Serenity Physical Therapy

08/25/2023

08/25/2023

The best friends you will ever have... (-a passage from my book, ‘Hearticulations’)

08/25/2023

Keanu Reeves was abandoned by his father at 3 years old and grew up with 3 different stepfathers. He is dyslexic. His dream of becoming a hockey player was shattered by a serious accident. His daughter died at birth. His wife died in a car accident. His best friend, River Phoenix, died of an overdose. His sister has leukemia.
And with everything that has happened, Keanu Reeves never misses an opportunity to help people in need. When he was filming the movie "The Lake House," he overheard the conversation of two costume assistants; One cried because he would lose his house if he did not pay $20,000 and on the same day Keanu deposited the necessary amount in the woman's bank account; He also donated stratospheric sums to hospitals.
In 2010, on his birthday, Keanu walked into a bakery and bought a brioche with a single candle, ate it in front of the bakery, and offered coffee to people who stopped to talk to him.
After winning astronomical sums for the Matrix trilogy, the actor donated more than $50 million to the staff who handled the costumes and special effects - the true heroes of the trilogy, as he called them.
He also gave a Harley-Davidson to each of the stunt doubles. A total expense of several million dollars. And for many successful films, he has even given up 90% of his salary to allow the production to hire other stars.
In 1997 some paparazzi found him walking one morning in the company of a homeless man in Los Angeles, listening to him and sharing his life for a few hours.
Most stars when they make a charitable gesture they declare it to all the media. He has never claimed to be doing charity, he simply does it as a matter of moral principles and not to look better in the eyes of others.
This man could buy everything, and instead every day he gets up and chooses one thing that cannot be bought: To be a good person.
Keanu Reeves’ father is of Native Hawaiian descent
southern Mexico.]

06/29/2023

Boundaries are physical, emotional and energetic limits ​ that give us a sense of autonomy, protection, individuality and safety.
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When our system's boundaries are disrupted, the nervous system feels constantly threatened by the lack of autonomy, protection, individuality and safety, which perpetuates survival and leads to dysregulation.
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Boundaries can be disrupted in 2 ways:
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- loose or not existing (enmeshment with others' field)
- rigid or overbounded: strong defenses or walls, primarily to protect a wound, a discomfort or avoid acknowledging a painful truth
- a mix of both
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So why do we feel disconnected from our embodied boundaries?
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1. Because they are unfamiliar to our nervous system. Growing up, boundaries were not modeled, taught, allowed or nurtured and so, the nervous system never had the chance to "register" boundaries as safe.
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Signs that the nervous system is unsafe with boundaries:
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- a lot of rationalization of boundaries
- boundaries will trigger freeze or disconnect in the body
- the body will react defensively
- fear, guilt or shame will overpower
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2. Because boundary disruption (rigid, loose) protects a wound or serves the nervous system to perpetuate its most dominant state - like freeze.
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The most dominant state is perceived as familiar, hence as safe from the survival perspective. ​ Having loose and rigid boundaries serve to perpetuate freeze or protect an emotional wound associated with freeze.
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Without new resources coming through the system, the nervous system will protect in ways that are familiar. We always have to see from the perspective of the nervous system if we're looking for sustainable change.
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Embodied Healing book is a trauma-safe guide to support your nervous system in growing capacity for life, healing and relationships. Link in bio to get your copy.
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Love,
Ally.

01/17/2023

Hier sieht man die Fazettengelenke einer Halswirbelsäule des
Man kann darunter die Nerven sehen welche aus dem Rückenmark austreten
Wenn nun diese verändert sind bildet sich Knochen an den Gekenksrändern zu was zusammen mit der Gelenkskapsel zur Kompression dieser Nerven führen kann.
Dies wiederum verursacht neurologische Defizite als auch schmerzen weshalb die Pferde häufig lahm sind.

12/01/2022

Here’s why a horse not being strong enough through their core is not the whole picture… 💭

When we discuss a positive posture, it’s not all about core engagement. A series of musculoskeletal factors need to work synergistically to create this uplifting suppleness for positive posture.

⭐️ LUMBAR BACK MUSCLES ⭐️
If these muscles have tension, you can often find the pelvic angle will tilt forwards. If you tilt your pelvis forwards, you will feel the contraction of your lumbar area and a kind of disinggaement of the flexibility/ability to flex the lumbar spine.
Spinal flexion is what occurs when the core engages; as the core lifts, the spinal column is in a state of supported flexion. If you round your back, and engage your core, you will feel your back lift. This is a super mobile position, and if you try and bend left and right you’ll find this easier than if you tilt your pelvis forwards.

So, pelvic position is a super important precursor to core engagement.

⭐️ INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE HYPERTONICITY ⭐️
The intercostal muscles are a part of the core muscle network that can be palpated in between the ribs. When this rib network becomes sore, the ability to have softness through the ribcage for the engagement of core muscles on curves and through transitions can be challenging. This can often occur as a secondary effect to dysfunctional pelvic position through compensation mechanisms.

⭐️ CRANIAL DISPLACEMENT OF THE SCAPULA ⭐️
This is an interesting one I have seen in horses with forelimb pathologies, likely as at least a partial result of the overloading of the forehand. But fairly often, in the more acute cases, I will see this in horses with ill-fitting saddles. The increased tone of the cervical trapezius muscles draw the scapula forwards out of the way of the saddle, and is often accompanied by atrophy to the thoracic trapezius. This can happen on a very subtle scale. I find this is quite a good example of how core engagement would not solve this horses way of going until the original pathology was identified.

I hope this will provide a little insight into why having a horse strong through their core muscles is not always the only factor as to why posture is compromised.

www.vetphysiophyle.co.uk

11/08/2022

The relationship between lameness-related adaptations in equine appendicular motion and muscle activation is poorly understood and has not been studied objectively. The aim of this study was to compare muscle activity of selected fore- and hindlimb muscles, and movement of the joints they act on, be...

11/08/2022

Are tendon boots and wraps creating a risk of injury to the superficial digital flexor?

While tendon boots and wraps are used to protect the tendons, the heat they create can cause damage to tendon cells and cause them to break down! Tendon cell death occurs above 42.5°C, but damage begins at or above 40°C for five minutes or more!
Also the superficial digital flexor tendon in the lower leg has minimal blood vessels to it meaning it can’t get rid of heat through the bloodstream. It relies on loss of heat through convection, which is restricted when it’s encapsulated.

Dr O’Brien discusses this and submerged training methods that can be used as part of a training regime to help reduce risk of injury..

https://equineeducationhub.thinkific.com/courses/Riddenwatersubmersiontraining

10/18/2022

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine PracticeAvailable online 13 October 2022In Press, Corrected ProofWhat are Corrected Proof articles?Managing the RiderAuthor links open overlay panelLesleyGoffPhD, MAnimSt(AnimPhysio), MAppSc(ExSpSc), GDipAppSc(ManipPhysio), BAppSc(Physio)abShow moreShareCi...