Hello and welcome to part 11 of my blog about the Horses Inside Out Conference 2020 - Anatomy In Action. Today I would like to share with you the presentation from Richard Hepburn which was on the second day of the conference and called ‘Tuning the Equine Engine to Prevent Poor Performance’ Richard is a vet with a specific interest in gastroenterology, neurology and intensive care. He has worked in equine hospitals in the UK and NZ and is a Diplomate of the American College

Hello and welcome back to my blog about the Horses Inside Out conference 2020 - Anatomy In Action. Today I would like to share with you the presentation by vet Sue Dyson on the second day of the conference. Sue called this presentation ‘What’s is new in lameness diagnosis’ Sue is a world renowned vet and speaker you can find out more about Sue in my previous blog , as we were fortunate enough to have 2 presentations from her over the weekend. In this presentation Sue discuss

Hello and welcome back to my blog about the Horses Inside Out Conference 2020 - Anatomy In Action. Today I would like to share with you some more of the amazing research by Dr Vibeke Elbrond. You can learn more about Vibeke in my previous blog. Vibeke’s second presentation of the weekend delved deeper into the Myofascial Connections and some of the Myofascial lines. This is a very exciting topic for me that I just can’t get enough of! I am hoping to share with you in this b

Hello and welcome back to my blog series based on the Horses Inside Out Conference 2020 - Anatomy In Action. Today I would like to share with you the first presentation we were treated to on day 2 of the conference which was by farrier Mark Johnson. Mark is a qualified farrier with an interest in horsemanship. Following his apprenticeship and having seen many recurring problems within the farriery industry, Mark set out to find the best and innovative ways to manage horse’s

Hello and welcome back to my blog series on the Horses Inside Out Conference - Anatomy In Action. Today I am very excited to share with you the research vet Sue Dyson presented to us on day one of the conference (we were lucky enough to have presentations from Sue on both days). Sue is a world renowned expert in equine orthopaedics, with a particular interest in poor performance and subtle and complex lameness in sport horses. Sue an expert in diagnostic imaging, radiograph

Hello and welcome to part 6 of my blog series on the Horses Inside Out Conference 2020 - Anatomy In Action. Today I would like to share with you a little about speaker Dr Andrew Hemmings and his presentation on Training the Brain. Andrew is a Principal Lecturer in Equine Science and the head of the Equine Management and Science department at the Royal Agricultural Universit y in Cirencester. Andrew’s main expertise and interest is in brain function in relation to behaviour. H

Hello and welcome to part 5 of my blog series on the Horses Inside Out Conference 2020 - Anatomy In Action. Today I would like to share with you some of the points raised and discussed in the presentation by Seth O’Neil around Tendons and Tendinopathy Management and his work on how this translates from human athletes to equine athletes. Seth’s clinical and research interests focus around tendon disorders and in particular lower limb tendinopathy and rupture. Seth works with O

Hello and welcome back to part 3 of my Horses Inside Out Conference 2020 - Anatomy In Action blog. Today I would like to talk about the first speaker of the conference. The wonderful Vibeke Elbrond, and her presentation on understanding the profound visceral myofascial connections in the horse. During this blog I hope to share some of Vibeke’s key facts and findings in a way that most of us can understand without taking anything away from the fascinating and detailed researc

Welcome to part 2 of my blog series about the Horses Inside Out Anatomy In Action Conference 2020.Today I would like to talk a little bit about Gillian Higgins, founder of Horses Inside Out and her Anatomy Exhibition that was a room at the conference available throughout the whole event to investigate and explore. Gillian is an equine functional anatomist, biomechanist, therapy consultant, international lecturer, author and anatomical artist. Gillian had created and hand pain

The aim of the anatomy exhbition is to show riders, trainers, therapists opportunities to visualise deeper commonly misunderstood structures

Photographing the horse in action, especially in slow motion provides us with a valuable resource for observation, discussion and to better

Horse Head Anatomy Model by Gillian Higgins. Bones, joints, TMJ, tongue bone, Hyoid Apparatus, facial muscles, blood vessels, nerves, gland

The Iliopsoas Muscle Group lies deep within each side of the body.

Skeleton word art sculpture created for charity. Educational design. Bones and anatomy. Black and white. Costa Rica inspiration. Judy Boyt.

Digestive Anatomy. Understanding the anatomy of the digestive system can help us when feeding our horses.

Horses Inside Out Annual Conference 2018, held at Holywell Conference Centre, Loughborough University, the extended Anatomy Exhibition.

Focusing on Assessment, Evaluation and Action. Theory into practise. Equine scientific world. Equine anatomy, biomechanics, training.

Gillian's anatomically painted animals including horse, pony, elephant, hare. Animal anatomy, art, sculpture, painting, muscles, skeleton.

New video released and produced with Cosequin Equine. Watch to learn top tips for maintaining musculoskeletal heatlh!

A day spent filming with the BBC Countryfile team for their programme featuring Nottinghamshire. Brackenhurst Equine College.