Jim has generously offered this course FREE to active Fieldwork Students and MMCPs!
- Fieldwork Students, this course will be helpful for the duration of your Fieldwork studies. It will also give you ongoing support in the future as an MMCP.
- MMCPs, this course will help you finesse your palpation and evaluation skills in your practice.
The Palpating & Evaluating the Horse online course is an enhanced version of the Advanced 5-Day Course workbook, with color photos and video clips of Jim demonstrating each set of evaluations, to illustrate how best to palpate and evaluate the horse at the start of your bodywork session. It also covers primary and secondary issues, looking for patterns, mystery lameness, and a bonus coaching session with Jim.
If you do not already have access to the Advanced Home Study Course to help improve your skills and sense of feel using Deliberate Practice, click here to learn more and enroll in the Master the Method Home Study Course.
| Module 1 | Evaluating the Horse |
| Unit 1 | Primary and Secondary Issues in Evaluating the Horse |
| Unit 2 | Reactions and Restrictions |
| Module 2 | Evaluation Instructions |
| Unit 1 | Evaluation Instructions |
| Unit 2 | Evaluations - Why - Video |
| Unit 3 | How to Palpate |
| Unit 4 | Evaluations - How - Video |
| Unit 5 | Where to Palpate |
| Unit 6 | Evaluations - Where - Video |
| Module 3 | Palpation Guides |
| Unit 1 | Poll, Atlas and TMJ Palpations |
| Unit 2 | Poll, Atlas, TMJ Palations - Video |
| Unit 3 | Neck, Shoulder, Withers and Hoof Point Palpations |
| Unit 4 | Neck, Shoulder, Withers, Hoof Point - Video |
| Unit 5 | Top of Spine, Saddle Outline, Ribs, and Lumbar Vertebrae Palpations |
| Unit 6 | Top of Spine, Saddle Outline, Ribs And Lumbar - Video |
| Unit 7 | Middle Gluteal, Alongside the Sacrum, and Hamstrings Palpations |
| Unit 8 | Middle Gluteal, Sacrum and Hamstring - Video |
| Module 4 | Evaluating the Feet and Lower Legs |
| Unit 1 | Evaluating the Feet and Lower Legs |
| Unit 2 | Sequence of Evaluations: Review - Video |
| Unit 3 | Front Leg Evaluations |
| Unit 4 | Front Leg Evaluations - Video |
| Unit 5 | Hind Leg Evaluations |
| Unit 6 | Hind Leg Evaluations - Video |
| Module 5 | Evaluations - General |
| Unit 1 | How to Grade the Palpations and Flexions |
| Unit 2 | Evaluations: Looking for Patterns - Video |
| Unit 3 | The Purpose of the Final Evaluation |
| Unit 4 | How to Deal with Owners Regarding Issues You Might Find During Evaluations |
| Unit 5 | Evaluations: How To Talk To Owners - Video |
| Unit 6 | Evaluations: Mystery Lameness - Video |
| Unit 7 | Evaluations: Head Shy Horses - Video |
| Unit 8 | Evaluations: Safety Tips - Video |
| Module 6 | Bonus Videos |
| Unit 1 | Jim Coaches a Field Work Student |