Jenny Adamson - Equine Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation & Spinal Manipulation

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Jenny Adamson - Equine Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation & Spinal Manipulation Equine Physio & Rehab Specialist | 15 yrs experience 🐴 Stiff, crooked or rehabbing?

I help horses get stronger, straighter & back in work — from core basics to full rehab training. 👇 Everything's in the link I am passionate about helping horses and their owners with postural improvement and correct movement - through treatment, education and training. Online courses 'Core Exercises' and 'In Hand Exercises': https://www.equinephysicaltherapist.co.uk/training

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🦄💖 Doing plenty and the topline still isn't building?Riding. Lunging. Schooling. Still no real change. ❌It's not more wo...
15/10/2026

🦄💖 Doing plenty and the topline still isn't building?

Riding. Lunging. Schooling. Still no real change. ❌

It's not more work you need. Topline isn't something you build directly. It's something that develops once a horse can use their body properly. 🐴

Here's the bit that changes things 👇

If the core and postural muscles aren't doing their job, the back can't lift, so all that extra work goes into carrying the horse, not building them.

When the core switches on:
✔ The back lifts
✔ The neck softens and lengthens
✔ The topline finally has a chance to develop

It doesn't need to be complicated. A few simple exercises in the stable can make a big difference, and it's the perfect thing to start this week. 🐎

If you'd like to see the 11 stable based core exercises I use to help horses stay strong, balanced and performing their best…

Comment CORE and I'll send you the details 👇

📣” Lunging is bad for horses."You've probably heard it. And honestly, they're right, about that kind of lunging. 🐴Round ...
14/10/2026

📣” Lunging is bad for horses."

You've probably heard it. And honestly, they're right, about that kind of lunging. 🐴

Round and round, a small circle, weight on the forehand, leaning on the line. All that does is practise the pattern you're trying to get rid of. ❌

Here's the bit that changes things 👇

Done differently, it looks nothing like that:
✔ Weight off the forehand
✔ Lifting through the shoulders
✔ Stretching down and over the topline, on both reins, in both directions

Through years of rehab work on my own yards, I've developed ways to teach horses to stretch down on the lunge as their default, with no training aids needed. 💪

And you can start in walk. 🍂

This week's blog covers how to set it up, including how big to make the circle and which ground to avoid, because circles are hard on joints when the footing's bad.

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⚠️ Have you actually trained long and low?Or have you trained a horse to hold a shape while the training aids are on? 👀L...
13/10/2026

⚠️ Have you actually trained long and low?
Or have you trained a horse to hold a shape while the training aids are on? 👀

Looks lovely on the lunge. Then the aids come off and the head pops up, the stretch disappears and they're straight back to leaning on the line. ❌

It's not that you've done it wrong. Training aids hold the shape from the outside, but a real stretch over the back can only come from the inside. 🐴

Here's the bit that changes things 👇

When the core and postural muscles switch on, the back lifts and the horse can stretch down and over the topline with nothing holding them there.

✔ They stay in the stretch
✔ It holds on both reins
✔ No aids needed to keep it

Did you know the thing that changes what happens on the lunge isn't on the lunge at all? 💡

What happens on the lunge is decided before you ever pick up the line.

Those deep muscles don't show up on the circle, and you can't see them working from the ground. But a few minutes switching them on in the stable first changes what your horse is able to do once you get out there.

That's always where I start, with every horse I work with. 💪

If you'd like to see the 11 stable based core exercises I use to help horses stay strong, balanced and performing their best…

Comment CORE and I'll send you the details 👇

‼️ Round and round on the lunge… and nothing actually changes?Falling in through the shoulder. Leaning on the line. Rush...
12/10/2026

‼️ Round and round on the lunge… and nothing actually changes?

Falling in through the shoulder. Leaning on the line. Rushing round, or trundling along on the forehand. ❌

It's not you, and it's not your horse being difficult. Most lunging just practises the pattern you're trying to get rid of. 🐴

Here's the bit that changes things 👇

Done properly, lunging can do more for your horse's back than an hour of hacking in the wrong shape. And you only need a decent circle and 15-20 minutes. 🍂

This week's blog covers:
✔ The three patterns most horses fall into on the lunge
✔ What a horse working correctly over the back looks like
✔ How to start in walk
✔ The ground to avoid, because circles are hard on joints when the footing's bad

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🍂🎃 Azuro's in rehab this autumn-winter, and I'll be honest, I'm asking myself the same question you probably are.How do ...
09/10/2026

🍂🎃 Azuro's in rehab this autumn-winter, and I'll be honest, I'm asking myself the same question you probably are.

How do I keep this going once he's stabled at night, there's barely any daylight, and the weather's against me?🥺

My answer is that I'm not relying on motivation. I've got a simple weekly rhythm planned: in-hand work, a few poles, core exercises. Short, repeatable, and done rather than just ‘thought about'.

That's what keeps a horse moving through the dark months, and it's how I've planned this winter. This week's blog shows you how to build the same thing for your horse.

If you're heading into a winter you're not sure how to manage either, start there.

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🍁🎃 Autumn-Winter training plan: 20 minutes a day, whatever the weather.Dark by teatime. Stabled more. A horse who still ...
08/10/2026

🍁🎃 Autumn-Winter training plan: 20 minutes a day, whatever the weather.

Dark by teatime. Stabled more. A horse who still needs to stay strong, straight and moving.

You don't need an hour. You need 20 minutes and a plan for what to do with them: in-hand work, a few poles, core exercises, and knowing which one to do on which day.

Most winters fall apart because there's no plan, not because there's no effort. Then it's spring, and you're rebuilding.

I've pulled it all together into a winter training hub, and this week's blog shows you how it works.💪

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🍂🎃 If you're already dreading how you'll keep your horse in work once it's dark by teatime, you're not the only one.Stab...
07/10/2026

🍂🎃 If you're already dreading how you'll keep your horse in work once it's dark by teatime, you're not the only one.

Stabled more. Less daylight. The weather never on your side. And if your horse is rehabbing or has something to manage, that worry sits even heavier.

You're wondering whether a few short sessions even count. Whether you'll lose everything you've built. Whether it'll all need rebuilding in spring.

It's not that you're not trying hard enough. Nobody hands you a plan for this bit of the year, so you're left guessing in the dark.

I'm in exactly the same spot with Azuro this winter. The good news is that it doesn't take long sessions, it takes a plan you can actually keep to. Keep your horse moving through winter, even lightly, and spring builds on what's already there instead of starting from scratch.

I've pulled it all together in this week's blog.
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🍂🎃 If you've done some good work with your horse this autumn, but don't actually have a plan for winter — you probably a...
06/10/2026

🍂🎃 If you've done some good work with your horse this autumn, but don't actually have a plan for winter — you probably already know how March usually goes.

Over the last two weeks I've shared two pieces: in-hand foundations, then walk-based polework. Both genuinely useful. But pieces aren't a plan.❌

This week's blog is personal too — I'll be doing exactly this myself, rehabbing Azuro through winter after a recent injury.💖

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Two things make the biggest difference to your horse this winter. 🐴Most people focus on one or the other 👇Just core work...
03/10/2026

Two things make the biggest difference to your horse this winter. 🐴

Most people focus on one or the other 👇

Just core work — foundation's there, but nothing's building on top of it ❌
Just polework — asking for more movement, but the support underneath isn't switched on yet ❌

Here's the bit that changes things 👇

Core work switches on the deep postural muscles — the ones holding the spine and pelvis stable.✅

Polework then builds on that foundation, asking the joints to move through a bigger range in a controlled, walk-led way.✅

When you combine them:

✔ The foundation's switched on
✔ The movement actually gets used properly
✔ Strength and mobility build together, not separately

Both take minutes, not hours. Both done from the ground, no arena required. 🐎

This is exactly how I've built my own winter routine — and it's the combination that gets horses through winter stronger and more supple than they went in.💪

If you'd like to see how the core exercises and the polework work together…

Comment CORE or POLES and I'll send you the right one 💪🐎

Walk does more for your horse's flexibility, symmetry and core strength than trot!🐴It's down to how the limbs move.In tr...
02/10/2026

Walk does more for your horse's flexibility, symmetry and core strength than trot!🐴

It's down to how the limbs move.

In trot, the legs move in diagonal pairs ❌
Less chance for each side to work independently ❌
Less flexibility, less symmetry built ❌

In walk, each limb lands individually 👇

✔ Joints move through a bigger range
✔ Flexibility and symmetry build properly
✔ Core strength develops without extra strain

This is one of my favourite multi-tasking pole exercises — the labyrinth. Done in walk, it works mobility, symmetry and core strength all in one short session, entirely from the ground. 🐎

If you'd like to see this exercise, plus the rest of the polework I use through winter…

Comment POLES and I'll send you the details 💪🐎

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