Equine Bodywork Tips to Keep Older Horses Moving Gracefully

As our beloved horses age, they may face the inevitable challenges of poor circulation and muscle tone loss. These changes manifest in various ways, such as sagging bellies, deteriorating skin and hair coats, and muscles that once rippled with strength now appearing soft and flabby or even wasting away. However, we have a powerful tool to …

Massage Gun

A massage gun is a handheld, percussive massage device which consists of a motorized head that delivers rapid and repetitive strikes or vibrations to the muscles, providing therapeutic benefits similar to a deep tissue massage. Massage guns offer a range of benefits for equine athletes and horses in general: – Relaxation and Stress Relief: Just …

The Origin-Insertion Techniques

Equine Origin and Insertion Massage techniques are a type of massage therapy that targets the points where muscles attach to the skeleton. The origin is the attachment point of a muscle that is typically fixed, while the insertion is the attachment point that moves when the muscle contracts. The origin and insertion points of muscles …