Horse Rider Recovery

Horse Rider Recovery Michael Gillan Ultra Marathon Recovery Specialist

Recovery of horse riders using an environmentally friendly recovery system Horses and ponies are used for a variety of purposes around the world; they use them for many things in work and pleasure in sports such as endurance events, show jumping, horse racingbut probably not these two fat little things

These are probably kept because they are good for someone’s emotional development-they are almost certainly not going to contribute to someone’s muscle soreness from riding them Muscle soreness is a problem for the novice rider whose leg muscles have not developed sufficiently to give the stability needed to ride properly, and also for the endurance rider competing in multi-day events whose muscles are fatigued

They would pretty well be in much the same situation as my ultra marathon runners who have been running 3 days or more To use invasive work as normally used on already stressed muscles is going to put them in danger of being overloaded with too much tension being placed on the muscle insertions and muscle fibers-and result in damage that may take time to recover from Subjecting them to extra stresses, the muscles are taut like the strings on a guitar or violin, if they have too much tension placed on them, they can snap and they have to be replacedunfortunately it is not so easy to replace the muscles-so better not to place them ‘at risk’ by using invasive techniques to achieve recovery Copyright 2008 Michael Gillan

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Horse Rider Recovery Michael Gillan Ultra Marathon Recovery Specialist Recovery

Muscles that are recovering do not need working on-they need working with-which opens up a range of options not available before that can be used to assist in recovery without putting the muscles at risk of injury Ultra athletes suffer from sore feet, sore legs, swollen ankles, stiffness, wasted muscles, muscle cramps, tiredness, mental fatigue, restless legs, sore skin, night pains, muscle spasm, muscle wastage, swollen ankles, hyperthermia, hypothermia, temper tantrums, vomiting, food sensitivity, allergies, rashes, loss of judgement-and that is the good part No matter how much someone trains and practises, or how talented they are, this can be detrimentally affected if recovery is not quickly and efficiently achieved Compounding soreness and stiffness can create an ongoing problem to young growing bones and muscles-they do not need these as they can interfere with coordination between horse and rider To demonstrate how stiffness and fatigue can compound, we can visit a 24-hour relay event where the young athlete runs for 15 minutes, has 5 hours break and goes back for another 15 minute leg-in all they do 4 periods on the track in the 24 hours. 15 minutes of running with five hours of recovery should be enough time, yet each leg of the relay was more difficult than the last time they went on the track because the muscle were sore and stiffened up When the young athletes first started to come in for help with recovery, I was very surprised (I was working on adults and thought is strange that they were having problems after such a short time on the track) but treated them as I would the older runners and walkers-but I found that their muscles were tighter Fortunately the World Run Recovery System accommodated their needs to address soreness and stiffness problems

These are 2 people who have just been running for 3 days around a running track in all weathers and they have stiff legs after a few minutes of resting

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Horse Rider Recovery Michael Gillan Ultra Marathon Recovery Specialist What is the World Run Recovery System? The World Run Recovery System is a Do-It-Yourself method based on encouraging the muscles and tissues to assist in their own recovery •

It is not a massage system

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It is not invasive

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It is not aggressive

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It is not time consuming

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It does not need disrobing

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It does not need oil applied to the skin

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It does not need strong hands and fingers

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It does not need hand/brain coordination

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It does not need equipment

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It does not work on the muscles

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It does not work on any specific injuries

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It does not threaten the integrity of the muscles

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It does not use force on the muscles

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It does not need more than a few minutes to do

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It does not require a long course or workshop

What does it do? It is a fully self contained non-technical, non-invasive 'cutting edge' recovery system It’s not what you do but the way you do it that counts

While muscle injury and problem fixing needs to be able to work on the muscles to have any effect-Recovery requires work with them to be effective

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Horse Rider Recovery Michael Gillan Ultra Marathon Recovery Specialist The secret to leg recovery The calf muscles act as the motor for a pump to take it from the feet back to the body against gravity through the venous system where it is re-nourished and recirculated-but to be working they have to move.

Look at the photo above-how many towels and bottles of oil do you see? None because the latest in non-polluting, non-technical method of leg recovery techniques is being used

The active way to help the legs recover is to learn how to work with the muscles If you can use your hands you have the tools to do the job of recovery

Recovery from leg fatigue or ongoing leg maintenance The World Run Recovery System

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Horse Rider Recovery Michael Gillan Ultra Marathon Recovery Specialist Below is a chart from when I discovered working with the muscles rather than on them shows how much things did improve for the runners and walkers If these figures are translated into recovery speed for the person with aching legs they would be very happy Results from 1995 Coburg 6 day footrace Name A Krouglikov

Day 1 237.2 539

Day 2 113.6 284

Day 3 130 325

Day 4 106 365

Day 5 126 315

Day 6 108 Kilometers 270 Laps

T Rusek

215.2 538

98.8 247

98 245

139.6 349

138.4 346

122.4 Kilometers 306 Laps

M T aylor

174.4 436

128.8 322

143.6 359

123.6 309

138.4 302

122.4 Kilometers 223 Laps

B Beauchamp

180.4 451

133.2 333

124 310

117.6 294

110 275

93.2 Kilometers 233 Laps

150 375

134 335

105.2 263

94.8 237

111.6 279

106 Kilometers 265 Laps

138.4 346

108.4 271

106.8 267

116.4 274

106 265

107.2 Kilometers 268 Laps

168 420

119.2 298

90 225

116.4 291

106 180

107.2 Kilometers 247 Laps

G Watts

132.2 328

96.4 241

99.2 248

104.4 261

92.8 232

133.6 Kilometers 334 Laps

C Young

142 355

91.2 228

90 225

97.6 244

88 220

92 Kilometers 230 Laps

D Kettle

138.2 332

86.8 217

90.8 227

95.2 238

94.4 236

84.4 Kilometers 212 Laps

R H ill

128 320

80.8 202

99.2 248

70 175

95.6 239

96.6 Kilometers 241 Laps

K Fisher

164 410

91.6 229

50 125

115.2 288

49.6 124

81.2 Kilometers 203 Laps

P Gray

D Parri s

I Davis

G Pollard

T Rafferty

61.2 Kilometers 120 74.8 73.6 68.4 69.6 300 187 184 171 174 153 Laps The above group came in for Light Manual Muscle Rel axation The below group did not or had their own recovery people 141.6 112.8 104.8 101.6 98 96.4 Kilometers 354 282 262 254 245 241 Laps

G McConnel

145.6 363

110.8 277

126.4 287

113.6 284

108.4 271

106 ki lometers 265 Laps

G Audley

152.8

110.8

126.4

113.6

114.8

95.2 ki lometers

S Scanlon

140.8 352

82 205

84 210

J Timms 127.2 Copyright 2008 Michael Gillan

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Horse Rider Recovery Michael Gillan Ultra Marathon Recovery Specialist

Quickly-easily and in an environmentally friendly way! The World Run Recovery System is a simple system that is easy to use without the need for equipment other than the hands Resource Box

Michael Gillan is an Ultra Marathon Recovery Specialist who has been a masseur around many ultra long distance events both in Australia and internationally since he was a student in 1993 In 1995 while working at a 6 day run, he changed the approach to recovery of the athletes from the conventional way of working on the muscles using the hands and fingers to increase muscle blood circulation, to working with the muscles and making them work on themselves The results from this changeover can be seen on the Coburg result sheet on page 5 In 1996 Michael went to the Nanango 1000 Mile 16 day event where it was tested and helped the worlds 4-5 and 11th to achieve their distances Other notable events the World Run Recovery System was tested on was World Run 1 with Jesper Olsen www.worldrun.org and the World Run 2 training camp in Denmark in 2007 How can the athlete benefit?

Because the muscles are being worked with they are actually doing the work-this means that the skills needed to do the recovery after training and competition do not have to be as great or as complicated as when they are being worked on Nothing is being fixed nor is any attempt being made to repair anything All that is happening is that the body is repairing itself-we are just facilitating it’s ability to do that by increasing circulation to the muscles

Aching legs should always be checked out by a medical professional before doing anything to and with them because there are many medical reasons why they may be aching-see a physician first If you want more details go to my website at

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