True! As an Equine and Human Sport Massage practitioner, I am essentially another "back" person for you and your horse?!? However, we all have our place in yours and your horse's health and training to ensure both your optimal performance and comfort from the competitive athlete to the hacking hero's and all in between.
So ... What is Sports Massage ??
Equine Wellbeing Co. provides sports massage using a variety of therapeutic and dynamic hands on applied directly to yours and your horse's musculature and soft tissues. As your the practitioner I work intuitively by feel and observation to identify areas of tension, spasm and problem areas. Using Swedish massage techniques of stroking, shaking, efflueage, petrissage, tapotement, sweating, jostling, soft tissue therapy, muscle energy work and passive stretching I am able to work through these problem areas to help provide you and your horse with the following benefits .....
* Increase suppleness of muscles
* Increase range of movement of joints
* Increase blood flow and nutrients to cells - aiding healing and recovery of bodily systems
* Increase elimination of waste products from cells aiding recovery and healing
* Increase bodily awareness aka proprioception
* Increase coordination and balance
* Alleviate pain resulting from musculature/myofascial tightness and tension
* Aid training and support an improvement in performance
* Aid recovery post events
* Prepare muscles prior to an event to support them to be in optimal condition for strenuous work
* Aid relaxation releasing endorphins of both horse and human - at home or at an event
* Aid stimulation and invigoration of the horse and body systems to support performance
* Improve psychological stress and wellbeing
* Decrease likelihood of injury and strains
* Identify problem areas earlier to help prevent chronic conditions which may lead to injury later on
* Improve fascial imbalances and asymmetry
* Improve performance, balance and coordination
Overall, Equine Wellbeing Co. values and mission is to provide sports massage to aid and support both human and equine in their physical and psychological wellbeing. Think this is something you can benefit from, get in contact!!
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