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Read MoreAs a a dog owner, you know that they love to be petted and massaged. It’s one of the best ways to show them that you love them! But did you know that massaging your dog has a lot of other benefits too? It can help improve their circulation, digestion, and overall well-being. So if […]
Read MoreWhy massage your horse? It’s a question asked by many new and experienced equestrians alike. And while massage therapy has been proven to help horses with injury recovery, it’s not just for injured or senior animals! Massage can also be used as part of an overall preventative health plan that includes proper nutrition and exercise. […]
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Read MoreThe therapeutic benefits of stretching are well known to all people, either athletes or in need of improving flexibility or simply looking for relaxation. Today, stretching exercises are part of any training or fitness exercise program, as well as part of physiotherapy or massage therapy programs. Because the physiological benefits of stretching upon the body […]
Read MoreA busy training schedule causes the athletic horse a lot of undue stress, both physical and emotional. The physical stress of exercising, the workload, the endurance, plus the travels and the competitions, all of that result in musculoskeletal tension and nervous fatigue. Equally at the same time, your horse’s personality, his disposition, his fear, his […]
Read MorePerformance horses, like human athletes, work very hard to reach top results, to run faster, to jump higher and to accurately execute technically difficult maneuvers. Often this high level of training comes at a price resulting in more musculoskeletal injuries, pain and prematurely worn-out animals. In a holistic approach, the equine massage awareness method addresses […]
Read MoreThe term physical maintenance employed here refers to the regular application of massage and stretching to relieve the build-up of muscular tension ranging from growing pain in the young horse to training workload for the more mature animal, not to mention various traumas that horses encounters in their journey through life. Excess amount of muscle […]
Read MoreThe ancient philosophy of Chinese medicine states that health comes from being in balance and harmony with all things, balance being a perfect state in which no aspect is either deficient or in excess. This belief is central to most natural alternative medicine such as chiropractic, massage and physiotherapy. With simple massage skill, during a […]
Read MoreA show horse works very hard to give his best performance, not to mention the long hours he endures to make us proud. Unfortunately, this demanding training schedule often causes various inflammatory problems over the horse’s body. One of the most common is an inflammation of the foot, often known as “sore feet”. In the […]
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