Equine Massage
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Can You Improve His…?
Every now and then a potential client asks if a massage will help their horse with a particular concern – their horse is struggling with clean changes, they need a faster time, they want to run a clean pattern or get…
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Give The Brood Mares Some TLC
During pregnancy, your mare’s body undergoes significant changes to accommodate the growing foal, which can lead to widespread body pains and muscle discomfort. The physical demands of delivering the foal also cause muscle strain, soreness, and inflammation. You can help Mama…
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What Is Functional Massage?
Functional Massage is a type of therapeutic massage that focuses on improving functional movement and addressing musculoskeletal imbalances. It may be combined with other forms of functional medicine (Vet care) and physical education and conditioning to support overall health and wellness.…
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Regular Massage Can Stimulate Capillarization In The Blood Vessels While Optimizing Their Functionality
Capillaries are small blood vessels located within the body’s tissues that help to transfer blood to and from the muscles. Capillarization is the process of increasing the number of capillaries surrounding a muscle. An increase in capillaries results in an increase…
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Muscle Splints in Horses: Restoring Function and Flexibility with Massage
Muscle splinting is a physiological response of the body to protect an injured or inflamed muscle, tendon or joint. When there is an injury to a muscle, tendon or joint, the surrounding muscles may tighten to limit movement and protect the…
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What Is Equine Sports Massage?
Equine Sports Massage is a specialized form of massage therapy tailored to enhance athletic performance, promote exercise recovery, prevent injuries, promote healing and improve the mind-set of your equine athlete to help it stay in, or return to action. Equine Sports…
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Massage Is The Study of Anatomy In Braille
“Massage Is The Study Of Anatomy In Braille” – Jack Meagher I love this phrase “anatomy in braille” because it emphasizes the tactile nature of massage therapy. Equine massage therapists learn about the horse’s body through touch, by feeling and exploring…
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Tissue Play: Restoring Freedom and Relieving Myofascial Pain in the Horse’s Body
Tissue play, sometimes referred to as tissue sliding, is the idea that individual tissues — muscle bellies, tendons, and their adjacent bones and fascia — should have free and independent movement. Lack of free movement between tissues (rather than a strain…
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Understanding Fascial Adhesions: Causes, Effects, and Reducing the Risk of Developing
Fascial adhesions refer to the abnormal binding of fascial tissues, which are thin, fibrous layers of connective tissue that encase muscles, bones, and organs. Fascia plays an essential role in stabilizing and supporting the body, and transmitting forces and energy throughout…
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Bring Out the Dapples in Your Horse
Dapples on a horse are textured rings of color with a darker outer ring and a lighter color on the inside. I’ve heard them called “money spots” in the US and in the UK, they’re sometimes called “hammer marks” like the…