Neuromyofascial Release is the keystone of the JENT system.
Connective tissues are the most abundant in the body. They literally hold the body together. If the ‘tensegrity web’-like structure of ‘cold’ (not warmed-up) musculature is overloaded from a ‘ballistic’ action like a sudden heavy fall or twisting demand that exceeds its conditioning, endurance or contractile strength, the neuromyofascia can be pulled out of shape and remained inflamed causing dehydration and hardened protective disfigurement. These are called fascial (NMF) distortions, adhesions or fibrosis. Once twisted these cross tensions do not heal, straighten, unwind or repair without our assistance, leaving horses uncomfortable and causing postural changes that lead to asymmetry.
Myofascial distortions and the reasons for the patterns can be detected and eliminated with JENT.
Unless the damage caused by the traumas is released mechanically they do not go away rest, time, or harder work; they stay misaligned forever and the equine body automatically compensates for them.
Palpation techniques are used to identify fibrotic tangles, twists and restrictions in the myofascial trains which cause low to high grade pain and do not release without manual assistance.
Realignments are made with either, or a combination of:
- Undirected release
- JENT directed release
- The FascialEdge® tool
- The JENT Equine Massager
These distortions are generally caused by trauma specific injury from incidents such as:
- Springing a shoe; heavy falls; ballistic twisting; struggling / being cast in confined spaces etc
Because horses have an innate flight before fight survival instinct, they will always run before fighting – they are NOT fighters, and will only do so if they feel cornered. They will run and jump anything in their way to get safe; and they don’t care where they put their feet in that electrifying moment. They fall, they run into things, they trip, hit fences and one another in their frantic flight efforts to get away.
Then man-made issues also occur with shoeing, saddle-fit, feeding, stabling, transporting and paddock environment, and of course training all add to the complexity of discomforts horses carry.
Dianne regularly points out to her clients,
“We can do quick fixes and superficial work on your horse for an event coming up, but if you want your horse completely free of restrictions to release their true potential,then they need to have 3 JENT sessions within one month, preferably without the pressure of competition.”
