Equine Massage Therapy & Wellness

Massage therapy helps bring healing to the muscles and tendons that are causing distress in the horse’s body.  On average, 60% of a horse’s body weight is compressed of muscles and tendons.  That’s why massage is imported to use on your horse.  Massage Therapy has emerged in the forefront of modalities used, its benefits are profound and almost instantly you can see a difference in the horse’s movement.

Massage is beneficial in many ways such as:

Enhancing muscle tone,

Increases range of motion/ flexibility.

Reduces adhesions/scar tissue and restores extensibility of muscle fibers.

Assists in respiration, digestion and elimination.

Can improve mental attitude, as pain is dramatically reduced.

Relaxation and relief of spasm.

Increases drainage of lymph – most effective work in lower limb swelling reduction.

Increases drainage of lactic acid, the prominent cause of fatigue.

Improve joint mobility.

Increases circulation in all systems – profound aspect of massage – can also be used to increase circulation to the hoof for horses that have: laminitis (48 hours after onset), navicular, abscess, general heat in hoof.

Improves flexibility and suppleness.

Decreases recovery time in injuries.

Reduction of toxic build up.

Increased tissue elasticity which allows for greater extension.

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Increases or relaxes muscle tone.

Melissa Neufeld is serving Shaunavon, Swift Current, Maple Creek and surrounding area in Saskatchewan, CA.

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Melissa offers two different types of massages, The Full Body Massage & The Pre-Event Massage. 

The Full Body Massage treats the horse to where their pain and discomfort is located.

The Pre-Event Massage is to warm up the muscles and enhance your horse’s performance before an event. 

Both of these massages helps the horse to relax and increases the circulation within the body.

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Equine Massage Therapy is extremely beneficial and can help your horse in many different ways.

I look forward to connecting and hearing from you!