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Old Injury Healed with TTEAM
May 16,1994
I’d first heard of Linda Tellington-Jones and Ttouch work over 10 years ago. I’d always been curious, but
very skeptical of the system that had been credited with working such wonders by using only finger-tip
pressure in small circles on animals as large as horses.
A five-year old, this mare had surgery on both forelegs to correct the effects of nutritionally-induced
contracted tendons. Ever since the surgery, the mare has been mistrusting of people and hyper-sensitive
to being touched and vetted. Purposeful grooming and saddling were not a problem, but casual contact-
patting, scratching her withers, or even accidental bumps were met with pinned ears and bared teeth.
We bred this maiden mare in 1993. Her ticklishness and bad attitude did not diminish during her
pregnancy, and I was fearful the mare might reject or seriously injure her foal when it tried to nurse.
I began TTEAM work with Penny Stone of Austin, TX. In hope of reducing this mare’s hyper-sensitivity.
Penny’s first session with the mare was on February 28, 1994. Her exploratory pass over the mare
revealed tension all over her body – worse in the neck, back and hunches, with an especially sore spot at
the neck/left shoulder connection. (She would tense, back up and throw her head with light pressure at that
point). The mare had been out of work since October 1993, so the soreness saw not the result of recent
forced exercise.
Penny was able to effect some relaxation that first day with face, leg and tail work. Body work was not
immediately rewarding, Penny taught me several basic Ttouches, and by my third day working alone with
the mare, I was seeing a regular, positive response in the form of reduced muscle guarding, lowered head
and neck, relaxed blinky eyes, and chewing motions. Also by the third day, the mare was unreactive to
touches to the hot spot on her neck/left shoulder connection.
When the mare became more trusting of bodywork, Penny taught me additional touches to use down her
back and hindquarters, which built good results with each successive session.
The mare was, and continues to be, most appreciative and responsive to knee, lower leg and hoof circles.
I never relaxed how sensitive the hoof is, but she will really bliss-out from circles on her hooves In the third
to the last week of her pregnancy, her hind legs stocked up badly. After three days of Ttouch “butterflies” on
her cannons and ankles, the edema completely abated.
Our foal arrived March 21 in a quick and uneventful delivery. The mare was very patient and unperturbed by
his fumbling, bumping search for her udder. No doubt some maternal instinct was at play, but I cannot
help but credit TTEAM work with managing this mare’s “don’t touch me” attitude.
An unexpected bonus came out of our TTEAM experience.
This mare had persistent soft swellings (and mild reaction to pressure) at the sites of the surgery done on
her forelegs as a foal. Over the four and a half years since the surgery, we have tried hydrotherapy, wraps,
ice DMSO, and DMSO with Azium, to remove or reduce the swelling – all to no avail. After a month of TTEAM
work, I happily noticed the swelling was down, and the former reaction to pressure was gone from the legs!
May 16,1994
I’d first heard of Linda Tellington-Jones and Ttouch work over 10 years ago. I’d always been curious, but
very skeptical of the system that had been credited with working such wonders by using only finger-tip
pressure in small circles on animals as large as horses.
A five-year old, this mare had surgery on both forelegs to correct the effects of nutritionally-induced
contracted tendons. Ever since the surgery, the mare has been mistrusting of people and hyper-sensitive
to being touched and vetted. Purposeful grooming and saddling were not a problem, but casual contact-
patting, scratching her withers, or even accidental bumps were met with pinned ears and bared teeth.
We bred this maiden mare in 1993. Her ticklishness and bad attitude did not diminish during her
pregnancy, and I was fearful the mare might reject or seriously injure her foal when it tried to nurse.
I began TTEAM work with Penny Stone of Austin, TX. In hope of reducing this mare’s hyper-sensitivity.
Penny’s first session with the mare was on February 28, 1994. Her exploratory pass over the mare
revealed tension all over her body – worse in the neck, back and hunches, with an especially sore spot at
the neck/left shoulder connection. (She would tense, back up and throw her head with light pressure at that
point). The mare had been out of work since October 1993, so the soreness saw not the result of recent
forced exercise.
Penny was able to effect some relaxation that first day with face, leg and tail work. Body work was not
immediately rewarding, Penny taught me several basic Ttouches, and by my third day working alone with
the mare, I was seeing a regular, positive response in the form of reduced muscle guarding, lowered head
and neck, relaxed blinky eyes, and chewing motions. Also by the third day, the mare was unreactive to
touches to the hot spot on her neck/left shoulder connection.
When the mare became more trusting of bodywork, Penny taught me additional touches to use down her
back and hindquarters, which built good results with each successive session.
The mare was, and continues to be, most appreciative and responsive to knee, lower leg and hoof circles.
I never relaxed how sensitive the hoof is, but she will really bliss-out from circles on her hooves In the third
to the last week of her pregnancy, her hind legs stocked up badly. After three days of Ttouch “butterflies” on
her cannons and ankles, the edema completely abated.
Our foal arrived March 21 in a quick and uneventful delivery. The mare was very patient and unperturbed by
his fumbling, bumping search for her udder. No doubt some maternal instinct was at play, but I cannot
help but credit TTEAM work with managing this mare’s “don’t touch me” attitude.
An unexpected bonus came out of our TTEAM experience.
This mare had persistent soft swellings (and mild reaction to pressure) at the sites of the surgery done on
her forelegs as a foal. Over the four and a half years since the surgery, we have tried hydrotherapy, wraps,
ice DMSO, and DMSO with Azium, to remove or reduce the swelling – all to no avail. After a month of TTEAM
work, I happily noticed the swelling was down, and the former reaction to pressure was gone from the legs!
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