Equalign Podcast

Animal transport done personally or professionally can be stressful physically and mentally. We have used kinesiotape to help decrease the amount of body stress that is created from the constant motions the animal is subject to in travel. Horse, dogs and people get out of the vehicle and are more capable of having normal body movement and less stiffness. Listen along and learn how this is done.

Those of you whom have been following the duck saga here is what we learned from working on a duck. Learn what you can from the community you are in. The sooner you begin treatment the faster the outcome. Use your powers of observation.  Trust in the tools you can use. The power that makes the body, heals the body. Listen along to all that we learned and the outcome for the duck'

Your out horseback riding and your horse throws a shoe. You see the issue, a bent shoe, and your solution is call the farrier. What if it keeps happening.  You soon come to the realization that the issue is not the bent shoe and the solution is not just the farrier. Now you have to look deeper into the issue to correct the problem. How is this true in your every day life? Listen along to the Equalign solution process.

In this episode Equalign interviews Jennifer Hernandez who has been hydroponically growing barley grass for feeding horses. The fodder is rich in nutrients that aide in balancing the gut which is the most important aspect in the equine health.  Jennifer grew up riding horses and being from southern California she noticed the lack of good grass and how it affected the overall health of the horse. She started growing the fodder about 3 years ago and has some amazing stories on how much it has affected the horse health. Listen along and find out how this can help your horse. 
Her contact information:
949-204-4021
[email protected]
wwweqgraze.com

How do you choose what to add to your toolbox in life? When Equalign adds a new type of therapy we use our due diligence to find out as much as we can about the product. We always try to go to the source, who developed it, how does it work, what is the science behind it, what  are the expectations, how does it fit into what we already do. These are very important factors to know before you grow. Listen along to find out our strategy for adding new tools to help our clients.

Dr Amy returns to discuss healing at the speed of light. Laser light therapy also called photobiomodulation can increase the speed of healing by an incredible amount. Studies have shown a 50% increase in the speed of healing. Dr Amy will be speaking about the use of class 2 and 3B lasers for the use of healing tissue for trauma, post operative, chronic, acute and for senior animals. 

Everyone has a learning strategy. The sooner you can figure what your strategy for learning is the more information you will be able to take in and remember. Learning is remembering. If you crammed for a test and then all the information is lost then it was not learned in the first place. Listen along and find out how you learn.

Massage therapy has been an important ancillary therapy combined with chiropractic adjustment. Caitlin has 20 years of horse experience that has included riding, grooming and has now added massage therapy to her credentials. Listen to her story how she got involved with massage and what interests her. 
Caitlin has started Banner Equine Sports Therapy and is available for appointments and can be reached at 5127017011

As a practitioner this is one of the most common questions we get from clients that never has a straight forward answer. There are so many variables that are needed to be understood before we can make a good clinical choice from both the clinician and the client point of reference. For traveling clinicians it comes down to when are you in the area again. Not the ideal choice but of necessity.  For the client the possibilities are vast, age of the animal, past history, confirmation, job, environment, tack etc etc. Listen along to how Equalign deals with this basic and important question.

What better topic to speak about on this Valentines Day than relationships. We have a lot of relationships in our lives. How can we maintain and build the relationships that serve us? Listen along as we discuss relationships with our animals and our humans and how to overcome the stresses and difficulties that sometimes present themselves.