Equine Bodytalks

Today's episode gets personal. With a sudden loss, I hit my breaking point and share with you my thoughts on what it means to take a break....

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Equine Bodywork is unregulated. You do not need any kind of formal training to practice.

However, if you want to set yourself apart, become a professional who is respected and called upon by peers, owners and veterinarians, you had better gain some education.

And it doesn't stop there. To really become a master at your craft, you need to continue your education all the time. Never. Stop. Learning.

This episode is going to cover how our new continuing education platforms we call PODs, are helping to further not only the individuals who are participating in them, but also the industry as a whole.

For further information, please contact [email protected] or connect through our social media @inhandequinetherapy on facebook and instagram as well we looking through our online learning platform at inhandequinetherapy.podia.com

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Today we will be talking to one of Alberta’s top equine veterinarians and find out what regenerative therapies are, as well as where he thinks the technology will lead our industry. We’ll cover PRP, IRAP, Shockwave and Stem Cell Therapy.

Dr Ty Corbiell is owner and founder of Cor Veterinary Services based out of central Alberta and has clients throughout Western Canada. Their focus is equine lameness and soundness. Dr Corbiell is setting himself apart from other veterinarians in our province as one of the industries leading edge practitioners.

Visit Dr Corbiell online at corvetservices.com or on their social media platforms of FB and Instagram at @corvetservices

For more information about continuing education please check out inhandequinetherapy.podia.com and follow along with their social media sites on FB and instagram under @inhandequinetherapy.

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Host Kim Krebs walks you through the podcast to date and re-caps what we have discussed so far since we first launched in December. She'll also discuss where the podcast will be going to round off 2020.

For further information on the course offerings and free content by InHand Equine Therapy, check out the online platform at inhandequinetherapy.podia.com and follow us along as well on the @inhandequinetherapy facebook and instagram pages.

We've had an amazing start since the podcast launched and have been blown away with how quickly it is growing and gaining international listeners.

Our guests to date have been veterinarians of various clinics, professional bodyworkers, a farrier and top competitors as well! We look forward to another 6 months of episodes, bringing you relevant information to help keep the conversation around equine wellness moving forward!

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Join us as we talk to one of Canada's top Barrel Racers and find out about her family's rodeo history, her horses, her aspirations and where she finds bodywork fits in, to help her horses achieve their full potential. As a competitive athlete herself for years, she knows about the importance of discipline and caring for your body to reach optimal performance.

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On today's episode we’ll be welcoming back two previous guest today, Dr Sarah Pedersen of Motion Equine Veterinary Services here in Airdrie, AB and Tina Watkins of InHand Equine Therapy of Calgary, AB.

Recently InHand Equine Therapy did a collaborative project with Motion Equine and Dr Sarah.

If you follow any bodyworkers or veterinary clinics on social media you will finds a lot of posts around conditioning lately. It’s definitely forefront on everyone’s mind. With the current COVID crisis starting to allow for less restrictions in our area, barns opening up again and great weather, it all is combining to make riders want to jump back into the saddle as fast as they can!

While conditioning is the backbone to any good athletes career, monitoring for fatigue is key to its success.

The collaborative youtube presentation Motion Equine Vet services and InHand Equine Therapy did can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoAWRN1MhpQrPQJyVS4Q0yA/

InHand Equine Therapies new online course offerings (including free content) can be found here:

https://inhandequinetherapy.podia.com/

Follow Dr Pedersen on her facebook page @motionequine and Tina Watkins on hers @inhandequinetherapy.

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We talk today with a longtime client who has taken the concept of conditioning her horses prior to sport specific exercise, to heart. We look at her older horse as an example of what this type of conditioning program can do for an equine athlete to not only improve their current situation but also to prolong their careers.

Kaila Stewart is a Non-pro cutting horse competitor and has been in the industry for decades caring for and loping horses. She is like the majority of horse owners who love their horses and their chosen discipline but can get stuck in a rut determining how to best care for and move forward without breaking the bank!

Kaila's special horse LEO, is a prime example of an older horse, potentially no longer able to be competitive for her level, that we were able to develop a program for and bring back for the best show season of his life!

With hard work from the owner and a basic maintenance schedule Leo excelled! Learn today how that was accomplished and be prepared to fall in love with the little horse everyone thought was ready for retirement.

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As we go into the second month of isolation protocols, we wanted to bring our focus into what we can do as bodyworkers to look forward, towards when we can kickstart our practices full force once again. What better way then to start from the ground up!!

Today we talk with Matt Humpage, owner and operator of Iron Force Farrier, who works closely with Coulee Equine and a number of their rehab cases. Matt has been involved with the farrier world basically his whole life as he is a third generation farrier.

Our conversation crosses the border between farrier and bodywork worlds and reiterates the necessity to the a team approach and looking at the horse as a whole.

You can connect with Matt through his Facebook page at Iron Force Farrier as well as through Energy Equine Veterinary Services.

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While these are stressful times felt by so many concurrently, stress is something that we face throughout our lives. Especially as horse owners and caregivers, we take on both the worry for our families and ourselves but also our equine partners. As we continue into another month of dealing with the COVID 19 crisis, anxiety and stress over this situation is setting in for more and more people. The uncertainty of our times, the thought it could last for months yet, it's all hard to deal with. Today is dedicated to ways we ourselves and others in this industry have chosen to help them through stressful times. It will be relevant for what we are coping with during this crisis but also to take forward into the future when we are back in the show arena.

Our guests today are:

Sara Vold of Arrow Equine - http://www.arrowequine.ca

Brigitte Meyer of Vitality Equine - https://www.vitalityequine.com

Becky Denny of Whispering Equine Bodyworks - https://www.whisperingequinebodyworks.com

Links shared by Brigitte are:

1- Mental Performance Coach

Laura Leffelaar at Novus Global

Laura Leffelaar is a coach with Novus Global, an elite executive coaching firm working with high performing people who want to create new results for themselves and/or their career.

Vitality Equine is hosting her for a webinar on May 1st, if anyone is interested in learning more about the benefits of a mental performance coach…. honestly she is amazing.

https://www.vitalityequine.com/webinars

2- Gratitude Practice

This is an amazing exercise that I learned from my friend Sarah Mackenzie, who studied optimism. By writing down what you are grateful for, and the “WHY” behind what you are grateful for, it allows you to connect the ownership you have between all the good you have in your life and your actions…and in turn contributes to your daily, weekly, and monthly practice of optimism and gratitude.

1. Write down one thing you are grateful for.

2. Why did this happen?

3. What does it mean to you?

4. How can you have more of this in the future.

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We are living in ever changing times. It's very surreal in so many ways and fear and anxiety are becoming our everyday norms. We wanted to have a frank discussion on the impact COVID 19 is having on our daily lives and share some insight into how to handle the current situation and it's effects on the Equine Industry specifically.

For further reference, please refer to the links below.

World Health Organization:

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019

AEF statement: https://www.albertaequestrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Coronavirus-Facility-Updates-AEF.pdf

Govt of Canada resources:

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19.html

Alberta Services:

https://www.alberta.ca/coronavirus-info-for-albertans.aspx

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