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11/29/2025

⭐ 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝟒 — 𝐑𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐲: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐖𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝

So far we’ve talked about:
• Why horses compensate
• What it looks like
• How fascia + biomechanics play the biggest role
• Why “that’s just how my horse is made” is almost always wrong

Now let’s get into the part EVERY owner needs to hear:

➡️ Compensation patterns don’t go away on their own.
➡️ They don’t fix with one session.
➡️ You cannot drill or ride them out.
➡️ But they CAN be fully rewired with the right process.

This is where the real change happens.
And where most programs fail, because they don’t address all the layers.

⭐ 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏 𝟏: 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧

You cannot rebuild correct movement on top of restriction.

Fascia release is the “unlock” 🔓that allows the horse to:
• Lengthen their stride
• Free up the ribcage
• Rotate the pelvis correctly
• Lift the core
• Engage the hind end
• Stop bracing through the topline
• Use both sides of the body equally again

Without this step?
The horse simply cannot move correctly, no matter how much conditioning you do.

Fascia creates the environment for healthy biomechanics.

⭐ 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏 𝟐: 𝐑𝐞-𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐬

Once the body is unlocked, you have to show it a new way to move.

This is where treadmill work, pole work, corrective groundwork, and controlled strength building come in.

We rebuild:
• Hind-end power
• Core stability
• Ribcage lift
• Lateral balance
• Even loading through all four feet
• Proper diagonal movement
• True engagement instead of bracing

Biomechanics is the blueprint.
Rehab is the construction crew.

And YOU, as the horse’s advocate, are the project manager.

🔹 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥

This is one of the most powerful tools in my program because it:
• Lifts the core
• Engages the hind end
• Builds topline without impact
• Forces even loading
• Improves stride length and symmetry
• Corrects posture
• Re-educates movement in a controlled environment

It teaches the body a clean version of movement. No bracing, no cheating, no shortcuts.

🔹 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬

This is where new patterns get reinforced.
You’re strengthening:

• The glutes
• The core
• The multifidus along the spine
• The psoas
• The deep stabilizers
• The lateral muscles for balance
• And the diagonal chains for true engagement

Corrective exercises are what turn a “released” body into a functional body.

🔹 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞

A game changer for:
• Increasing circulation
• Supporting lymphatic drainage
• Reducing inflammation
• Stimulating proprioception
• Softening the whole fascial system before and after work
• Helping the nervous system relax into a new pattern

TheraPlate preps the body to absorb change and helps it hold onto it.

🔹 𝐏𝐄𝐌𝐅

PEMF supports the internal environment:
• Reduces pain
• Improves microcirculation
• Speeds up recovery
• Helps tissue repair
• Supports nerve function
• Makes conditioning sessions MUCH more effective
• Helps the body maintain balance under load

It’s one of the best modalities for supporting the body as you transition out of old patterns and into new ones.

Together, these tools allow the body to learn a new way of moving and actually keep it.

⭐ 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏 𝟑: 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐈𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭

Here’s the part owners underestimate:

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐭.

That means:
• Repetition
• Controlled intensity
• Correct timing
• Not pushing too fast
• Not skipping the foundation
• Building strength in the right areas, not overloading the wrong ones

You’re literally re-teaching the horse how to use their own body.

The brain rewires.
The fascia reorganizes.
The muscles develop in alignment.
And the movement becomes effortless instead of compensatory.

THIS is where you see the biggest changes in posture, balance, and hoof shape.

⭐ 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏 𝟒: 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐈𝐭 𝐒𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤

Compensation doesn’t come back if the horse is maintained correctly.

This means:
• Regular bodywork (preventatively, not reactively)
• Consistent correct movement
• Controlled increases in speed, time, and intensity
• Watching for early signs of imbalance
• Checking in with how the horse feels on the ground AND under saddle
• Making small corrections before big ones develop

This is how you keep the horse sound, strong, and symmetrical long-term.

Maintenance isn’t optional, it’s the secret to never going backwards.

⭐ 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏 𝟓: 𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞, 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬

This is the difference between your program and most:

You don’t treat a shoulder.
You don’t treat a stifle.
You don’t treat a foot.

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧 that created the issue.

That’s why your horses come out:

• Freer in their movement
• Straighter in their bodies
• More confident under saddle
• Lighter on their feet
• More balanced left-to-right
• Standing square
• Loping easier
• Holding adjustments longer
• Growing better feet
• Using their core like athletes again

Because the WHOLE horse is moving correctly not just one piece.

⭐ 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐘 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝟒

Your horse’s body is constantly adapting.
When you give it the right environment, the right movement, and the right support…

✨ It heals.
✨ It reorganizes.
✨ It builds strength where there was weakness.
✨ It lets go of old patterns that once protected it.
✨ It learns a BETTER way to move and keeps it.

And THAT is how we change the narrative from:
❌ “That’s just how my horse is made.”
to
✨ “Look what happens when my horse moves the way they were meant to.”

11/28/2025

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11/28/2025

⭐ 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝟑 - 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐚 + 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞’𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

Let’s talk about the two things that influence your horse’s body more than anything else:
𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐚 and 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐬.
If Part 3 was about what compensation looks like, Part 4 is about why it develops in the first place and how we fix it.

And spoiler alert:
It’s not magic.
It’s not “just how they’re built.”
It’s science, structure, and the body’s survival system.

⭐ 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐚: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐲’𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲

Fascia is NOT “just connective tissue.”
It’s the body’s most dynamic, intelligent system one giant 3D web that wraps through, around, and between 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐞, 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭, 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧, 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐞.

When fascia tightens, sticks, or becomes restricted, it can:

• Pull joints out of alignment
• Change hoof loading patterns
• Limit stride length
• Create bracing through the topline
• Shift weight unevenly through the diagonal pairs
• Cause that “won’t bend left” or “feels stuck on the right” feeling
• Make the horse move differently to avoid tension or pain

This is why you can’t isolate one muscle or one body part in rehab.
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞.
If fascia is stuck, movement is stuck.
And when movement is stuck, compensation begins.

⭐ 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐬: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐞

Biomechanics is simply:
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲, 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲.

A balanced horse moves like this:

• Hind end drives → core stabilizes → ribcage lifts → front end frees up
• Forces travel diagonally through the body
• Joints load evenly
• Fascia glides
• Steps match left-to-right
• The spine flexes and absorbs shock
• The body stays symmetrical under the rider or on the ground

This is the blueprint the body wants to follow.

But when something interferes ; pain, weakness, stiffness, poor posture, old injuries, or even training mistakes, the biomechanics shift.
And then the fascia adapts.
And then the entire movement pattern rewrites itself.

That’s how compensation becomes “normal.”

⭐ 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐲: 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲

You can’t fix biomechanics without addressing fascia.
And you can’t fix fascia without retraining biomechanics.

This is where people get stuck.

They:
• Stretch the horse
• Work the horse harder
• Put special shoes on
• Do injections
• Do one chiro session
• Or just hope conditioning rides will fix it

But if the fascia chain is still restricted? → the horse reverts.
If the biomechanics aren’t retrained? → the pattern returns.
If the compensation isn’t addressed at its source? → the problem persists.

This is EXACTLY why your “whole horse” approach works because you treat causes, not symptoms.

⭐ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 “𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐌𝐲 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐈𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐞” 𝐌𝐲𝐭𝐡

Let’s say a horse has:

• A short right front stride
• A dropped right shoulder
• A tighter right ribcage
• A weaker left hind
• An underrun left front heel

To an untrained eye, this looks like conformation.

But to someone who understands fascia + biomechanics?
This screams diagonal compensation pattern caused by a hind-end weakness or restriction.

Once the fascia is released…
Once the strength is rebuilt…
Once you restore proper loading and balance…
Once the horse can move correctly again…

Suddenly the “conformation issue” disappears.

Because it was never conformation.
It was adaptation.

⭐ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟒

Your horse’s body is not betraying them.
It’s protecting them.

And when you combine:
✨ Fascia release
✨ Correct biomechanics
✨ Functional strength rebuilding
✨ Consistency in rehab

You’re not just fixing a movement problem
you’re undoing YEARS of compensation and giving your horse the chance to move the way they were designed to.

This is how we break the patterns.
This is how we rebuild balance.
This is how we change the whole horse.

11/28/2025

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11/27/2025

⭐ 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝟐 — 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 (𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐒𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐎𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐈𝐭)

Here’s the thing about horses:
They don’t wake up one day suddenly crooked, lame, or “weird.”
Compensation builds slowly, quietly, over time.
The body is ALWAYS trying to protect itself, and it will trade posture, balance, and movement to do it.

And because horses are masters of survival, these patterns often look “normal”… until you know what you’re looking at.

Let’s break it down 👇

⭐ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?

Compensation is the body’s way of saying:
“𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐬, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤, 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭… 𝐬𝐨 𝐈’𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝.”

It’s not bad behavior.
It’s not laziness.
It’s not training level.
It’s not temperament.

It’s the body making adjustments to avoid pain or overuse and those adjustments ALWAYS show up somewhere else.

Think of it like a ripple in the fascia web.
One restriction → one weak link → one pain point
…creates a whole chain reaction.

⭐ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐬

Most horses don’t show pain outright.
They show it through patterns:

• Shorter stride
• Dropped shoulder
• Head tilt
• Bracing the neck
• Hollowing the back
• Stabbing steps
• Swinging the hindquarters out
• “Heavy” on the forehand
• One lead harder than the other
• One direction always stiffer
• Toed-out stance
• Standing camped under or camped out
• Tail carried to one side
• Heels underrun on ONE front foot (hello diagonal hind problem 👀)

These aren’t personality quirks.
These aren’t “how they’re made.”
These are compensation strategies.

Your horse is literally telling you:
“𝐈’𝐦 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠.”

⭐ 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐨 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐲

Because it shows up in the place that’s working the HARDEST not the place that’s hurting.

So the front end takes the blame…
while the hind end is the true culprit.

The feet get blamed…
while the posture is actually the problem.

The farrier gets blamed…
when really the horse is loading unevenly because of a deeper imbalance.

The rider gets blamed…
when the horse was compromised before you even got in the saddle.

Owners miss it because horses are built to hide pain.
Professionals miss it because they look at the symptom, not the whole chain.

But when you understand compensation,
you start connecting the dots.

⭐ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲

The fascia system links the body together like an inner web.
When ONE area tightens, strains, or protects…
you see changes everywhere:

• A sticky left shoulder? → often a right hind issue
• Choppy in front? → likely a hind-end strength or SI problem
• High/low front feet? → compensation through the diagonal pair
• Tight back? → core weakness or lack of lateral stability
• Popping stifle? → glutes, psoas, or fascia line restrictions
• Struggling to bend? → ribcage rotation, not “attitude”

Nothing happens in isolation.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦.

⭐ 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚 “𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥”

If a horse compensates long enough, the brain rewires movement patterns.

So what was once a temporary survival strategy becomes:
“Just how this horse moves now.”

And that’s where people start saying the phrase I built this mini-series to destroy:
“That’s just how my horse is made.”

No.
That’s just how they’ve ADAPTED.

We can un-adapt it.
We can rebuild it.
We can retrain it.
We can return the body to the movement it was designed to have.

⭐ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲

If your horse looks crooked…
moves unevenly…
stands oddly…
or feels different from left to right…

It’s not “just them.”

It’s compensation.
It’s communication.
It’s a clue.
And it’s fixable with the right approach and biomechanics.

11/27/2025

🦃 Happy Turkey Day from the Caliente Therapy Family!

We are so thankful for every single one of you who trusts us with your athletes. It’s an honor to be part of your horse’s journey, and we don’t take that lightly.

Today we’re stepping away to enjoy time with our families, and we hope you’re able to soak up the same kind of rest, food, and good company. 🤎

P.S. Our mini-series will still be rolling out tonight, scheduled and ready to roll, while we enjoy the holiday with our loved ones!

11/26/2025

💥𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐃𝐑𝐎𝐏: 𝟐𝟎% 𝐎𝐅𝐅 𝟑𝟎-𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐘𝐒 💥

Your horse’s comeback story starts in the 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑 and this is your chance to lock it in.

✨ 𝟐𝟎% 𝐎𝐅𝐅 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝟑𝟎-𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐬
✨ 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲
✨ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 + 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 (I’m fully booked through December and only have a few January spots left!)
✨ 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐦𝐞 to claim your spot 📨

If your horse has chronic compensation patterns, stifle weakness, under-run heels, tight fascia chains, or you just know they need a true reset… a structured 30-day program is where everything changes.

Secure your horse’s spot now and roll into 2026 with a stronger, more balanced, more comfortable athlete.
Let’s rebuild them from the inside out. 💪🐴

11/26/2025

⭐ 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝟏: 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐯𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠
(𝖱𝖾𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗈𝗇／𝖾𝗑𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝗌𝖾𝖽)

This is one of the biggest misunderstandings I see in the horse world, and honestly… it’s a huge reason so many horses stay stuck in pain or bad movement patterns for years.

People look at a horse standing funny, moving crooked, or carrying themselves inverted and go:
“Welp, that’s just their conformation.”

But here’s the truth:
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 is what they were born with.
𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 is what life, pain, habit, and training did to them.

And 90% of the “conformation problems” I’m called out to look at… are actually posture problems rooted in fascia, pain, or compensation.

Let’s break it down 👇

⭐ 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 = 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞

This is the horse’s foundation. The bone structure they came into the world with.
Examples:
• Straight vs turned-out legs
• Long vs short back
• Shoulder angle
• Hip structure
• Pastern length
• Ribcage shape
• Neck set

Conformation can influence movement potential.
But true conformation issues are way less common than people think.

And here’s the kicker:
Conformation does not change.
(At least not without trauma, and if it did change, you’d definitely know.)

⭐ 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 = 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Posture is the story of how your horse has been moving, compensating, and protecting themselves.
Posture is shaped by:
• Pain
• Fascia restrictions
• Muscle imbalance
• Poor saddle fit
• Hoof balance
• Weakness
• Rider influence
• Training habits
• Old injuries
• And simple survival strategies

Unlike conformation…
✨ Posture can absolutely change and FAST.
I watch horses change their topline, their neck carriage, their ribcage rotation, their step length, their stance, and their entire way of going once we release the restrictions and get the system moving correctly.

This is why you see those “before and after” photos after their stays.
Their structure didn’t change.
Their posture did.

⭐ Here’s the part most people miss…

A horse with “good conformation” can still look terrible if their posture is collapsed.

A horse with “average conformation” can move like a million bucks when their posture is balanced.

And a horse with “bad conformation” often looks 10x worse simply because their posture is compensating for something deeper.

That is why it’s so important to understand this difference:
Posture exposes the truth about what’s happening inside the body.

⭐ Examples you’ve seen (even if you didn’t know it):

• A horse who stands under themselves behind → usually hind-end weakness, pain, or tight fascia
• A horse who looks downhill → often a dropped sternum or weak core, not actually “built downhill”
• “U-neck” or “ewe-neck” → posture pattern from bracing, poor topline engagement, or not engaging the core (which raises the topline and turns on the back muscles)
• Shoulder asymmetry → often a ribcage problem or uneven hind-end push
• Toed-out stance → compensating for stifle or SI discomfort
• “Short-strided in front” → nearly always a hind-end problem affecting posture

These are posture stories, not conformation verdicts.

⭐ 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬:

If you think something is “just conformation,”
you won’t try to change it.
You’ll accept it as permanent.

But when you recognize it as posture,
you realize:
🔥 It’s 𝐟𝐢𝐱𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞.
🔥 It’s 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞.
🔥 It’s 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
🔥 It’s 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩.

And that’s where real transformation happens.

⭐𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝.

(Yes I’m picking on my personal horse because I have the good, bad, & ugly with her. She has a laundry list of problems and she takes up most of my camera roll😆 but you can always see the change in her)

11/26/2025

⭐ 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐲𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝.
(𝗈𝖿 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗆𝗒 𝗈𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗈𝗇／𝖾𝗑𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾)

Alright y’all… we need to talk about something that I see every single day in my rehab and bodywork program.
Something that keeps horses stuck, keeps owners confused, and keeps problems getting labeled as “normal.”

✨ 𝒯𝒽ℯ 𝓂𝓎𝓉𝒽:
“That’s just how my horse is made.”

You’ve heard it.
You’ve probably said it.
Heck I used to say it too.
The funky stance, the uneven shoulder, the U-neck, the crooked trot… people assume it’s “just their build.”

But it’s not.
And this topic deserves WAY more attention than a one-liner.

So I’m launching a brand-new mini-series all about WHY your horse looks and moves the way they do and why so much of what we accept as “conformation” is actually compensation.

🔥 𝒲ℯ’𝓇ℯ 𝒹𝒾𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓃𝓉ℴ:
• Conformation vs. posture (and why most people confuse the two)
• What compensation actually looks like
• How fascia, biomechanics, and pain shape the horse’s body
• How hoof balance, saddle fit, and training play huge roles
• The signs your horse is adapting not “built that way”
• And most importantly… how to FIX these patterns

Because yes, the body keeps score…
but it can also relearn, reorganize, and rebuild.

This series is for the owners who want answers.
For the riders who want to do better.
For the horses who’ve been labeled “unfixable,” “lazy,” or “crooked” their whole lives.

If you’re ready to look deeper…
If you’re ready to understand the why behind the patterns…
And if you’re ready to rethink what “normal” movement actually looks like…

👇 Then buckle up. This series is for you.

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟏 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰.
And trust me, you don’t want to miss this one 😉

11/25/2025

Here’s our POV on the tread 👀! These are just a few things of what Madison and I check & look for in the front and what’s going down behind.
Communication between the header 🙆🏼‍♀️and the catcher🥊 is key!🔑

11/24/2025

You know that moment when your horse pulls a shoe and everyone says,
“Eh, they were just playing too hard”?
Okay yes, sometimes they do just play to hard and make a silly mistake but I’m talking about the chronic shoe pullers that feels like you’re always texting your farrier “hey, sorry to bother you but Fluffy pulled the same shoe and idk how🤷🏻‍♀️” 👀

Here’s the truth 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞… horses don’t pull shoes because of what they do. They pull them because of how they move.

When the body starts to compensate, everything changes:
🐴 The shoulders or pelvis stop moving evenly
🦵 Fascia restrictions shorten stride length or alter limb flight
⚖️ Weight shifts off balance, so one limb does more than its share
💥 Before long, the horse starts overreaching, twisting, or dragging, and that shoe doesn’t stand a chance

It’s not bad luck, it’s biomechanics.

When you see a shoe get ripped off consistently, & you feel like you need to duck tape your shoes on… your horse is waving a red flag 🚩 saying,
“Something in my body isn’t moving right.”

So instead of just calling the farrier to tack it back on…
👉 Call someone who can look at the whole body.
A full-body assessment, movement evaluation, and targeted bodywork can reveal where those patterns are starting and help your horse move comfortably, evenly, and confidently again. So it also makes it easier on your farrier and you.

Because the goal isn’t just to keep shoes on.
It’s to keep the horse balanced. 💪✨

11/23/2025

👀Here’s our POV when we’re working horses on the tread. What we’re watching for in the front, and what we’re watching for in the back, to make sure everything is moving the way it should.

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