09/10/2025
Why is your home exercise plan so important?
◽️Prevents the Muscle from Returning to Protective Tightness
After therapy, the nervous system may still “remember” the old movement pattern. If you don’t keep moving and stretching it, the muscle can creep back into a shortened and guarded tone within days.
▫️Maintains the New Range of Motion
Physiotherapy temporarily increases flexibility and mobility of joints and fascia. Continuation of tailored exercises and stretches cements this gain by reminding the body what that new range feels like and keeping tissues lengthened.
▫️Retrains the Nervous System
Provides proprioceptive feedback → the brain learns that the new lengthened, relaxed state is safe. Prevents the nervous system from “resetting” to the old, tight baseline.
▫️Balances Compensation Patterns
If one muscle group was tight, others may have been over- or under-working to compensate. Regular stretching and engagement keeps the whole kinetic chain mobile while the horse relearns correct, balanced movement.
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