Karen Ambrose Chiropractic

01/09/2026

Are you looking for a safe and natural solution to back, neck and shoulder pain, sciatica, headaches and migraines, or minor sports injuries?
Then you have come to the right place. Chiropractors are committed, highly educated primary health care professionals focused on helping you to be as active and healthy as possible. An underlying principle of chiropractic is that a healthy spine facilitates a healthy life.
Chiropractors practice a drug-free, hands-on approach to health care that includes patient examination, diagnosis and treatment. By offering expert drug-free spinal health care and lifestyle advice, chiropractors help you to lead a healthy life and maintain wellbeing.
Has your horse been bucking or being reluctant to do things they previously did easily?
Has your dog been not so happy to jump in the car or slowing up earlier on walks?
Animals can benefit from McTimoney Chiropractic.

For more information please go to www.karenambrose.co.uk or call 07734872318

24/08/2026

24/08/2026

The horse’s memory is based on encoded neural connections that can form across several areas of the brain. The equine memory is excellent and, in some respects, may be superior to human memory.

While human memory can be altered by recall, context, and reasoning abilities, the memory of the horse appears more stable, perhaps because it is not influenced by reflection or projection, or perhaps because methods have not yet been developed to demonstrate that horses are capable of these processes.

Horses can remember stimulus-categorisation tasks without practice for up to 10 years and can apply previously learned concepts immediately to new stimuli.

However, thinking, analysing, and reflecting can alter memory.
Humans continuously reflect on some memories, retrieving them from storage when thinking or telling a story and later storing them again.

After this reflection process, memories may be stored somewhat differently because they are altered by the physical, emotional, and perceptual context in which the reflection occurs.

The human prefrontal cortex is responsible for this reflective ability.

The absence of tissue with the distinctive cellular characteristics of the human prefrontal cortex in horses, together with the apparent stability of equine working memory, currently suggests that this type of reflection may not occur in horses.

An excerpt from the textbook Equitation Science, 2nd Edition by Andrew McLean, Paul McGreevy, Janne Whinther Christensen & Uta König von Borstel.

29/07/2026

That hollow behind your horse's shoulder blade, what is it?

Many believe it's wastage of the trapezius muscle, but that's not entirely correct.
The trapezius is actually thin and only covers the upper part of that area — nowhere near enough to explain hollows that can be 10cm deep or more. So what's really going on?

It could be:
🔹 Longissimus dorsi atrophy (check for a matching hollow in the neck too)
🔹 Natural conformation — high-withered types often show more of a hollow than flat-backed cobs
🔹 Posture — a weak thoracic sling letting the ribcage drop forward and down between the front legs (often the biggest culprit!)
🔹 Poor saddle fit, which can make posture worse

Encourage your horse to lift its thorax up between the front legs, and the "hollow" can disappear almost instantly.

Want to see this for yourself — the muscles and skeletons up close?

At the Inside the Horse Equine Anatomy Exhibition, you can see the trapezius, longissimus dorsi and thoracic sling in place on painted horses, and learn the exercises that help fix postural hollows for good.

14 different zones to help you understand more about how your horse functions - a fascinating way to learn with lots of interactive exhibits where you can get hands on and improve your knowledge.

📍 Wavendon Grange, Leicestershire
📅 14th–23rd August 2026

Come and find out what's really going on under the saddle.

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12/07/2026

As record-breaking summer heatwaves sweep the country, millions of ...

01/07/2026

Chiropractic treatment focuses on the spine and the neuro-musculosketal system and on how conditions that affect these areas can affect your health and performance. Chiropractic care involves spinal and peripheral joint adjustments and mobilisations, and assessment of the soft tissue, advice on life style, self help and exercise where appropriate. A package of chiropractic care can be used regularly to help maintain good posture, promote health and improve performance, no matter if you are a elite athlete or a senior member of the community.
To find out more please call on 07734872318 or visit [email protected]

27/06/2026

🔥IF YOUR DOG IS PANTING IN THIS WEATHER AT REST IT NEEDS COOLING!🔥

The past few days I've seen so many dogs panting at rest! Yes, this is the main way dogs try to reduce their body temperature when the external air temperature is above their comfortable upper range (~30°C/86°F), but they should not be doing this for extended periods of time!

Sadly too many owners are unaware and sit there drinking their b**r or coffee whilst the dogs lay their panting continously!

❄️Shade!
❄️Fans!
❄️Drinking Water!
❄️Reducing coat length!
❄️Hosing/Wetting/Paddling Pools!

FREE GUIDE TO DOG CARE IN HOT WEATHER https://askanimalweb.com/managing-dogs-in-hot-weather/

27/06/2026

🐶🐕IF A DOUBLE COAT KEEPS A DOG COOL IN THE HEAT, WHY IN THESE IMAGES OF A BLACK LABRADOR IS THE SKIN HOTTER THAN THE SURFACE OF THE COAT? 🐕🐶

The only explanation is that the coat is providing insulation and slowing down the rate of heat loss from the skin. The dogs’ main mechanism for heat loss (~70%) in ambient temperatures of 20°C to 33°C is convection and radiation from the body surface. The longer the coat – the less heat is lost/slower the rate of heat loss. Above ambient temperatures of 33°C panting becomes increasingly important.

Please SHARE in dog groups - I’ll be interested in the response!