11/10/2025
Pulling back, laying down after being saddled, bucking the rider off -all expressions of a nervous system that has lost its spatial map.
Three years old and they have tried saddle fittings, groundwork, and bodywork , turn out time ..all the right things from a structural and behavioral standpoint , but…. No improvement.
𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐧𝐞: Her sacrum and lumbar spine were braced, the pelvis acting as an anchor , frozen in a compensatory stance. There was no through-line from hind to forehand; she was dissociated from her own center of gravity, coping by pulling back , laying down. It wasn’t submission, it was a nervous system that had lost access to spatial awareness and could only find relief through collapse.
After just one Equine Neuro Therapy™ session, you can already see the beautiful changes. The sacrum has leveled, thoracic lift is returning, and the fascia through her lumbar region is softening , the first signs of hind-end proprioceptive return….What appears as postural change is in fact neurological re-patterning;
𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧.
I don’t apply the phrase learned helplessness to horses. That term describes a human cognitive condition, implying belief and volition. What was witnessed here isn’t psychological submission; it’s a neurological freeze -a system overwhelmed by unprocessable input.
Equine Neuro Therapy™ interprets her behavior as a threshold collapse, and works to re-establish orientation so that movement—and awareness—can reorganize naturally, and young horse development can resume .
