Above, massaging tendons

BENEFITS & REASONS FOR MASSAGE

There are many reasons & benefits for using massage, here are just a few:

• Helps dispel toxins......preventing stiffness
• Improves circulation......aiding metabolism
• Helps improve joint and back mobility
• Can improve performance, coat & muscle tone
• Helps digestion......for absorption of important nutrients
• Promotes certain 'feel good' chemicals, dopamine & seratonin which relax the mind
• Relax the nervous system from stress
• Speeds recovery - post competition, & reduces risk of injury - pre competition

If your horse:

• Is tetchy when girthing up
• Stabled for long periods of time
• Recovering from illness/injury
• Reluctant to perform as well as usual
• Has little or no social connection with others
• Maybe a hormonal mare!
• Change of gait - moving differently
• Is stressed or worried
• Depression, or there's just something that's not quite right.

THE LIST IS ENDLESS.