Equine Massage

A Maintenance Massage can be done at anytime to keep the horse’s muscles fit and flexible, and to decrease muscular tension.A maintenance massage keeps a healthy horse stay at a specific level or work. Benefits include decreased recovery time after work by removing toxins and waste products, decreased chance of stress/overuse injuries by lengthening muscle fibers, stimulation of the lymphatic system, and prevention of chronic conditions.

Is your horse a candidate for a maintenance plan? 

• School / lesson horses
• Healthy pleasure horses
• Healthy senior horses or retired horses
• Performance horses at a consistent and comfortable training level 

Maintenance massage programs are designed to meet your needs and budget. Maintenance massage is the most common and most valuable. Maintenance massage program includes 1 massage a month. 

Performance horses, like human athletes, train very hard to perform at the next level. Performance massage is ideal for horses being asked to raise their levels of fitness through training or competition. The goal of a Sports Performance Massage is to melt away muscle tension and increase blood flow. Performance Sports Massage is extremely therapeutic as it decreases muscle toxins, increases oxygen levels in the blood, and improves flexibility in the body, thus reducing recovery time, enhancing performance, and preventing injuries. Therapies may include: myofascial release, trigger point therapy, and stress point therapy. 

Performance massage optimizes the horses current performance while assisting the horse to reach the next level of training.  Primary  goals  of  this  type  of  massage  are  to  improve  work  efficiency,  increase  proprioceptive  memory,  and  increase  flexibility.  Improved  longevity  and  a  competitive edge  are  additional  benefits.  

Many  horses  start  out  in  a  performance  plan  and  progress  to  a  point  where  maintenance  massage  is  sufficient.  

Is  your  horse  a  candidate  for  a  Performance  Sports  Massage  Plan?

• Show  horses  during  competition  season
• Horses  moving  up  a  level  in  training
• Young  horses  beginning  work
• Any  horse  transitioning  from one  discipline  to  another

Typically,  a  performance  plan  includes  2-4  massages  per  month  as  dictated  by  the  training  or  competition schedule.  

A  horse  that  is  both  comfortable  and  more  aware  of  their  body Is  likely  to  perform  better.