EQUINE SPORTS MASSAGE
If your equine partner is involved in serious work, such as eventing, racing, show jumping or polo, sports massage should be considered a vital part of your training regime, and seen as injury prevention and muscle maintenance. Why wait for a problem to occur if it can be avoided?
Alongside being an invaluable aid to the competition animal, sports massage can also be of vital importance if your animal displays any of the following common signs of muscular dysfunction;
- cold back, including trouble saddling up or mounting
- stiffness on one rein
- reluctance to strike off on one lead
- difficulty engaging hindquarters
- reluctance to lengthen top line
- resistance to a particular movement
- a change in behaviour or movement
Sports massage is of benefit to all horses and can be especially comforting to older and arthritic animals.
