Who takes an equine massage therapy course?
Not all of my students take my course for the purpose of working on other people’s horses or starting an equine massage therapy business. We are a broad and varied group! Many people reconnect with the horse world after many years of raising our families, and may choose to either repurchase our older friends, or decide on an older more settled horse. Many of these older horses can have issues with arthritis and old injuries that should be addressed. As a rider myself (just hacking!), I like for my horses to have the smoothest gait possible. If my horses are having issues, it will translate into an uneven (and uncomfortable for me to sit) gait. With regular massage (about 1 time per week, then graduating down to once every four weeks), I can help my horse with any aches, pains, lack of extension and extensibility, which in short is the lack of a muscle to reach it’s full potential in either extension or flexion which translates into missed jumps, slow painful movements, lack of speed, i
