Equine Sports Massage Therapy

Sports Massage Therapy techniques have kept pace with the changing methods of training, playing a very important role in prevention therapy and in recovery from injury as well entailing deeper and better communication, these techniques have lead to a much richer relationship with the horse.

Benefits:

• It manipulates the soft tissues in the body to achieve specific goals of drainage, relaxation or stimulation and releasing muscle-related problems
• It contributes to the overall economy of the body and promoting a good supply of nutrients to the muscle groups
• Its healing function has been known to speed up recovery from injury
• It increases emotional bonding with the horse especially in the young - which learns to relax and accept being touched and handled
• It can aid the improvement in horses that show signs of “Touch shyness” which in the domesticated horse gives an indication of problems or a phobia
• Massage is also a diagnostic tool, as it is possible to feel and detect much sooner than by sight any abnormalities and problems. Massage can help to avoid possible complications that could be very costly to treat
• And more...

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