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CHRISTOPHER
AND AMANDA BRYCE
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I always thought I'd be a dancer until I suffered burns to over 40% of
my body at the age of 6.
I rode in a variety of equestrian activities such as
Pony Club…
Polocrosse…
Eventing….
Dressage…
and over ten years of riding racehorses in the early mornings doing
their trackwork at Eagle Farm in Brisbane.
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Throughout
these years I had a few falls, a couple on the racetrack, competing cross
country and a couple at home in training.
Thankfully
or luckily I never really hurt myself, like no broken bones, just some
sore muscles and body in general. I never went to see a chiropractor (
and yet we used to have them attend to the horses.
Most of the time, I
guess I thought it was just muscle soreness and I suppose I just worked
through it.
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You see...
I’ve always been a little sore and stiff in the lower back
and shoulders/neck area,
but you know...
you just work out
of it.
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Anyway...
early during 2002 I was just going about my normal daily chores around the
horses...
I bent down to pick up the horse's hind leg and suddenly I felt a sharp
pain in my lower back on my left side.
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It
hurt that much, that when I saddled up the horse and started to ride I
could not put any weight on my left seat bone at all.
I knew this was very serious; I have to
get fixed up as soon as possible. Horses are my life...
I love riding and competing in dressage, which is the
sport I have excelled in.
I am a dressage coach and one of my students recommended Christopher and
Amanda Bryce, at Alstonville. I’ve never been to
a chiropractor before. The first thing Chris
instructs me to do is to have full spinal x-rays done and report back the
next day. OK... so…,
a fracture and broken tail bone...
these are old injuries... some curvature...
not a great straight spine...
but I do all right.
Within two weeks I was
back riding my beautiful horses again, I still needed work done monthly
for 6 months and Chris also had me doing a lot
of specific exercises to keep my back working properly and to strengthen
it. Now I only see Chris every 2-3 months most
times unless I have done something,...like fall
off a horse or..., well you know...
Chris has certainly improved my back, I no longer have any ongoing aches
and pains. In fact, since all of this I am now
more comfortable riding and training my horses then I ever was.
I believe I am now riding straighter and more confidently in the
competitions. We are on the NSW State Squad, with aspirations to represent
Australia on the International scene.
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Chris and Amanda have
made me more aware of my body and how to keep it in top form for my sport,
and even my daily activities.
I know recommend to all of my students if they suffer from any spine
related pain or discomfort to go and see Christopher and Amanda Bryce.
I also strongly advise them to be checked out
especially after a fall from their horse.
HORSES WILL BE HORSES...
BUT WE LOVE THEM.
CHRISTOPHER AND AMANDA BRYCE
CHIROPRACTORS
ALSTONVILLE NSW 2477
PHONE: 02 6628 54 64
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ANGELA
DAVISON
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Angela and JB Assassin
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I had lots of problems with the horse JB Assassin with
some stomach issues. BJ (JB Assassin)
always had a slight running
sort of loose manure especially if he got some very green hay or even if
he was a little nervous. It did seem to effect
his energy and attitude,
particularly his ability to relax into his work,
and I could not really hit it on the head.
I had owned BJ since he was 2 years old and I had always fed him just a
basic diet of green and yellow chaffs, some sort of grain, and bran
and then his supplements such as salt
and others. Little did
I realise that I was developing a stomach problem that he would have for a
long long time. You see, BJ is wheat intolerant
and all that bran was not doing him any good at all, in fact it was
contributing to this problem.
Along came Angela and her ability to test the
hair of the horses and check what feed types are ok for the horse and his
system. After a diet change and two lots of oral
herbal mixtures (which BJ just absolutely loved to have) he became
incredibly better and the problem was eliminated.
BJ was lucky enough to have Angela do a body treatment on him every week,
which of course he just loved and then his body became bigger and more
able to cope with the work that an FEI level horse has to do.
ALL OF THIS WAS JUST SO IMPORTANT TO HIM. AND THE
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Angela and A'Seduction
A’SEDUCTION
- NOW HE IS JUST A DIFFERENT KETTLE
OF FISH
This horse has also
benefited from Angela’s work. He has a body
treatment almost every week or second week. This
definitely helps him with the top line
development, and muscle repair and recovery.
I think also mentally, it is
a time for him to relax and enjoy, a bit like
ourselves having an enjoyable pampering /massage.
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ANGELA DAVISON
EQUINE HERBALIST AND BODY WORKER
BALLINA NATURAL THERAPIES
BALLINA NSW 2478
PHONE: 02 6686 59 34
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ENS HORSEPOWER
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I used the Horsepower company since it
first started, whey back - I cannot remember but it was a while ago.
Now over all of these years, at least 15 years, I have been using mostly
the Horsepower Mineral supplement and the Vitamin one and the straight
Vitamin E.
These are the three main ones that I have a lot of confidence in.
The minerals seem to be easily eaten by most horses and as the east coast
of Australia is pretty low on its minerals and trace elements in the soils
so too are the grasses that our horses graze on - they don’t have all the
right things in it that they should have.
Supplementation is important especially to our young growing horses. We
want to give them the best start while their bones and muscles are
developing.
A’Seduction has also the Vitamin E for his fertility and it is also very
important for the muscles. I find the horses that are in full work for
dressage are required to work most days and they need to replenish the
body with good nutritional food.
The Vitamin supplement, which has high supply of the B group vitamins and
an added supply of Vitamin C has always given a marked improvement in
their coat’s iridescence. The horses look fantastic.
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ENS
HORSEPOWER
Nutritional supplements for horses
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PARAMOUNT PUBLICATION HOUSE AND IRIS BERGMANN
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Paramount Publication House and Iris
Bergmann have been supporting me since 2003 with photography, the design
of my webpages, and webhosting.
Very valuable and welcome new contacts and feedback has been made possible
through their site, and friends keep in touch and keep themselves updated
by visiting my webpages and
www.byronandbeyond.com
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I AM A VERY LUCKY RIDER AND PERSON
TO HAVE
SOME WONDERFUL PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE SUPPORTING ME
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