I am looking at ways to possibly help a horse that often keeps his tongue hanging out the right side of his mouth. I am thinking he has hyoid/TMJ issues that are causing this problem?
This is very interesting. I never realized that Hyoid dislocation was common in horses. I suffer from this very same problem myself. Sometimes when I swallow, I can feel my Hyoid slipping off to either the left side or the right and the pain is unbareable. I always panic, because I think it's not going to release and be stuck out of position forever. But it always pops back into position eventually. But sometimes it can take hours and it's just plain horrible.
I did this on my horse and he really released after, had a big yawn and stretched his tongue. However when the dentist came out he really told me off and said I could have broken the bone as it is very delicate... is this true and should I be worried?
I have done this on my horses, I have never had problems. One of my horses(a rescue) had problems eating, but her teeth looked fine. Starting eating " like a horse" after. I would not think you would break bones of you are as light with there toung as they show. I do not put my hand up in the jaw to check, I just do a light hold on their young. I am not a vet, but I have had good releases, I will be more careful but will not stop doing this.
Thank you for this! I already tested it at several horses and it works really well...best regards Petra (Working as a Energetic Osteopathy and Dorn-Therapist in Germany)
Is this a safe release for a young horse? I know a yearling, now 2.5, and the hyoid is visibly set to the left. He has always stretched his jaws as if trying to release himself. Sometimes the tongs waggles out to the left. As far as I know, nobody has pulled his tongue to look at teeth, worm, or release.
It was interesting to watch a different technique releasing the hyoid. Thanks! Bowen muscle therapy has excellent techniques too for the same thing. Chicken and egg question - did the hyoid problem cause the problem for the rider or has a rider at some point caused the problem in the hyoid? And please! I can see from this horses neck muscles that it is ridden kindly, this is not a criticism... It is just that I have found that if a problem is inadvertently rider caused, then it can be rider released too... The tongue can often be the very last thing a horse turns over - the very last place they hold tension hey? I hope you don't mind my ramblings!
Hi thanks for sharing your knowledge about that, I´m from Germany and couldnt find anything like your video it´s great and my mare is really thankful for that hyoid release method it really helps a lot :)
