Six months between these pictures. Talk about a topline glow up 🥲 - ThreadSky

ponkyfanclub.bsky.social • 4 days ago

Six months between these pictures. Talk about a topline glow up 🥲

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ponkyfanclub.bsky.social•4 days ago

Also adding that the bulk of this was improvement in the past two or three months and I haven’t used a single “tool” to achieve it!!!

ashley-ottb.bsky.social•4 days ago

Thats beautiful 🎉

ponkyfanclub.bsky.social•4 days ago

More to go but really thrilled with the progress so far!!!

ride4theroses.bsky.social•1 day ago

Ugh goals/inspiration/etc Shaqs top line is such a struggle 😭

ponkyfanclub.bsky.social•1 day ago

It always feels so hard but it’s def something easy and quick to work on if there’s a day you don’t have the time or will to ride!!! And you should start seeing a difference quickly!

ride4theroses.bsky.social•1 day ago

He are also loving ground pole life in hand and under saddle 🤓

ponkyfanclub.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yesss I’ve been walking him over poles of different heights and shifting weight back and forth without worrying about actually backing up and throwing in occasional belly lifts

ride4theroses.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's almost trail season again I see hill work in our future again soon 🙌🏻

ride4theroses.bsky.social•1 day ago

Working with the vet to dial in his nutrition, hoping that plus his recently healed ulcers helps. It's definitely improved since I've had him but it's a process for sure

ponkyfanclub.bsky.social•1 day ago

I haven’t been riding because he’s been off so I do think just not having any weight on those muscles has had a lot to do with how quickly he’s filled in, but it ALWAYS feels like the last thing to build. Just working on correcting posture and everything else. And we likely have ulcers too 🙃

ride4theroses.bsky.social•1 day ago

Love that for you 😭 godspeed and RIP your bank account

ponkyfanclub.bsky.social•1 day ago

I will have spent more than I paid for him in 2 months in vet bills, insurance is covering maybe a third of it if I’m lucky and then I still need a new saddle when everything is said and done so if anyone has a get rich quick scheme for me now would be a great time

bridlesnbits.bsky.social•4 days ago

So much better!! Do you know why he atrophied so much?

ponkyfanclub.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yes, and naturally it’s more than one thing! Despite his saddle being a decent fit for him, it’s a poor fit for me so that was likely one factor. He also had a muscle biopsy performed early this month which came back positive for Myofibrillar Myopathy.

ponkyfanclub.bsky.social•4 days ago

We also discovered he’s one degree negative in his hind feet which puts strain on the low back, so that’s another thing being addressed. I have only been doing in hand walk work for a few months while getting him sorted out and planned to replace the saddle long before all of this.

bridlesnbits.bsky.social•4 days ago

Wow, I am so glad you got some answers!!

ponkyfanclub.bsky.social•3 days ago

Thank you, me too. It’s been a long road and there’s still more ahead of us, but I feel like we are on the right track!
First pic here is Sept 2023, second is last week, looking like a hunkin spice latte

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