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The OsteoSacralTherapy®

The OsteoSacralTherapy® combines the manual technics of Craniosacraltherapy, Osteopathy and Kinesiology to heal bracings, dysbalances and several obstructions of the muscles, tendons, bones, joints and vertebras. By using special manual technics which are very soft the body of a human as well as of an animal can be released from pain and stress. The organs will be able to work unrestrained again, blockings and immobilizations between bones, joints and muscles can be removed.

For example horses with arthrosis, not curable, can receive soothing of pain using a relaxation therapy. Horses suffering problems in their natural movement after an injury, accident or operation can be rehabilitated through therapeutic treatments - just as people who go to rehabilitation centres after accidents, sickness or operations.

In course of its history the horse has had to adapt to human civilisation. The way horses are kept in the present has nothing to do with their natural life in the freedom of the wild. No matter whether a horse is used for tournament or just for leisure riding it usually stands in a stall for 23 hours a day, and is ridden for one hour. Then difficult exercises are demanded. The time of being in a grazing paddock is often limited to a few hours and that usually only during the summer months.

A person with a sedentary occupation and therefore with very little exercise complains of back ache, tenseness and muscle cramp at the least effort. (Sadly) horses do not complain. They can only make one aware of their problems using gestures, which are often interpreted as disobedience, although it is not always a question of education.

Have you recognized these symptoms on your horse?

headshaking, bucking, rising,
kicking, bolting, can't canter slow,
stumbling and unfirmly in step, walking in short and irregular steps
evasive movements during grooming or saddeling
teeth gnashing, stretching out the tongue

Many times muscle- and backproblems are responsible for this behaviour! The hoofposture and the saddle have to be adjusted because they affect the whole muscular system of the horse and therefore contribute considerably to the success of a therapy. Another factor not to be underestimated is the correct riding technique. By teaching correct posture on the horse, the rider can become aware of and avoid problems and thereby offer the horse preventive help.