Summer 2023
Equine Rehabilitation Webinars
This is a FREE series of webinars that will help you design effective exercise programs for your horse to rehabilitate them from common injuries and conditions. You'll go from feeling like you are guessing to feeling confident about your rehab plan.
ABOUT THE WEBINARS
You're dreaming of having a good competition season with your horse. You’ve spent time thinking about goals, mapping out your plan, and organizing your calendar so you have time to properly train. You think this might be a really good year!
BOOM! An injury hits!
You're devastated and really worried about your horse. Will he recover fully? How can you help him heal and return to work? You feel like there's so much advice out there but you don't know where to start.
First, please know you're not alone.
Second, start with your vet.
Third, get help designing an effective rehab program. That can make all the difference to helping your horse return to sport and decreasing future risk of injury.
The goal of this webinar series is to equip you with a better understanding of rehabilitation programs. This will help you design a rehab program and better communicate with your vets & rehab team.
JUNE 12, 2023
5:00 PM MDT
The Magic of Motor Control and How to Restore It
Muscles get chronically inhibited by an injury and remain underpowered long after the injury has healed. Turning muscles "on" is a critical step to healing and preventing future problems.
JUNE 26, 2023
5:00 PM MDT
Kissing Spine Management in Equine Athletes
Kissing spine diagnosis seems to be getting more common. This doesn't mean your horse can't be a great athlete. Learn how to manage this disease and keep your horse comfortable and performing well.
JULY 10, 2023
5:00 PM MDT
Returning to Performance After Tendon & Ligament Injuries
Tendon and ligament injuries fill a rider with dread. Recovery is dependent on many factors, but one is how you apply progressive overload to the tissue to get it strong again. It's a science and an art.
JULY 31, 2023
5:00 PM MDT
Exercise Programs for Horses with Neurological Conditions
Neurological injuries, such as EPM, ECVM, and cervical radiculopathy, require specific exercise prescriptions to improve nervous system function and strength. Learn what to include in your training program.
Hi, I'm Shelley
Physical Therapy + Performance
MPT, CERP, C-PS
I’m a physical therapist, rider, and competitor. My company, Intrepid Wellness, focuses on helping horses and riders move and perform better, and helping riders learn to listen to their horses. I specialize in working with event, dressage, and hunter-jumper horses and riders. Those sports are my passion, and I can help those horses and riders best because I understand their performance needs. I’m secretly obsessed with cutting horses, so that might be what I do when I decide I’m too old to gallop and jump.
I'd love to help you understand how your horse moves and what you can do to help him stay sound and healthy. Equestrian sports are incredibly special and create a strong bond between horse and rider, but they do put a lot of stress and strain on horses. Unfortunately, injuries happen even with the best program. I'm excited to help you understand how to best rehab your horse. I know you want what's best for your horse. You can use this information to help them recover from an injury, but it's also helpful to prevent injuries. I look forward to meeting you!
To the horses!
- Shelley
Webinar Summer SCHEDULE
Webinars will all be recorded so you can listen later.
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Rehab Principles & Motor Control
Motor Control is a fancy way of saying how your horse activates muscles to both move their body & stabilize themselves so that they can perform well.
When injuries occur, there is a significant amount of muscle inhibition and decreased strength; this is due to the neurological system being down regulated, and in return, muscles don't fire correctly.
This webinar will be help you understand how to activate muscles to improve motor control and return your horse to work safely.
12
June
5:00 PM MDT
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26
June
5:00 PM MDT
Kissing Spine Disease
Many horses are being diagnosed with Kissing Spine, which refers to a condition where two or more of the spinous processes are positioned so that they touch or rub against each other.
There are several treatment options to help manage kissing spines. This webinar will review the importance of core strength and posture in managing this disease.
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Tendon & Ligament Injuries
Tendon and ligament injuries can occur for lots of reasons. Often, they are caused by chronic overuse or too much repetition. Rehabilitating your horse is complex. It involves analyzing movement and figuring out what created the compensation in the first place, then placing progressive overload on the tissue to get it strong and dynamic again.
This webinar focuses on the phases of tissue healing and what milestones to set for your horse. It will also cover how to advance your exercise program appropriately.
10
JULY
5:00 PM MST
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31
JULY
5:00 PM MDT
Equine Neurologic Rehabilitation
Neurological conditions don't necessarily mean your horse has to retire to the pature. There are several conditions that need proper management, but your horse can return to work.
This webinar goes over exercise prescriptions for neurological conditions and how to monitor your horse's condition. What are the signs your horse is getting better or worse? How do you know if an exercise is too difficult or too easy?
Free Rehab Webinar Series
Click below to enroll in the equine rehab webinars. You can join live (via Zoom) or listen to the recording. The Zoom link will be emailed to you ahead of time.
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