The benefits of massage for your horse.

Massage is a safe, effective and holistic modality for treating physical ailments, preventing injury, improving performance and increasing overall wellbeing in your horse. The results massage can deliver are quite astounding!

Oliver, 26 yo retired gelding has benefited tremendously from regular massage treatments. These images were taken almost one year apart. There had been no significant change in his overall management except from semi-regular massage treatment.

Oliver, 26 yo retired gelding has benefited tremendously from regular massage treatments. These images were taken almost one year apart. There had been no significant change in his overall management except from semi-regular massage treatment.

Massage therapy provides a safe and holistic way of releasing tension in muscles that are tight or dysfunctional. Regular massage is very effective in prevention of muscular damage and the associated compensatory issues that may arise throughout the equine body. When minor occurrences of muscular discomfort are tended to promptly and effectively this often prevents larger issues from occurring in the future. Even if your horse already suffers from tension, imbalance and muscular discomfort massage can improve or treat the issues causing pain through a whole body approach.

Equine massage utilises specialised techniques to stimulate the body’s natural healing response by promoting circulation, relaxation, waste excretion, lymphatic drainage and myofascial release. Massage does it all! It is safe and effective for use on horses in full work, spelling, retired or during competition season - the techniques can be adapted to suit the individual and their requirement.

Whatever it is that you and your equine partner are aiming to achieve massage is a sure way to improve biomechanical efficiency, performance, muscular comfort and overall wellbeing whilst strengthening the human - equine relationship.