Jenny Adamson - Equine Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation & Spinal Manipulation

Jenny Adamson - Equine Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation & Spinal Manipulation Equine Physio & Rehab Specialist | 15 yrs experience 🐴 Stiff, crooked or rehabbing?

I help horses get stronger, straighter & back in work — from core basics to full rehab training. 👇 Everything's in the link I am passionate about helping horses and their owners with postural improvement and correct movement - through treatment, education and training. Online courses 'Core Exercises' and 'In Hand Exercises': https://www.equinephysicaltherapist.co.uk/training

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🍂🎃 If you're already dreading how you'll keep your horse in work once it's dark by teatime, you're not the only one.Stab...
07/10/2026

🍂🎃 If you're already dreading how you'll keep your horse in work once it's dark by teatime, you're not the only one.

Stabled more. Less daylight. The weather never on your side. And if your horse is rehabbing or has something to manage, that worry sits even heavier.

You're wondering whether a few short sessions even count. Whether you'll lose everything you've built. Whether it'll all need rebuilding in spring.

It's not that you're not trying hard enough. Nobody hands you a plan for this bit of the year, so you're left guessing in the dark.

I'm in exactly the same spot with Azuro this winter. The good news is that it doesn't take long sessions, it takes a plan you can actually keep to. Keep your horse moving through winter, even lightly, and spring builds on what's already there instead of starting from scratch.

I've pulled it all together in this week's blog.
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🍂🎃 If you've done some good work with your horse this autumn, but don't actually have a plan for winter — you probably a...
06/10/2026

🍂🎃 If you've done some good work with your horse this autumn, but don't actually have a plan for winter — you probably already know how March usually goes.

Over the last two weeks I've shared two pieces: in-hand foundations, then walk-based polework. Both genuinely useful. But pieces aren't a plan.❌

This week's blog is personal too — I'll be doing exactly this myself, rehabbing Azuro through winter after a recent injury.💖

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Two things make the biggest difference to your horse this winter. 🐴Most people focus on one or the other 👇Just core work...
03/10/2026

Two things make the biggest difference to your horse this winter. 🐴

Most people focus on one or the other 👇

Just core work — foundation's there, but nothing's building on top of it ❌
Just polework — asking for more movement, but the support underneath isn't switched on yet ❌

Here's the bit that changes things 👇

Core work switches on the deep postural muscles — the ones holding the spine and pelvis stable.✅

Polework then builds on that foundation, asking the joints to move through a bigger range in a controlled, walk-led way.✅

When you combine them:

✔ The foundation's switched on
✔ The movement actually gets used properly
✔ Strength and mobility build together, not separately

Both take minutes, not hours. Both done from the ground, no arena required. 🐎

This is exactly how I've built my own winter routine — and it's the combination that gets horses through winter stronger and more supple than they went in.💪

If you'd like to see how the core exercises and the polework work together…

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Walk does more for your horse's flexibility, symmetry and core strength than trot!🐴It's down to how the limbs move.In tr...
02/10/2026

Walk does more for your horse's flexibility, symmetry and core strength than trot!🐴

It's down to how the limbs move.

In trot, the legs move in diagonal pairs ❌
Less chance for each side to work independently ❌
Less flexibility, less symmetry built ❌

In walk, each limb lands individually 👇

✔ Joints move through a bigger range
✔ Flexibility and symmetry build properly
✔ Core strength develops without extra strain

This is one of my favourite multi-tasking pole exercises — the labyrinth. Done in walk, it works mobility, symmetry and core strength all in one short session, entirely from the ground. 🐎

If you'd like to see this exercise, plus the rest of the polework I use through winter…

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Three poles. Ten minutes. That's genuinely the whole session. 🐎You don't need an arena full of energy on a cold evening....
01/10/2026

Three poles. Ten minutes. That's genuinely the whole session. 🐎

You don't need an arena full of energy on a cold evening. You don't need an hour you don't have.

Here's what most people think they need 👇

A big setup ❌
A long session ❌
Perfect conditions ❌

Here's what actually works 👇

Three to five poles, laid flat, roughly one of your own walking strides apart. Walk over them, straight lines first, in-hand or ridden.

That's it to begin with. Genuinely.

When you build it in:
✔ The joints move through a bigger range, every stride
✔ No extra strain through the trunk
✔ Ten to fifteen minutes, two or three times a week, is enough

Not a big production. Just small, consistent work that adds up. 🐴

If you'd like to see more exercises like this — the ones I use to build mobility and strength through winter, all from the ground…

Comment POLES and I'll send you the details 💪🐎

Get ahead of winter, while it's still easy. 🍂Right now you've probably still got decent daylight, decent ground, and eno...
30/09/2026

Get ahead of winter, while it's still easy. 🍂

Right now you've probably still got decent daylight, decent ground, and enough energy at the end of the day to actually get out there.

That's about to change.🍁🍁

And when it does, a lot of horses lose ground fast 👇

Less turnout, less consistent movement ❌
Core strength quietly starts to drop ❌
By the time you notice, you're rebuilding instead of maintaining ❌

Here's the bit that changes things 👇

Building that core strength now — while conditions are still on your side — means your horse goes into winter with the foundation already there.💪

When that foundation's in place:
✔ Strength holds through the seasonal transitions
✔ You're not starting from scratch in the spring
✔ A few minutes per day now saves a lot of catching up later

Perfect time to start this week. 🐎

If you'd like to see the 11 core exercises I use to help horses stay strong, balanced and performing their best…

Comment CORE and I'll send you the details 💪🐎

⚠️ Your horse isn't being difficult.A lot of horses get labelled that way, if they are tense in transitions, rushing on ...
29/09/2026

⚠️ Your horse isn't being difficult.

A lot of horses get labelled that way, if they are tense in transitions, rushing on the lunge, or throwing their head up the moment you ask something.

But here's what's often actually happening 👇

❌ The core isn't switched on
❌ The body doesn't have the support to hold that position or pace
❌ So instead of moving through it calmly, they brace, rush, or resist

Not because they're being stubborn.
Because they physically don't have the foundation to do anything else yet. 🐎

This is the bit that changes things 👇

Core = Step 1 is where I always start. With every horse I work with.

When that foundation switches on:
✔ Transitions soften
✔ The rushing settles
✔ The bracing eases
✔ Everything that follows gets easier — for both of you

And the good news is… you can start this with just a few minutes a day. 🐴

Perfect to start working on this week with your horse. 🐎

If you'd like to see the 11 core exercises I use to help horses become stronger, more settled and easier to work with…

Comment CORE and I'll send you the details 💪🐎

Walk does more for your horse's flexibility, symmetry and core strength than trot! 🐴It's down to how the limbs move. In ...
28/09/2026

Walk does more for your horse's flexibility, symmetry and core strength than trot! 🐴

It's down to how the limbs move. In walk, each limb lands individually — which means walking poles increase how much your horse's joints move through each stride, working through a bigger range, slowly and cleanly.

In trot, the legs move in diagonal pairs, and have the momentum of the trot to get over the poles.

👉 That's exactly why walk-based polework is used so widely in rehab — it builds real mobility, symmetry and core strength without asking for more than the horse is ready to give.

🍁 This is part 2 of the autumn-winter routine series I've been building — last week was the in-hand foundations, this week it's polework, the next layer on top.

💡 I've put together exactly how I use poles in my own winter routine — how many, how far apart, and when to start raising them — plus how it all builds on last week's foundations.

Comment BLOG and I'll send you the details 👇

Azuro's now in week two of walk hacking. 🦄💖 After several weeks of hand walking following his check ligament injury, we'...
25/09/2026

Azuro's now in week two of walk hacking. 🦄💖

After several weeks of hand walking following his check ligament injury, we've built up to short hacks out — slow, steady, no rushing it.

The horses who come back well from rehab aren't the ones who get lucky. They're the ones with a plan.

Right now, that plan means short, controlled walk hacks, building time up gradually, and making sure his body is actually ready for each stage before we move to the next one.

🍁 It also means planning ahead. The days are already shortening. Less daylight, less predictable weather — all while he's still rebuilding. So the plan isn't just "what do we do this week," it's "what does the next few months actually need to look like."

👉 That's exactly the mindset I'd encourage for any horse right now, rehab or not. Don't wait until you're stood in the dark in November wondering where to start. Get the plan in place now, while it's still easy to think clearly about it.

For us, that means keeping his deep core strength ticking over alongside the hacking — it's what's making this whole rebuild possible in the first place.

If you'd like to see the 11 stable based core exercises I use to help horses like Azuro stay strong, balanced and performing their best…

Comment CORE and I'll send you the details 👇

🐎 Kissing spine risk doesn't just appear overnight. One of the ways it can creep in is simply lack of movement — and it ...
24/09/2026

🐎 Kissing spine risk doesn't just appear overnight. One of the ways it can creep in is simply lack of movement — and it happens quietly, over months, often without anyone noticing until spring.

🍁 Here's how: less turnout, more time stood in, less consistent movement through the winter months. The multifidus — the small deep muscles that stabilise each vertebra along the spine — start to atrophy when not being actively used correctly.

👉 And here's the part that makes it so easy to miss: you can't see it from the outside. There's no visible sign that muscle is switching off. It's happening quietly, underneath everything that looks normal.

That's exactly where kissing spine risk creeps in — not always through injury, but through that invisible loss of support building up unnoticed.

💡 Stable based core exercises are one of the best forms of insurance against that. Done consistently, right through winter, they can keep that deep support switched on — and help you move into spring smoothly, rather than starting from scratch.

If you'd like to see the 11 stable based core exercises I use to help horses stay strong, balanced and performing their best…

Comment CORE and I'll send you the details 👇

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