| Cervical spine | What Vertebra are strong stout and big? |
| 1. Hold shoulder steady & move rib cage over.
2. Stabilize rib cage & move scapula away from body. | Shoulder
What are the two ways to work on the shoulder? |
| sacrum | What sits behind the pelvic bone? |
| Thorasic Spine | What part of the spine is where we sit? |
| Art Of Equine Massage Bodywork | What Does AEMB stand for? |
| Discs | What cushions the movement in all directions between each vertebra? |
| Imagery
(Imagine what it looks like under skin) | What is the key to good massage |
| longissimus
Intercostalis
Multifidi
Spinolis | What are the 4 major muscles |
| Keep other hand on withers while working the back | Where should you anchor to work on the back? |
| top of doc | Where should you anchor to work on the lumbar? |
| Coxogial muscle | which muscle moves the tail? |
| The whole spine is tight | What does it mean if tail is clamped? |
| Form And Function
Make a mental note of how you want the horse to move and work in that direction | What is functional vision? |
| Take out facia restriction or spasms. | What does it mean to soften the muscle? |
| When they are soft and hydrated | When can muscles slip by one another easily? |
| pushing in and down from throat latch to descending pec. | What movement do you use when massaging the jugular grove? |
| Stay connected | It is very important to do what, when moving from one area to another? |
| ridge on the medial side of scapula. | Where is the subclavious muscle? |
| in elbow | Where should you use a flat broad hand? |
| push and pull with flat broad hand | What movement should you use to massage pec muscle in girth channel?
( Big open triangle ) |
| Rotate at elbow and Point of shoulder | How do you mobilize the elbow joint? |
| Areas where spine changes form and function | What places are most vulnerable? |
| poll
cervical spine
withers
thoracic spine
lumbar
sacrum | What are the 6 main areas of the spine? |
| hole that feeds nerves through spinal column | What is the job of the dural tube? |
| Dural tube | What is the hole that the spinal column goes through? |
| SI sacral illiac | What joint is not really a joint? |
| A canyon full of facial fibers | What is a suture joint? |
| thoracic spine | Where does the rider sit? What part of the spine? |
| cervical | What spine do neck muscles connect to? |
| thoracal lumbar junction | What is the junction where the last rib attaches? |
| Internal organs | What does the very long T.P in the lumbar build a shelter for? |
| Longissimus | What muscle goes from poll to gluten muscle by dock? |
| Intercostalis
iliocastalis | What muscle connects to ribs and runs from withers to sacrum? |
| Multifidi | What muscle sits between SP & TP & connects to both? |
| cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar | What are the 3 main areas of the spine? |
| 7.
Atlas, Axil, C3-C7 | How many bones are in the Cervical Spine? |
| Poll, C7/T1, T/L, Lumbar/ Sacral | What are the main points to check on the spine? |
| intercostals
( ilio= between ribs+ SP
( costallis= rib ) | What is the lowest muscle you you can see? |
| glutes, hamstrings, quads | What 3 main muscles are in hindquarters? |
| Psoas (So As) | What is the core muscle that connects the hind legs to the spine? |
| Very long TP (traverse processes) | What supports the pelvis connection to the spine? |
| Sacrum | What sits behind the pelvic bone? |
| Poll/Atlas
C7/T1
Thoracial lumbar Junction (T/L)
L/S Lumbar sacral | What are the 4 most vulnerable spots on the spine? |
| Spinolis | What muscle sits on top & interconnects the SP's |
| Longissimus | What is the longest muscle in the body? |
| spinalis | What muscle sits "on top"? |
| SP Spinious processes
TP Tranverse processes
B Body of Vertebra
DT Dural tube | What do these mean? SP. B. TP. DT |
| Subclavius | What muscle runs on the cranial side of the scapula? |
| The pectoral muscles and subclavius | What makes up the thoracic sling? |
| Brachiocephalicus
Omotransversarius
Sternomandibularis | The 3 main muscles that move the forelimb forward are... |
| The extension and retraction of the forelimb.
ROM Range of motion in shoulder & elbow joint | What is the goal of shoulder work? |
| The jugular grove | What do the brachiocephalicus, omotransversarius and sternomandibularis form? |
| Facia | What wraps muscle bundles? |
| Scapula, humorous, and radius | What are the bones of the forelimb? |
| even gentle curve | The back should have an ..........along the top line, and muscles should be soft |
| downward | what kind of pressure should you NOT apply on the spine? |
| rehydration | What is essential for suppleness and full range of motion in the joint spaces, muscles, and fascia? |
| let go of excess tension, relax, and open up | What are we helping the spine do? |
| Spine | What is the life of the horse? |
| Triangle
5 | The sacral bone is what shape? And made made up of the last ..... vertebrae of the spinal column. |
| sacroiliac joint (SI) | What is the articulation called connecting the sacrum to the pelvis? |
| Anatomy
mobilize the joints | Muscles pull on bones to do what? |
| Anatomy
a joint | What does each muscle cross? |
| Anatomy
Push | What do muscles NOT do? |
| Anatomy
The center of the horse's spine | What is the medial line? |
| Anatomy
the medial line | What anchors symmetry of the horses's body and movements? |
| Thorical lumbar junction | What junction is after the last rib and between the last thorical vertebra and the lst lumbar vertebra? |
| support pelvis connection to spine | Why are the tp VERY LONG in the lumbar? |
| The sacral bone | (S & DOT) (pg. 15)
What bone is a triangular shaped bone made up of the last 5 vertebrae of the spinal column? |
| last 5 vertebrae of the spinal column | (S & DOT) pg 15
What is the triangular shaped sacral bone made up of? |
| connects the sacrum to the lumbar spine. | (S & DOT) pg 15
What does the lumbosacral joint do? |
| stability | (S & DOT) pg. 15
What are the last five vertebrae of the spinal column fused for? |
| The SI or sacroiliac joint | (S & DOT) pg. 15
What connects the sacrum to the pelvis? |
| symmetry and straightness | Sacrum (Demo)
What are we looking for in the sacrum? |
| Wait till it softens, then go down hindquarters and move energy out leg | (demo)
What should you do if you find a bump in the rump? |
| Stay connected and put hands on both sides with confidence! | (demo)When moving into groin area, how should you do it? |
| withers | What area of the thoracic spine has longer Spinous processes? (SP's) |
| cushions the bones, protects the nerves and allows for movement of the joints. | (Back) pg. 13 What is the function of the disc of gel? |
| multifidi, spinalis, illiocostalis & longissimus | (Back) pg. 13
.What 4 muscles stabilize the entire length of the vertebral column and move the back? |
| fascia | (Back) pg. 13
What covers and separates the muscles? |
| Softening the fascia and the 4 muscles it covers. Multifidi, spinalis, illiocostalis & longissimus | (Back) pg. 13
What is the "main emphasis" when working on the spine.? |
| strong ligaments | (Back) pg. 13
The vertebral column is a series of bones that are bound together by what? |
| along the top line | (Back) pg. 14
Where should the "even gentle curve" of the back be? |
| Realign and reset back to its natural position. | (Back) pg. 14
What does "softening" the tissues allow the vertebral column to do? |
| Let go of excess tension, relax and open up and return to its intrinsic design. | (Back) pg. 14
What are we trying to help the spine do? |
| dorsal-ventral movement
rotational movement | (Back) pg. 14
What are the 2 movements we want to encourage the spine to have? |
| Doc of Tail | (S & DOT) pg 15
What is at the caudal end of the sacrum? |
| Superficial gluteal (glutes)
Semitendinosus
Longissimus | (S & DOT) pg 15
What are three of the major muscles that have attachments on the dorsal sacrum? |
| The spine | (S & DOT) pg. 15
What is the tail a part of? |
| Check the Psoas | (demo)
What should you check if your horse is having trouble short striding? |
| Adduction | (HQT) pg. 16.
what is it called when the hind limb steps towards the medial line of the body? |
| Abduction | (HQT) pg. 16
The rotation which allows the hind limb to step away from the body is called: |
| Ball & Socket Joint | (HQT) pg. 16
What type of joint is the hip joint? |
| Hindquarters | (HQT) pg.17
What is the "motor" of the horse? |
| What 3 muscles can you manipulate from inside the thigh and up into the groin? | (HQT) pg. 17
adductors, psoas and obturators |
| Up into the groin | (HQT) pg 18
What is the best way to get to the Psoas? |
| The vertebral column | (Ribcage) pg 19
What is the "ceiling" of the ribcage? |
| Sternum | (HQT) pg 19
What is the "floor" of the ribcage? |
| Soften up the muscles in the ribcage. | (Ribcage) pg. 19
How do you reset the horses' ability to breathe freely? |
| They are the movers for the breath | (Ribcage) pg. 18
What do the diagonal muscles between the ribs do? |
