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Genevieve Kirk
31 minutes ago5 min read
The Goldilocks Principle for horse training
Feather was the first horse that gave me a true chance of putting in to practice my physio training AND my dressage training, to find the...
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Genevieve Kirk
6 days ago5 min read
Posture Perfect: work with what you've got
As a kid, as a human, as a student slumped over my desk, and as a dressage rider, I was constantly reminded to correct my posture and...
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Genevieve Kirk
Jan 83 min read
Cheers to 2024. Looking forward to 2025
2024 has been my first full year living back in Australia, and my first in Sydney. I have LOVED it. A tough couple of years preceded...
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Genevieve Kirk
Dec 18, 20207 min read
Osteoarthritis
The Latin breakdown: “Arthro” = Joint “Itis” = Inflammation Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common, degenerative, painful disease with chronic...
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Genevieve Kirk
Dec 4, 20205 min read
Bones.
Bone is made of a mix of inorganic minerals and organic material including collagen (mainly type 1), which creates a highly responsive...
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Genevieve Kirk
Nov 20, 20207 min read
Scratching the surface of tendon injury and rehabilitation
In early 2017 I made an ambitious 12-month competition plan with Pokemon for that year. The goal was Under 25 Grand Prix for my last year...
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Genevieve Kirk
Nov 7, 20205 min read
Step 1. Balance.
The difference between the average test, and the elite test, at least aesthetically (and in my humble opinion), is down to balance. Some...
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Genevieve Kirk
Oct 23, 20206 min read
No foot, no horse... how?
To preface this blog, farriery and horse hooves are something that I find extremely interesting, however, also very perplexing. This is...
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Genevieve Kirk
Oct 9, 20205 min read
CONFORMATION - the good, the bad, the ugly.
Good conformation is fundamentally what is anecdotally or scientifically regarded as the most efficient spread of: - Weight - Force...
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Genevieve Kirk
Oct 2, 20203 min read
LASER
LASER works by using light energy of the visible to near infra-red range to increase the activity in the engine of the cell: the...
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Genevieve Kirk
Sep 16, 20206 min read
What are the Electrotherapies used by Veterinary Physiotherapists for?
Electrotherapies include the machines available to Physiotherapists to target healing in more focussed ways than what our hands alone are...
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Genevieve Kirk
Sep 9, 20204 min read
What is Veterinary Physiotherapy?
Trying to summarise a 4-year degree to an accessible blog post was a lot harder than I gave it credit for! On a literal level,...
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Genevieve Kirk
Sep 1, 20203 min read
The Beginning.
I made a bold statement during my placement year at University (roughly 2018) that I was going to start a blog… There’s nothing quite...
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