This 12 hour study programme complements the live online webinar series focusing on rider posture evaluation, both off and on the horse and ultimately addressing the horse saddle rider as a combination. 

An overview of the human and equine skeleton is presented, including how to locate the equine thoracolumbar junction, with the various soft tissue components and joints described, including individual locomotor muscles a highly visual descriptive yet applied form, to make learning horse and rider anatomy easier to recall.  How to visually analyse movement together with pain, stress, common back pathologies and recognising compensatory gait complete the programme. Lecture content is highly applied so that the learner will soon be practising rider postural checking principles, with relevant knowledge of the living bodies that lie above and beneath the saddle.   

All presentations form a spiral learning experience towards the ultimate goal of proficient postural reasoning in the assessment and preparation of the modern sport horse and pony, together with their saddles and riders, for sustainability of the competition partnership.

This module consists of 26 video lecture presentations, the majority with downloadable diagrams for the learner to keep as memory aids, together with a series of knowledge tests.  Learners are directed to also complete the 3 hour Equine Vocational Study Skills module which is free to participate in.

Scroll down to find a full list of topics.

Where suggestions for independent study have been put forward, it is assumed that the learner is competent at handling a variety of horses and ponies and that they take full responsibility for selecting compliant horses to work on, implementing protocol to keep themselves safe from injury risk throughout tasks.

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About the instructor

Certified Clinical Educator Veterinary Physiotherapy

Caroline Lindsay

Caroline is a UK based RAMP (Register of Animal Musculoskeletal Practitioners) registered Veterinary Physiotherapist whose training is underpinned by a First Class Honours Degree that qualified her to treat human patients first. Now with 23 years' professional experience combining manual and electrotherapy techniques with rehabilitative exercise programmes, she is also a certified Saddle Fitter with a special interest in saddle fit checking for the horse in rehabilitation and with related problems.   Caroline is also a qualified Veterinary Physiotherapy trainer and has mentored post graduate Veterinary Physiotherapy students to exam success.  She also runs regular Continued Professional Development (CPD) courses for equine professionals, predominantly online.  Her full biography can be found on her website CarolineLindsay.com Caroline Lindsay BSc(hons)  PGCert  AdvCertVPhys  CertEdVPT  MPSFA MRAMP

Course Content

  • 1

    Risk Assessment

    • Risk Assessment
  • 2

    Time Management

    • Why Manage Time?

    • Quiz - Why Manage Time?

    • Time Management Techniques

    • Quiz - Time Management Techniques

    • Time Management in Learning

    • Quiz - Time Management in Learning
  • 3

    Film Editing

    • Film Editing Windows 10
  • 4

    THE SKELETON

    • Thinking Ahead #1

    • Overview

    • Quiz - Skeleton Overview

    • Rider Skeleton

    • Quiz - Rider Skeleton

    • Diagram - Rider Skeleton

    • Equine Skeleton

    • Quiz - Equine Skeleton

    • Diagram - Equine Skeleton

    • Thinking Ahead #2

    • Locating the Equine Thoracolumbar Joint

    • Quiz - Locating The TL Joint

    • Thoracolumbar Joint Diagram

    • Bridle Fit Checking - Practical Demonstration

    • Quiz - Bridle Fit Checking
  • 5

    SOFT TISSUE

    • Thinking Ahead #3

    • Condition Scoring

    • Quiz - Condition Scoring

    • Conditon Scoring Diagram

    • Thinking Ahead #4

    • Passive Tissue Components of Movement

    • Quiz - Passive Tissue Components of Movement

    • Dynamic Tissue Components of Movement

    • Quiz - Dynamic Tissue Components of Movement

    • Tissue Components Of Movement PDF

    • Thinking Ahead #5

    • Nerve Tissue Components of Movement

    • Quiz - Nerve Tissue Components of Movement

    • Nervous System Diagrams
  • 6

    JOINTS & MUSCLES

    • Head & Upper Neck

    • Quiz - Head & Upper Neck

    • Head & Upper Neck Diagrams

    • TMJ & Hyoid

    • Quiz - TMJ & Hyoid

    • TMJ & Hyoid Diagrams

    • Neck & Scapula

    • Quiz - Neck & Scapula

    • Neck & Scapula Diagrams

    • The Back

    • Quiz - The Back

    • Back Diagrams

    • Available Saddle Contact Area

    • Quiz - Available Saddle Contact Area

    • Saddle Contact Area Diagrams

    • Pelvic Limbs

    • Quiz - Pelvic Limbs

    • Pelvic Limb Muscle Diagrams

    • Thoracic Limbs

    • Quiz - Thoracic Limbs

    • Thoracic Limb Diagrams

    • Independent Study (Optional)
  • 7

    APPLIED BIOMECHANICS - ANALYSING MOVEMENT

    • Thinking Ahead #1

    • Planes & Axes

    • Quiz - Planes & Axes

    • Planes & Axes Download

    • Thinking ahead #2

    • Muscle Action

    • Quiz - Muscle Action

    • Muscle Action Download

    • Thinking ahead #3

    • Movement

    • Movement

    • Movement Download

    • Thinking Ahead #4

    • Visual Movement Analysis

    • Movement Analysis

    • Visual Movement Analysis Download

    • Independent Study (Optional)
  • 8

    PAIN & STRESS

    • Thinking Ahead #1

    • Pain & Stress

    • Quiz - Pain & Stress

    • Pain & Stress Download

    • Independent Study (Optional)

    • Thinking Ahead #2

    • Back Pathologies 1

    • Back Pathologies 1. Download

    • Thinking Ahead #3

    • Back Pathologies 2

    • Quiz - Back Pathologies 2.

    • Back Pathologies 2. Download
  • 9

    RECOGNISING COMPENSATORY GAIT

    • Thinking Ahead

    • Protocol

    • Quiz - Protocol

    • Download - Protocol

    • Gait Observations

    • Download - Gait Observations

    • Quiz - Gait Observations

    • Download - Gait Observations

    • Examples
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