Intuitive Equine Body & Mind, LLC

! October schedule is open! 🍂🐴

As the weather cools down and work routines shift, bodywork is great for keeping your horse loose, relieving muscle tension, and supporting their comfort and recovery.

If you’ve been wanting to try a session, I’m running a deal for new clients—10% off full sessions booked before Oct 7th!

Rates:
• Full Session: $85 ($76.50 for new clients through 10/7)
• 30-Min Session: $55

Send me a message to get on the calendar!

Holy wow what a busy week! If you want to get your horse on the schedule, i have a few spots to fill next week! It is still 10% off for new clients until 10/7. Try me out and see if we mesh! Based in statesville, I travel anywhere 2 hours out! Travel fee may apply.

This past Saturday, I was so lucky to attend the segment of T.E.D. on hoof balance! We did a deep dive on proper hoof alignment and why it is so important for our horses joints, tendons, ligaments, muscles and overall well being! We also dove into his app, HoofMapp and learned how to use it to document your horses hoof growth over time! Super neat! I love learning about the whole horse, not just bodywork so i can look at the bigger picture🥰💙

The best reviews come from the horses! 🐴

New clients get 10% off for the next two weeks! I only have a few open slots left, so reach out today to get your horse on the schedule!

Have a horse going through changes? Here’s why bodywork helps.

When a horse undergoes structural or environmental changes, such as altered farrier angles, saddle balance adjustments, or workload increases—their biomechanics shift. This alters load distribution across the kinetic chain, triggering myofascial restriction, muscle hypertonicity, and restricted range of motion (Elbrønd & Schultz, 2021). Targeted manual therapy directly reverses these mechanical stressors by enhancing localized circulation, disrupting fascial cross-linking, and stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system to decrease systemic stress (Argüelles et al., 2021).
Prophylactic bodywork preserves biomechanical symmetry far better than reactive treatment. Waiting for overt lameness or behavioral pushback allows micro-trauma and compensatory movement patterns to entrench within the neuromuscular system (Clayton, 2016). Routine tissue evaluations establish a reliable baseline, catching subtle subclinical restrictions and hypertonic muscle groups before they escalate into chronic pathology or gait abnormalities (Haussler, 2020).
Keeping myofascial tissue elastic optimizes neuromuscular recruitment, allowing horses to adapt to structural transitions with maximum movement efficiency and reduced injury risk. To support your horse's biomechanics through their next transition, text 704-880-8784 or send a direct message to book.

References:
Argüelles, D., et al. (2021). Manual therapy, pain pressure thresholds, and autonomic activity in horses. JEVS.
Clayton, H. M. (2016). Equine Biomechanics and Exercise Physiology in Practice.
Elbrønd, V. S., & Schultz, R. M. (2021). Myofascial Kinetic Lines in the Horse. Vet Clin North Am Equine Pract.
Haussler, K. K. (2020). Physical Therapy Techniques in Equine Rehabilitation. EVE.