Serenity Equine Therapy

10/15/2026

I made a post a couple days ago after I did a session on Cody and posted the first two photos of before the session and after the session.
I went to check on the horses today and I had to take this picture from a ways away, but I couldn’t help but notice how square Cody was standing and how good his body looked and his posture. He almost always has to stand with his front right leg slightly behind his front left when he’s resting as he does have high low heels in his front end with his right side, being the high heels and his left side being his low heels.

It might only be a small difference, but what I really notice is how much his back has lifted and I can tell that his thoracic sling is lifted. You can see that his core looks more naturally engaged.
It’s really nice to see this change in him only a few days after his session.
As a learning Equine Manual Osteopathic Therapist, it’s validating to see how much more comfortable he is and how well he was able to receive my healing and my structural adjustments that I’m not hugely confident in yet.
But this was definitely a confidence boost. He will be getting worked on again in another four days, so I’m excited to continue tracking his progress as my case study for one of my research projects.

10/13/2026

Being steadily working on my research projects for school and today I worked on Cody, Joey and Buck. Today I focussed mainly on the Liver Meridian.
All three boys got the nearly the same assessments and treatment done, but I only managed to snag a before and after of Cody, as I was losing daylight, and I wanted to really focus on Joey and Buck before it got too dark and too cold.

When I first brought Cody in, he definitely was not feeling comfortable as you can see in how he was choosing to stand once I tied him up.
After I had performed all my assessment techniques, it made sense why he wasn’t wanting to stand very square.
He had some side bend and rotations within his thoracic spine and with the changing weather, his liver definitely needed a pick me up.
One of the most interesting things about practising Equine Manual Osteopathic Therapy and acupressure is how important the visceral organs and the Meridian’s are to the horses well-being and balance.

Cody presented with needing his Liver Meridian energy tonified(bringing energy into the Meridian) and he also needed a specific point from the Urinary Bladder Meridian addressed.
The coolest thing though, is that the point that he was needing addressed was right in line with a specific thoracic vertebrae that needed to be adjusted. Once I addressed the acupressure point and reassessed his thoracic vertebrae, I could no longer feel the side bend and rotation of the spinous process. How amazing is that! I was definitely nerding out! 😂

As you can see in the after photo, Cody looks more comfortable, even though his back legs are awkward. I’m happy to see him stretching not only his legs, but his whole body it’s so much longer from his poll to his dock. His expression is so much softer and if you really look at his eye and his nostril you can see in the before photo the bottom of his eye is actually pulled down and his nostril is pulled up. Now compare that to the after photo and you can see how much more relaxed the bottom of his eye is and how much has nostril released itself.
There are so much to learn in this program and combining the bookwork with the practical can be very tough sometimes. Knowing if I’m making a change within the horse when I’m learning these new modalities for the first time can be daunting.
Cody helped me become an amazing Equine Sports Therapist and I’m so grateful I get to go through this new journey of learning with him again. He is one of my best teachers. ❤️🙏

09/25/2026

Dentist day! Thank you again JH Equine for coming out! Always a good day of chit chat with Jackson!

Forgot to take a photo of Cody but Luna got her first ever float and I’m glad I got her done! She had a decent ramp forming on her bottom front molars. I even got to feel the before and after and what a difference. Setting her up early in life to have good teeth and easy floatings!

Cody, hobo and Joey all just needed maintenance floats as they were all done about 2-2.5 year ago. Nothing major going on. Was very glad to hear!

Chica and Buck got their teeth done last year so they were good. They’ll be on nexts years rotation.

09/22/2026

Every healing tool has its positive uses. But I can agree that using them without knowledge of equine anatomy is a huge no no!

09/21/2026

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09/19/2026

Catching up on some school! Enjoying these last warm evenings we’re having as the trees are steadily during gold!

09/09/2026

This gelding I’ve been helping rehab through both hoof balancing and body work at each 5 week interval. The first appointment where we removed the shoes was May 13, 2026.
The last photo was from today Sept 9, 2026.
I had warned the owners that this fellas hooves would have to go through a bit of an ugly stage for the first few months of trims while his hoof capsules heal on both the outside but also the inside. We also added bodywork to his regime alongside the trimming to ensure his body was able to have the attention it needed while we undid his long time compensation patterns.
It was not only rewarding to see how good his feet looked today but also how excited and happy he was to see me when I arrived. It was the first time he actually walked right up to me and wouldn’t leave my side and kept wanting to connect with me. I have so much gratitude for these moments.
His owner is very pleased with his progress and so am I!!

09/04/2026