Core Training For The Equestrian
An Online Research-Based Core Training Program Designed to Improve Your Seat & Optimize Equestrian Performance
Helping You Achieve Your Personal Best in the Saddle to become the Athlete your Horse Needs You to Be!
No matter your riding discipline OR level, this course will help you:
- Improve your position & postural alignment in the saddle.
- Improve your core strength and stability.
- Maintain an independent seat and move in harmony with your horse.
- Develop a stronger back to prevent future injury.
- Improve and maintain suppleness and balance in the saddle.
- Have the ability to make immediate postural adjustments in response to your coach's instruction and feedback.
- Ride more comfortably and pain-free in the saddle.
Physical Therapy for the Equestrian
The goal of equestrian sport is for two athletes - horse and rider - to perform together in physical and mental harmony. To do this effectively, both horse and rider need to be balanced and physically fit, yet many riders do not apply the same off-horse training principles to themselves as they do to their horse. In the course creator's clinical experience, riders who do recognize an off-horse, equestrian-specific program is important to their development as a rider are often frustrated. They either (a) seek advise from health-care professionals and personal trainers who often do not understand the requirements their body has on the back of a moving horse and/or (b) exercises given to them are "borrowed" from other sports and do not transfer to skills required in the saddle. To ride with an independent seat, regardless of discipline or experience, an equestrian's low back, pelvis, and hips need to stabilize in the presence of movement. Physical Therapy for the Equestrian is a 14-Week Research-Based Online Education and Activation Program designed by an experienced Physical Therapist & FEI Dressage Rider who works exclusively with riders, just like you, who want to achieve their personal best in the saddle, so they in turn, can bring out the best in their horse.
Created for Equestrians by an Equestrian
Training to Promote the Athletic Development of the Equestrian.
This program is packed with information specific to the equestrian.
Whether you are a professional, amateur, or recreational equestrian, you are an athlete.
Created by an equestrian who has devoted a lifetime striving to achieve her personal best in the saddle.
Who understands the complexity of the horse-rider partnership and the subtle aids required to communicate with our equine partner.
Who understands the physical demands required to perform optimally on the back of a moving, and sometimes unpredictable horse.
Who has learned from some of the best coaches in the world and wants to share that information with you.
Based on Research & Clinical Experience
Phase 1 - Physical Therapy.
This program was created based on recent research, physical therapy-based principles, and decades of clinical experience.
To influence your riding performance, therapeutic exercises in phase 1 are designed to improve your lumbopelvic hip function, while physically preparing you to enter phase 2 of the program- training for performance.
Progressing to a Sports-Specific Training Program
Phase 2 - Training for Performance.
The sport-specific exercise programs were created based on over two decades of experience in the fitness industry.
What makes this program unique - and effective - is applying knowledge gained and practiced in phase 1 to the sports-specific program designed for the equestrian in phase 2.
There is no other program like Physical Therapy for the Equestrian, which bridges research with decades of Physical Therapy, fitness & equestrian experience.
PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR THE EQUESTRIAN INCLUDES:
Audio Podcasts
Audio podcasts were created for busy riders on the go. Listen while you're driving, mucking out your horse's stall, or preparing for the next day. A time-efficient way to learn, the information they provide are vital to your success during the activation component of each module.
Booklets
For riders who like reading, each podcast comes with a corresponding booklet.
Photos and colorful diagrams are included to further your understanding of the principles that make this program most effective.
Exercise Videos
I have practiced Physical Therapy since 2004.
If there is anything that I have learned it is this - client education and active rehabilitation are what makes clients successful in the long run.
There is a time and place for passive treatment, however, it is the active treatment, when performed correctly and consistently, which has the greatest impact on improving an individual's function.
This program boasts 6 exercise programs which consist of 3 therapeutic exercise videos, 1 exercise podcast, and 2 training for performance videos. All exercise programs come with specific instructions for how to progress over a 14-week program.
