Do horses have health issues like humans that need to be considered before having a massage?
The simple answer is yes, however, sometimes it can be difficult to identify the conditions. Just like humans, many horses live for years with undiagnosed diseases and difficulties because their owners just aren’t trained to recognize the signs. While health conditions may not be exactly as seen in the human, horses do suffer from diseases that can be impacted by massage. Metabolic disorder, dysbiosis, and heaves could be considered the horse’s version of diabetes, digestive disorders, and COPD–Your REMT goes through a case history and contacts the animal’s primary veterinarian to try and identify any health issues that might be present before launching into any massage schedule. Massage can have an effect on many of the body’s systems. For example, massage is known affect the circulatory system quite profoundly, so if there is a disease process occurring, the REMT needs to know so that they can modify the work to suit the needs of the horse to improve its condition and not do any har
