🗻Uphill horses … Uphill saddles …Nuchal ligament function . 🌋horses confirmation play into saddles and fit . 🗻make sure you have a saddle with adequate leather and balance . 🏔️the nuchal ligament - It helps to counteract gravity, reducing the muscular effort needed to hold the head up, and also influences the engagement of the horse’s back and shoulders. 🏔️keep balance in everything you do . Saddles, pads , all functioning tack . #saddlefitting #teamroping #saddlefitter #biomechanics #educa

🐸Wither straps ?? Yes or no ?? 🐸The Nuchal ligament plays a crucial role in supporting the head and neck, particularly at vertebrae C6 and C7. 🐸The nuchal ligament acts like a spring, storing and releasing elastic energy during head movements. This mechanism reduces the amount of muscular effort needed to maintain head position and helps to dampen oscillatory movements during locomotion. 🐸Connection to Muscles: The spinalis dorsi muscle has a strong attachment to the nuchal ligament at C6 an