Natural Asymmetry by definition, is a slanted propulsion of the hind legs of the horse, by which cause a lateral shift or offset in the front legs. There is assumption that the reason for this is the location of the foal in the womb.
Thorakales Interspinales Syndrom (TIS)/Kissing Spine Syndrom (KSS)
Damage to the epaxial (muscle) tissue above and surrounding the vertebral column is the most common cause for backpain in the horse. (Jeffcott 1993) To make the this study complete, we also need to involve the muscle tissues in the thoracic and lumbar area. Jeffcott and Dalin (1980) divide the main muscles in the horse’s back into three groups: - Superficial muscles: trapezius, and cutaneus - Deep muscles : serratus dorsalis cranialis, serratus dorsalis caudalis, longssimus dorsi, multitidi dorsi, iliocostalis dorsalis, and intertransversais lumborum - Sublumbal and gluteal muscles : psoas minor, psoas major, iliacus, quadratus lumborum, and glutealis medialis
Back pain is a common problem in riding horses. (Jeffcott 1979). While it has been known for centuries that horses have back pain, the technology to accurately diagnose the cause of primary or secondary back pain has only come about in recent years, and even this insufficient. The main problem in the traditional treatment of horses is the LACK OF EDUCATION of horse owners and riders. Here in Academia Liberti, we are trying to build the bridge between equine science and the average horseman who sees horses for use and riding. I am convinced that as soon as the avarage horsemen GET TO KNOW about the anatomy and the biomechanics of his/her animal, and HARM which he/she causes through riding, that riding a horse will be seen by all respect, as a barbaric act of the illiterate and simpleminded horseman.
Preface The horse is not made to be ridden. The horse should not be ridden at the cost of his health. This is a daily practice preformed by people who even claim to love their horses. Love which causes damage and pain to another creature is a sick love. Throughout the whole of human history, people have done horrible things to animals and to each other out of lack of education and lack of development. Now, in a time of abundant knowledge and developemental growth, it is time to show that this damage and pain is still happening with horses… through the people who ride and use them for their own pleasure or profit. I state that there is no one, single horse who likes to be ridden. We would like to believe they like it, but that does not make it true. It is time to rethink tradition and to face the facts.
Shoeing — a case for animal protection? In the horseworld there are so many popular and vital errors existing, it is very difficult for the horse owner, who searches for the truth to find it. This begins with the intention to get the correct picture about the hooves of your horse to be able to judge their condition. What is the first thing an average rider does for the hoofcare of his horse? He calls a farrier. But does the farrier have the necessary knowledge to understand and treat the hoof at all? This is doubtful.
Academia Liberti visiting Hufklinik Tübingen
Do we still know what this means - to respect nature? Do we remember or is this feeling completely missing? When we look around at the way we keep our horses now days, then we must have the impression it is missing. How else could we explain stables in which we hold our horses as captive prisoners behind bars, how else could we explain minimal pastures where our horses spend day after day and just exist. Yes, it is only just existing... it is not life. Let us start from the beginning. The domestication of horses has made it impossible for them to live as nature intended, on a steppe, and to this natural way of life. Domestication is only an advantage for the human, it makes horses helpless and easier to keep, to ride and to drive, and with this easier to abuse. And this is something human has wanted since the beginning, the horse should perform as much as possible and we do not raise a claim to the way we are keeping them. Keeping horses in stables is a normal state for us. But, we should ask ourselves why do we keep our animals in the stables?
