Massage for your Horses

Have you ever experienced that soothing feeling after a nice massage? Massage helps to release stress and tension from our exhausted muscles and it has the same effect for any animal built with almost muscles, like horses, that are basically made up of 60% of its body weight.  Massage for horses are really beneficial and even way back time horse owners and groomers massage the horses to keep them healthy.

However, you may not know that your horse needs a massage because muscle problems aren’t obvious, you will need to observe his actions and behavior to know his condition.  Muscle problems are present in horses when you notice that he’s having changes in his usual behavior.  Have you noticed him developing an annoying habit like resisting from your commands and being stubborn?  Is he getting lazy and sometimes evidently displaying soreness from particular parts of his body?  Then he might just need a good massage to relieve those irritations and pain.  Do not mistake him for being stubborn and lazy already because he’s not telling you that he doesn’t want to do the task but he’s telling you that he just can’t.

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Just remember that our horses are doing heavy activities that require the full use of his muscular strength.  After sessions of intense work and exercise, just like during race competition a massage can help him recover fast.  How massage works is that is helps to drain and eliminate the toxins and waste that our body produce and leave us with a lighter and better feeling.  Because of this,  your horse will have no more problems relieving ache after events.  

Most common areas in a horse that creates muscle spasms are along his head, just behind the ears, his chest or above the legs, along his spine going to the buttocks and then partly at the muscle in the tail area.  Try to learn the massaging techniques and proper application in order for your horse to get full care and treatment and relieve him from his stress and painful workout.