digestion. Of course you should always have 2-1 out free choice, so when the barometer is in flux, they can replace the calcium that the body is throwing off, and therefore balance themselves, lessening the chances of colic in the first place. Horses have a tendency to drink less water in the winter also, because of the water temp, you can give low doses of Dynaspark or another electrolyte to keep the horse drinking, or put a heater in your water trough.
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