28/07/2024
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It was a very good comment on our Science of Motion page. Here is my response. Jean Luc
Thank you for pointing out the root of the problem. Top riders and most veterinarians hope to recreate soundness and improve movements targeting the legs. In the light of actual knowledge, this is infantile. We show and explain through numerous videos and studies that limb kinematics result from the proper function of the thoracolumbar spine. It is the same ignorance that leads a vet to inject the joint or a trainer to whip the horse. Hyaluronic acid injections accelerate the development of arthritis. Whipping the legs accelerates the limb dysfunction and the development of pathology. It is astounding that extremely expensive horses are trained in such a primitive way. Human athletic training uses slow movement to educate the complex orchestration of the numerous systems that create outstanding performances and soundness. Equine athletic training rushes forward extraordinary athletes, aggravating to the point of damaging the horse, a minor dysfunction that could have been corrected easily if the education focussed on the source of the limb's kinematics, proper thoracolumbar spine function instead of injecting the joint or releasing a protective reflex contraction. Releasing the protection does not fix the cause of the protective reflex contraction and exposes the structure to damaging stress. Through the Science of motion approach, horses regain soundness and become outstanding movers because we slow the movement to educate proper function. most horses are better than the fast-forward insanity allows them to be. Most riders are better than the insane obedience to the aids allows them to be. You are absolutely right; It is astounding that the training of equine athletes remains at such a primitive level. High-level ridders get caught in brutality because the system they apply is primitive and does not work. Brutality starts when knowledge is short. Punishing the high-level rider does not "save" the dressage. What saves the dressage and the horses and the skilled riders is upgrading the education of every horse to actual knowledge. This is what the Science of Motion does. Jean Luc
