Dennis Bartram
Dennis Bartram is the founder of Uma Shin Wa, he has 45+ years of Clinical Experience in his Physical Therapy Practice. His experience with Horses began in 1980, when he combined Osteopathic Techniques with Applied Kinesiology to develop a unique approach. Over the next 30 years, his focus was the research and development of the merging of Ancient Japanese Medicine with Western Scientific proven methodology. He received direct mentorship over many years from Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi, to develop the therapy known as Amatsu Orthopathy. He currently runs a school teaching a practitioner course. In recent years he revisited his principles on horses, to balance the musculoskeletal and suspensory mechanism of the horse. This approach called Uma Shin Wa translates from it's Japanese origins to Harmony For The Horse. It's application is a gentle, non-invasive, light touch approach.
About The Therapy
The Mission Statement of Uma Shin Wa is to rebalance the suspensory apparatus of the horse. The horse's dependent upon the quality of this mechanism. The horse's dynamics of movement work from the balance of the two forces of the Flexor and Extensor chain of musculature. Good suspensory balance aligns the limbs as the horse walks, trots, canters and gallops and offers good concussion absorbency. Many injuries are a result of long-term misalignments treated locally, allowing a build up of postural and gait adaptations, known as layering.
Our research spans Western Ranch horses to Racehorses, Heavy horses to Showjumpers and brings us to one belief:
Alignment of the horse and peak performance go hand-in-hand.
Regular sessions can help towards the wellness and best performance of your horse.
We would recommend initially a course of sixe sessions,which allows us to stabilise and uncover archaic problems within the horse's structure. Once stabilised we can offer regular maintenance sessions to maintain alignment and deal with any future imbalances that may arise.
What does it do?
Uma Shin Win rebalances, recalibrates and integrates the whole system. It releases tensions, strains and stresses from the horse's system. It stimulates toxin release and muscular rehabilitation. This aligns postural and spinal integration for the horse. Structures in the head, neck and jaw of the horse, correlate with the important Sacro-iliac region of the horse, at the opposite end of the muscular chain for locomotion. Malposition of any key area in the chain can affect confirmation and gait, producing confusing remote strains that are usually treated locally.
Uma Shin Wa addresses the core balance, by recalibrating the essential anatomical structures. This corrects the layering adaptive measures , to allow natural forces to bring about tissue release and correction.