When Horses and Riders Hurt Themselves

charge the recovery tends to be simpler and speedier. When a trauma is more complex with emotional components such as fear grief or anger and involves an emotional connection like the one we have to our horses it can often have a more longterm and farreaching impact. This is why its important to understand how more complex trauma works and how it can bridge the body mind and emotions in both humans and horses.
Thankfully for most of us and our horses many of these things heal up with time and attention although injuries may leave us with scars bruises discomfort or lowered mobility. This is good news for those of us who have accidentprone horses. But when time does not heal all wounds what can we do to support ourselves and our horses through injury and trauma? 
Scars and Adhesions
If every scar created issues for our horses wed be in trouble! I find new scars on my mare every week because she lives out on pasture with a herd. If you have an accidentprone horse this will sound familiar. But every now and then a scar will have widereaching and longterm consequences such as reduced mobility discomfort and restricted circulation. In osteopathic thinking this type of scar is a top priority because it creates a false fulcrum or anchor of adhered scar tissue which can pull on the tissues in harmful ways that force the body into compensatory patterns. With this type of scar some sort of body work with a practitioner specializing in the breakdown of scar tissue is strongly recommended. To avoid nasty poorly healing scars be sure to get a veterinarian out as soon as possible if stitches or treatment are required.
The body is a miracle able to recover from pretty much anything. However with trauma at