Healthy Horse Massage and Grooming

Why Massage?

Preventive Care

A massage can have a positive effect, before or after an training/performance, but a maintenance massage can also aid in period of lesser training, f.e. during winter of a recovery.

Prevent Injury

Preventive Care

During the massage, the muscles are stimulated and the blood circulation increases. When combined with a stretching program, it will help the circulation even more and the basic metabolism will be activated.

Healing

Preventive Care

Healing

During a regular massage, you can often feel the tightened muscles and the horse will indicate the areas of preference and dislike. Catching these signals in an early state can prevent injuries from happening.

Deep Tissue and Therapy

Benefits of Massage

Decrease of muscle cramps
Warming-up the muscles before a training
Removal of muscle knots and adhesions.
Relaxation
Keeping the horses’ body in a better condition.
Early indication of pain points, wear and latent injuries.
Release of endorphins
Increase of the production of synovia fluid, which greases the joints.
Increase of movement and willingness to work
Helps in a correct usage of the horses’ body

Cryotherapy-Thermal Shock

The Subzero Cryotherapy application creates an immediate result at the cellular level called thermal shock. This reaction stimulates the receptors found in the skin and sends a message to the brain. The stimulation creates a reflex pathway response, resulting in vasoconstriction at the superficial level and sends blood inward toward the body's core, while circulation toxins away for the targeted tissue. Upon completion of the treatment, the body then works to create homeostasis once again by opening blood vessels to four times their normal size. This allows for freshly oxygenated blood, rich in hormones, proteins, and enzymes, to return to the targeted area. The benefits are immediate, effective, and long-lasting in treating the following:

Effect:

Pain reduction

Anti-inflammatory:

Contraction: slowing-down of the vascular

and lymphatic system

Edema

Improved range of motion

Reduced recovery time

Reduce oxidative stress

Increased collagen fibers

Activation of microcirculation under the vasomotor effect

Low-Level Laser Therapy

Low-level laser therapy (LLLT), also known as photobiomodulation, is a painless treatment that uses clinically tested wavelengths of light to stimulate natural biological processes leading to faster healing and pain relief. Like plants absorbing sunlight through photosynthesis, cells in the body absorb laser energy that stimulates the body to release pain relieving compounds, increases circulation and energizes the cells to participate in the healing process. There are no side effects and many times laser therapy can take the place of pharmaceuticals and surgery to treat long-term, degenerative diseases

PEMF Therapy

What happens during a PEMF Therapy session?

The secret to improved performance, range of motion, speed & strength.

The PEMF device sends a pulsing electromagnetic field through the coil, deep into the body. As the electromagnetic field pulses, the cell membrane is gently pulled. On the off phase of the pulse, the cell membrane is relaxed. As the cells expand and relax, the cell membrane becomes more permeable, and is better able to release waste, toxins and inflammation and receive oxygen and nutrients. This receiving of oxygen and releasing of waste is what increases the natural charge of the cell. PEMF helps the body to optimize its own self-healing and self regulating properties. This cellular exercise is profoundly beneficial and unique to PEMF.

The presence of a visual pulsing of the muscles may suggest cells with low cellular function which may be caused by stress, injury, illness, or muscular imbalance. PEMF is not used to diagnose but it is a tool in the toolbox for any horse.

Massage therapy is not a substitute for veterinary medical care, but rather a cooperative form of treatment.

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