🐎 Enhancing the Trailering Experience with Bodywork and KT Tape

Travel is harder on horses than we think

Even short hauls challenge balance, core stability and soft tissue. Horses constantly shift weight to stay upright in a moving trailer. This can create tight shoulders, braced toplines and pelvic strain.


How bodywork supports travel

  • Releases tension before the horse loads
  • Helps the horse step into the trailer more freely
  • Reduces stiffness from balancing in motion
  • Creates relaxation for anxious travelers

A comfortable horse loads better and arrives softer in their body.


How KT tape helps

KT tape gives the horse gentle support during and after the haul.

It can:

  • Support the topline
  • Reduce swelling or stiffness
  • Help maintain better posture
  • Encourage soft tissue relaxation
  • Extend the benefits of pre-travel bodywork

After the trip

A quick bodywork session after arrival helps reset the body, release travel tension and prepare the horse for work or competition.

Equine bodyworker applying kinesiology tape to assist with hind-end stability.

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