The role of the equine massage therapist and equine teeth…is that such a thing?? Recently, I reached out to my veterinarian @Equidoc, and I was fortunate to have Dr. Liz Forbes come out to treat my American Saddlebred, Forest. The reason Forest needed attention was that his chiropractor, Dr. Kevin Landau of Landau Veterinary Services, […]
I am sort of a nerd when massaging horses, I tend to spend a good 10-15 minutes massaging the tail and surrounding muscles, performing range of motion exercises and doing tail pulls. I have found that this routine has helped some of my client’s horse’s stop rubbing their tails. They have tried everything to make […]
By Lisa Turcotte, CEMT Our clients want to do the best for their animals, otherwise they wouldn’t be our clients. Often this leads to those same owners trying products they’ve heard about or seen on the internet or at other barns. One of those items is the percussion massage gun. These guns go by various […]
Working our horses this time of year is very hard on their body. The things we can do to minimize the effects of hot weather include limiting our time in the saddle, training in the early morning or late evening, restructuring our sessions and focusing on more work at the walk. We hose our horses […]
As individuals gifted with their presence and given the responsibility of their care, it is important that we recognize times when pain happens in our horses. Horses are very subtle in their interactions within the herd and humans; thus, it makes it very difficult to recognize signs of pain. Luckily all of Dr. Dysons research makes it easier for us to determine the severity of pain horses feel.