Neck usually relates to opposite butt in horses

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Hi Jamie & All,

 

Jamie noted that people usually have one side weaker/stronger than the

other. She finds that aches and pains usually (but not always) are

ipsilateral. She has had people complain about the R neck and shoulder

and L hip and lower back, but not very often...

 

As taught by my Masters, Marvin Cain and Emiel van den Bosch, I also

see this diagonal relationship every day in horses.

 

>80% of horses with rump (butt) pain or atrophy also show pressure-

sensitivity (pain/spasm to gentle probing) of the opposite Neck (and

sometimes L scapular muscles).

 

For example, if I find clear sensitivity to probing of the L Neck (and

sometimes L scapular muscles), I can predict with a high degree of

probability that I will find marked sensitivity on the opposite ® rump

(sacro-iliac to hip to tuber ischii) muscles when I examine the R side

later.

 

In my experience, L neck sensitivity RARELY associates with L rump,

UNLESS BOTH sides of the neck are sensitive (in which case, both

butts usually are sensitive also.

 

In horses with pain on BOTH sodes of the spine, I first needle

Renzhong-GV26 + Weijian-Tail Tip. Those two needles often release

the butt pain within 15 seconds. If not, then I add bilateral Feishu-BL13

+ weizhong-BL40 and probe the affected rump(s) again.

 

If bilateral butt sensitivity remains, I add bilateral Jianliao-TH14 and/or

bilateral Jianzhen-SI09, + " Animal Baihui " (midline, in lumbosacral

space) + " Human Baihui " (GV20) + Marvin Cain's " Equine Performance

Pt " (midway between ant/cranial upper edge of iliac crest and

lumbosacral space, near Guanyuanshu BL26) +/- Shenshu-BL23 +/-

Yanglingquan-GB34.

 

However, those needles rarely release the neck pain. To release the

neck, I needle Fengchi-GB20, Jianjing-GB21, Shuitu-ST10, Tianliao-

TH15.

 

If all else fails (and only then, i.e. as a last resort), I needle any

remaining Ahshi Pts.

 

For one-sided butt pain, I rarely use GV26 or Tail-Tip, but start with the

contralateral neck/shoulder Pts and add the other points ipsilaterally (as

above),

 

Best regards,

 

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