Julie Chuter Nicholas Equine Massage and Rehabilitation

19/05/2026

Yesterday I attended a fabulous training day with Equine K Taping UK - so this is now something I can offer alongside or on its own with my massage and rehab packages. - particularly useful to release tight fascia and to aid in Kissind spine and SI rehabilitation. Please ask me if you think it could help your horse.
Julie

09/06/2025

An absolutely fabulous guide to the hocks from each type of imaging.

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22/10/2024

Never stop looking for a reason for your horse or pony to not be doing what you expect, very few are showing adverse behaviours because they are “nasty” or naughty…. Almost all the time they are in pain. I wish we all had x ray vision, sadly so often the reasons for the problems are found too late!!

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15/06/2023

04/02/2023

This is so often something I see when massaging and it’s link to a range of hind end issues is so clearly seen when I’m massaging. I look at a lot of videos each week for people viewing horses for sale and this is one of the most common issues I see along with poor hind end movement!

02/12/2022

So much is coming to light about fascia in the equine body, it’s a bit of a ”buzz”word these days, but this is a fabulous example of why and what fascia really is !

01/12/2022

18/11/2022

I work with the whole horse and checking the tack for is part of my job. This is a good explanation of how we look at a saddle to determine the very basics of fit. We also then have to look at other factors such as the channel width and the width of the panels on an English or Spanish saddle. But this is the basics of width fitting.

24/10/2022

Even I have had massive issues with this. Story will follow later, please check your horses feet! If I’m doubt X ray!

13/10/2022

So often the issues we find in a horse are compensation for issues elsewhere- in my experience often the hocks and the front and or hind suspensories.

Is the source of pain distracting us from the actual cause!?

The horse is very good at making compensations for physiological issues. Initially these are good, relieving the structures in question. However, when these compensations become long term, secondary issues can ensue. Very often the secondary issues are more painful then the compensated for causation!

When investigating the discomforts that respond to palpation or indeed diagnostic analgesia, they become areas for primary treatment. However are they the actual cause!?

In the recent webinar with Dr Shultz she stated that "often pain is a lie" and agreed with my research and opinion, looking at the picture more holistically using and understanding the myofascial system can elucidate the timeline of causation.

Below is a relationship that has become the focus of my personal research, with the concurrent pathologies I found associated with negative plantar angles. Poor hind hoof conformation has been linked to pathology along the dorsal myofascial line, therefore research has questioned either the hoof balance or the pathologies along that line as primary. However, looking at the bigger picture, the posture associated with the links is a product of a contracted ventral line!!

Where do the ventral and dorsal lines connect? At the TMJ/upper cervical and the hind hoof. Two major proprioceptive input centres.
Beautifully linking to a previous webinar with Dr Gellman on proprioception and posture.

As we further apply the laws of biotensegrity, and study the myofascial connections we will start to really uncover the true causations of physiological issues in the horse. Holistic understanding means holistic treatment.

A couple (of many) articles for further reading here..

https://www.theequinedocumentalist.com/post/bio-tensegrity-and-farriery-the-foreword

https://www.theequinedocumentalist.com/post/the-unacceptable-norms-of-equine-management-and-the-inevitable-paradigm-shifts

These webinars can be seen at these links...

https://equineeducationhub.thinkific.com/courses/proandpos

https://equineeducationhub.thinkific.com/courses/myofascialkinetic