Jochen Schleese's Blog – June 2011 Archive (3)

Saddle Fit and Stress Lines

This blog is in response to a question raised from one of my recent blogs concerning a comment made in my very first Saddle Fit Tip #1 on Saddle Balance. Geoffrey wanted to know more about the stress lines I mentioned right at the beginning of the video. While I can tell you what to look for, I went to my good friend Dr. Joanna Robson, DVM and author of “Recognizing the Horse in Pain and what to do about it” for the physiology behind this.

She said that “the stress line that…

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Added by Jochen Schleese on June 21, 2011 at 12:00pm — 5 Comments

Saddle Fit and Constant Pain

I have a client who is having problems that some of you also may have experienced. She has a horse with an old injury at the withers which, with pressure from any saddle over time with repeated contact created immense pain for him, which eventually resulted in him bucking off the rider. He is now pain free, has had Mesotherapy, and has shown that he (at this moment) is not in pain but has now a learned behavior to not tolerate anything on his back, any saddle etc. He is still bucking and…

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Added by Jochen Schleese on June 13, 2011 at 12:00am — 2 Comments

Saddle Fit and a General Rant

Okay, I have seriously had it with people who consider themselves ‘experts’ in saddle fitting just because they are leaders in their various professions (and these are usually high-level riders who take it upon themselves to voice their opinions about saddle fit just because they can or maybe because they’re asked to by people who should know better!)

Three recent incidents come to mind – one was a blog written by a well-known high level rider on a very popular social media magazine… Continue

Added by Jochen Schleese on June 1, 2011 at 1:00pm — 12 Comments