Equine Massage
Equine Tactile Therapy
Tactile therapy for horses encompasses various types of massage for different treatments and desired outcomes. These include relaxation, sports and therapeutic massage. Tactile Therapy is beneficial for horses that are recovering from injury or suffering reduced performance, it is also helpful as part of the warm up programme for competition horses and is used as part of the warm down programme. Below are some of the benefits of each type of massage.
Relaxation massage
This type of massage can be used to help manage horse behaviour, by -
- Reducing physiological stress or tension.
- Reducing emotional strain and stress.
- Reducing environment-related stress.
- Relaxes muscle spasm.
- Stimulates or relaxes the nervous system.
Sports Massage
- Prepare the horses for work.
- Recover from exercise.
- Injury prevention – stretches connective tissue.
- Improves muscle tone.
- Helps maintain flexibility.
- Prevents adhesions and fibrous bands forming in muscles, tendons and ligaments.
Therapeutic Massage
- Focuses on muscular issues related to conditions such as arthritis and previous injuries.
- Reduces congestion within blood and lymph vessels.
- Increases fluid excretion.
- Encourages tissue repair.
- Increases intestinal movement.
- Stimulates glands.
- Helps clean pores
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