What is Equine Sports Massage Therapy?
As a non-invasive form of preventive care, equine massage therapy supports the overall wellness of performance horses. Through soft tissue techniques, it soothes overworked muscles and helps protect against future damage.
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Benefits of Equine Sports Message Therapy:
- Enhances muscle tone and increases range of motion
- Assists in balancing the body by treating the body as a whole, rather than individual parts
- Reduces inflammation and swelling in the joints, thereby alleviating pain
- Promotes healing by increasing blood flow of nutrients to the muscles, and carrying away excessive fluids and toxins
- Creates a positive effect on the contractual and release processes of the muscles. when tension is released, muscle relax.
- Stimulates circulation, thereby releasing endorphins – natural pain killers.
- Improved circulation also increases excretion of toxins through the skin
- Helps maintain the WHOLE body in better physical condition
PRE-EVENT SPORTS MASSAGE loosens, warms, and readies muscles for an event.
POST-EVENT SPORTS MASSAGE relives muscle pain and stiffness by returning the muscles to a normal state, much faster than if they’d been allowed to go without a massage. after vigorous exercise, dehydration takes place in the horse and with loss of fluids its harder for them to cool down.