Anatomy and Biomechanics Series

I started this for fun with a niece, and it turned into a very educational series on how horses are made and move - and how that works with saddles. Hope you enjoy it!!

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/meet-arnie/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/where-do-you-start-with-a-table-full-of-bones/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/foreleg-of-the-horse-bones-and-attachment/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/how-does-the-horse-s-shoulder-blade-move/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/movement-of-the-shoulder-blades-and-saddle-fit/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/bones-of-the-hind-leg-part-one/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/bones-of-the-hind-leg-part-two/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/index.php/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/of-pivots-lollipops-and-springs-movement-of-the-horses-hind-leg/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/putting-the-spine-together/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/the-major-segments-of-the-equine-spine/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/the-basic-design-of-the-vertebrae/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/and-the-vertebra-is-connected-to-the/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/the-cervical-neck-vertebrae-and-how-they-move/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/the-thoracic-vertebrae/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/thoracic-spine-anatomy-movement-and-saddle-fit/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/the-lumbar-and-sacral-vertebrae/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/can-the-loin-of-the-horse-carry-weight/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/movement-of-the-lumbar-spine/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/the-rib-cage/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/movement-of-the-rib-cage/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/a-word-or-a-few-about-muscles/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/the-trapezius-muscle/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/the-latissimus-dorsi-muscle/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/the-rhomboideus-muscle/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/the-serratus-ventralis-muscle/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/the-pectoral-muscles/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/the-medial-gluteal-muscle/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/the-longissimus-dorsi/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/a-few-more-trunk-muscles/

https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/back-movement-and-muscle-contractions/