Massage Benefits
What signs would suggest your horse would benefit from a massage?
These signs indicate there may be an underlying issue that may benefit from massage techniques.
- Change in behaviour
- Decline in performance
- Bucking/rearing
- Refusal to jump
- Striking off on incorrect canter lead/preferring to lead with one leg
- Stiffness and unwilling to bend
- Lack of impulsion
- Resistant to being tacked up
- Difficult to mount
- Owners instinct that something is not right
Massage Benefits
- Increases range of motion and flexibility
- Improves stamina
- Improves the disposition
- Provides comfort
- Enhances performance
- Enhances gait quality
- Improves the circulation
- Reduces the tactile defence
- Relieves muscle tightness and spasms
