BALANCE PADS

Balance training uses foam pads that your horse is encouraged to stand on with 1, 2, 3 or all four feet.

Balance training is a great way to help your horse develop body awareness, body confidence and core strength.

The purpose of helping horses to improve their co-ordination, proprioception, core stability and posture.

Whilst standing on the unstable surface of the pads your horse will need to make multiple micro-adjustments to their posture and utilise their core stability muscles in order to remain as stable as possible.

Benefits

There are many benefits to Balance Training, these include:

* Activates core stability muscles

* Challenges the bodies' vestibular system (improving co-ordination)

* Increases proprioception (awareness of where the body is in space)

* Assists in improving joint stability

* Assists in developing a healthy and strong posture (good balance requires good posture)

* Can assist in injury prevention

* Low intensity exercise so suitable for lots of horses (so long as they are in general good health)

* Strengthen muscles, quickly increasing their power output which translates into the ridden work and training

* Increases body confidence

* Can assist in mental confidence and have a calming effect