Hold Your Horses Equine Massage

⭐️ First ever massage for Scout! ⭐️

Scout’s owner came to me because he had started toeing-out for the first time in his life. I watched him move and it was quite obvious in his stride that he was uncomfortable in his entire front end.

Upon initial visual evaluation, I flagged his hooves. Fronts long in the toe, short in the heel, and just too long in general. Hind angles were more even, and shorter than the fronts.

A horses hooves are paramount to their movement and biomechanics. Scout’s hind end and pelvis were taking on a huge load of work to alleviate the discomfort he was having in his front end.

Image 1 - less “camping under” in his front legs, indicating less stress in the shoulders and thoracic sling, and released tension in his R pec.

Image 2 - pelvic angle so much more relaxed. He is less tucked under himself.

Image 3 - muscle distribution notably more even, less push into the left side likely due to helping balance his pelvic angle.

Scout’s owner asked me about his hooves before I even began his pre-session eval - I am so grateful to have such attentive and intuitive clients 👏 Let’s work together to keep your horse feeling their best !!!

Areas of muscle tightness like this probably started small- less open stride in the front end, slight decrease in range of neck movement. Down the line as compensation continues, we may start to see larger knots forming that further impede fluidity and comfort.

We’ve felt this in our own bodies! We wake up with a stiff neck one morning, it feels okay enough to go about our day, and then a couple weeks later we can’t look left to check the side mirror in the car.

Add massage into the equation- look at the relief on Rosemary’s sweet face, and in the way she is holding her head and neck 😌 Being able to move without combating neck stiffness will help her to alleviate tension in her whole body!

Top image is before, bottom is after. One session, beautiful results, happy horse 😍

“The best care you can give a horse is a quiet hand, an observant eye, and a patient heart.”

While I do this work to help heal horses, I often find healing in myself. Each session is tailored to the horses’ needs, and in listening to them I find that they are eager to give back. This is precisely why horses are used in therapy programs, and brought into hospitals and nursing homes to visit patients and residents.

These animals have SO much to give, and I am so grateful to be able to return it ! 🐴♥️

Muscle relaxation and enhanced tone can be achieved in just one session as seen here - so just imagine how regularly scheduled bodywork can improve your horse’s life and support healthy performance! I offer package deals, and will recommend and demonstrate stretches and exercises to utilize between sessions so that we together can optimize results. 👏

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Molly’s first bodywork session! Molly is a senior gal, and as horses age they can benefit greatly from massage:

⭐️Relieve age-related stiffness
⭐️Alleviate arthritis pain
⭐️Support lymphatic drainage
⭐️Increase joint mobility
⭐️Improve circulation
⭐️Encourage balanced movement

The list goes ON. Molly here is modeling her improved self-carriage, relaxed posture, and relief from sacral and pelvic imbalances! 🐴💁‍♀️

Swipe to see the marked versions (and a fabulous yawn release 😍)!

This is why I do what I do- happy, healthy horses and helping the humans that love them to maintain the comfort of the animal they love!! This is what it’s all about.

This is why I do what I do- happy, healthy horses and helping the humans that love them to maintain the comfort of their horse 👏

Tuckers shows us a beautiful example of the relief massage can provide!!

A lifted top line in just one session! ✅