Everything Horse magazine Magazine, October 2014 | Page 24

Bowen Therpay Case study

Letitia is an 8 year old home bred 12.2 bay mare. She competes at
unaffiliated dressage at Prelim level and showing with my 9 year old
daughter. Letitia went to BYRDS under 25’s Champs last August
where she tripped going into canter so badly that she fell onto her
knees and Hannah my daughter had no choice but to fall off.
We thought no more of it than it was just one of those things. Then
it happened again twice in training and Hannah fell off again. So I
took advice off a physio who recommended that her back should be
X-rayed under the middle of the saddle, where she was sensitive and
the front left leg scanned which I did. The injury to the leg turned out
to be old and fleshy. But with the back it was suggested by the vet to
work it whilst on painkillers to see if the  performance and outline
improved. As she was going quite hollow and against the hand and
her wither had flattened out.
This is when I enlisted the help of Lindsay Holder as my sister had
had success with a couple of horses Lindsay had treated. Lindsay
came and advised me that to improve she would need regular
treatment to begin with. Lindsay came every week for 3 weeks and
we started seeing an improvement straight away. After the first
treatment the pain had gone from her back and after the 3 treatments
her back had changed shape and the wither had become more
prominent again. Lindsay adviced on basic stretches and walking
over poles every day. Lindsay then treated her every month for a
couple of months and now every 2 months for maintenance. After
3 months Letitia was back competing and no longer tripping. LN Worcestershire Image top: Before / Image bottom: After treatment

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