What are the benefits of equine sports massage therapy?
Equine sports massage therapy is effective at preventing or allieviating muscular tension before it can cause other problems. Prolonged tension can lead to muscle spasms and adhesions, which will cause your horse pain. Pain can lead to physical or behavioral issues, ranging from a general “bad attitude”, to being stiff or one sided, avoiding the bit, being off stride, head tossing, bucking, etc. Regular massage therapy is necessary to address the many musculoskelatal issues that may come up in the daily life of a horse. Just moving the wrong way in the pasture is enough to cause muscular pain, not to mention inexperienced riders, ill-fitting tack and the rigors of the many activities that we ask our equine athletes to perform. Regular massage therapy can prevent muscle tension and pain, increase flexibility, help to flush toxins accumulated from physical activity from muscles, improve blood circulation, improve lymph flow thus enhancing the immune system, not to mention that it just fe
