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The Missing Jigsaw Piece
Online Coaching When I reflect over training a horse, no matter what the discipline, I think of the process as a jigsaw puzzle. There are...
Nika Vorster
Feb 27, 20233 min read
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Managing a Horse diagnosed with Kissing Spines
The amount of horse's being diagnosed with Kissing Spines or ODSP "Overriding Dorsal Spinal Processors" has increased over the last few...
Nika Vorster
Feb 24, 20232 min read
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Fear vs intuition
“ There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy” Friedrich Nietzsche I often tell myself and my clients to “trust...
Nika Vorster
Feb 20, 20233 min read
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Rehabilitation for multiple pathologies
HELP! My horse has been diagnosed with multiple pathologies! Fortunately diagnosis and Veterinary intervention is improving, which means...
Nika Vorster
Feb 8, 20232 min read
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Body compensations
To treat or not to treat? This topic I find the most difficult / tricky to communicate to owners or teach to students and is often a huge...
Nika Vorster
Feb 6, 20232 min read
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KISS theory with Horses
Keep It Simple Silly Why do we overcomplicate things? Overthinking a situation and putting too much pressure on ourselves and our horses....
Nika Vorster
Jan 31, 20234 min read
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Groundwork for horses. Less is More
⭐️Less is more⭐️ Sometimes, actually in most cases less is more. Today I had one of those moments with a horse doing inhand work. It was...
Nika Vorster
Jan 22, 20232 min read
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Managing the Musculoskeletal Health of the Stabled Horse
If you own a horse, there will be a period of time when they will have to be stabled. In some cases, it might be due to extreme weather...
Nika Vorster
Jan 19, 20233 min read
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Gadgets and their use in Horse's suffering with Back Pain
Can you relate to any of these statements? I am confused about the use of gadgets for my horse. My horse moves like a camel on the lunge,...
Nika Vorster
Dec 28, 20224 min read
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Lunging Horses for the Rehabilitation of Back Pain
Should we be lunging our horses? I often hear a lot of bad press about lunging and that it causes more harm than damage to our horse's...
Nika Vorster
Dec 6, 20224 min read
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Heal Your Horse
What is it? An online course designed for YOU to HEAL YOUR HORSE. You know your horse better than anyone and this course guides YOU...
Nika Vorster
Dec 6, 20222 min read
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Idiopathic front limb Lameness in Horses
Have you ever seen this or know someone who is struggling with this problem? Intermittent front limb lameness or "Idiopathic" Hopping in...
Nika Vorster
Dec 2, 20224 min read
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What effect do poles have on my horse's walk?
Research Review Title: The effect of ground and raised poles on the kinematics of the walk. Date: 2022 in the Journal of Equine...
Nika Vorster
Nov 29, 20224 min read
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What is the NUMBER 1 cause of lameness in Performance horses?
Intermittent front limb lameness or Idiopathic Hopping in Horses. Idiopathic hopping refers to the "unknown" or "unexplained" body habit...
Nika Vorster
Nov 25, 20224 min read
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Does Saddle Width affect the spinal mechanics of my horse?
Research view on saddles. Research Review Title: Kinematics of the thoracolumbar spine while cantering in horses fitted with a saddle of...
Nika Vorster
Nov 24, 20222 min read
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Does Your Horse Struggle to Canter?
Can you relate to any of the statements below? Does your horse refuse to canter ? Do they canter great on one rein but not on the other ?...
Nika Vorster
Nov 22, 20223 min read
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My Saddle is Slipping Right
This week I saw one of my local client who was concerned about her horse's behaviour and saddle slip. Her concerns were: * Behaviour...
Nika Vorster
Nov 2, 20222 min read
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How to improve the Stride Quality of your Horse?
Research Review Paper: Gymnastic Training and Dynamic Mobilization Exercises Improve Stride Quality and Increase Epaxial Muscle Size in...
Nika Vorster
Sep 19, 20223 min read
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The TMJ and the Tail of the horse
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Nika Vorster
Aug 19, 20225 min read
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Equine Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction (SIJD)
Thankfully with the improvement in human research we have a better understanding of the anatomy of the Sacroiliac Area, however it is...
Nika Vorster
Aug 8, 20225 min read
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