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Read on to find out! My name is Erin Short and I run Apollo Equine Massage Therapy. I am a qualified Equine Sports Massage Therapist through Equestricare and I offer Sports Massage Therapy and Red Light Therapy. I am located in the Adelaide Hills and service all areas surrounding! I am constantly expanding my knowledge, always adding another course to my curriculum and strive to be the best therap

ist I can be for my clients, providing them with the best knowledge and care! Here is a little about my story and my journey in this great endeavour. The story starts in 2014 when I bought my first horse Houston. He is an off the track thoroughbred, at the time 9 years old. Houston was a very strong horse, he had a heavy mouth, a strong mind and a very sore body. Being a naïve first horse buyer (at the time wanting a grey, NEVER AGAIN BY THE WAY), I did not pick up on the signs when I first went to ride him, I didn’t know enough about conformation to see the faults in his. But it wasn’t long before he told me about it. Houston was very unbalanced, felt very stiff and explained to me that he was sore through his love of pigrooting. It was soon that he had with first treatment with a physiotherapist with some great results, he truly did feel better, but he needed regular treatments every 3 months because he would always resort back to the same issues. I remember a time where he had a treatment, wasn’t worked for that 3 month period and when he was treated after he was sore all over again! Massage and physiotherapy very much helped Houston’s muscles and he feels better for a period of time, but he has fallen into a negative pattern of movement which causes him to constantly strain the same muscles just by the way he moves! I have recently discovered an answer as I explain later. It was during this time that I decided I wanted to be able to help Houston as much as I could, as well as help other horses that were also struggling. So I set off on a journey studying Equine Massage Therapy through Equestricare and was inundated with information that helped me to explain the many issues I’ve had with Houston and understand why he struggles. Houston has a very long back, he is post legged behind and he has a very large head that offsets his balance, jus to name a few! Not long after I started my learning journey with Equestricare my own therapist made the decision to retire, which meant it was now up to me to keep Houston happy and healthy! Houston has always hated being in an arena, despised circles, and I believe had pain when jumping, so this honestly wasn’t enjoyable for either of us. Eventually I found a discipline that worked for him, he loves trail riding and straight lines! So off we went on our endurance riding journey! It’s true when I say his muscular condition improved drastically when I removed the circle work from his routine and gave him even more regular massage treatments, he really looked like he was enjoying himself and his body reflected that! Unfortunately this career hasn’t lasted him long, Houston developed a heart murmur not long into his career and it continued to deteriorate. He is now a 15 year old retiree! What a life! But again, he is still experiencing muscular pain when he has done next to nothing for the last 12 months, it is just the way his body is made! I have recently been looking more and more into biomechanics, functional movement, and how much this truly affects our horses. We all know that when we as humans have an abnormal or altered gait, our muscle structure changes and we can experience atrophy and hypertrophy in different areas. This is the same for the horse. A gait abnormality can be the result of pain, restriction through muscles, hyper mobility, or even stem from birth. The concept of functional movement has really made me look at the horse in a whole new way! Not only can we treat horse’s for muscular pain and strain, but we should continue to look deeper and deeper as to why these occur, where is it coming from, what is it affecting? In Houston’s case, he has back pain and reduced range of motion through the hindquarter. Through the knowledge I have gained and am continuing to gain as I strive to find more and more information on the topic, what Houston likely needs, is to restore functional movement, better posture and strength training. I endeavour in 2020 to learn learn learn about biomechanics, have a better understanding of functional movement, and work to rehabilitate Houston, help him to regain his strength, teach him to move effectively, retrain his muscles to carry him properly, so he can live a pain free happy life in the paddock, with less intervention from me and a muscle manipulation standpoint. In summary, I am an Equine Sports Massage Therapist, offering Sports Massage Therapy, Red Light Therapy and constantly expanding my knowledge namely in the field of biomechanics and functional movement so that I can help horse’s feel better within themselves, feel strong and powerful, and move like real horses again! If you made it this far, THANK YOU FOR READING!

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Where did Apollo Equine Massage Therapy come from? Read on to find out!

My name is Erin Short and I run Apollo Equine Massage Therapy. I am a qualified Equine Sports Massage Therapist through Equestricare and I offer Sports Massage Therapy and Red Light Therapy. I am based in the Adelaide Hills and service all areas surrounding! I am constantly expanding my knowledge, always adding another course to my curriculum and strive to be the best therapist I can be for my clients, providing them with the best knowledge and care! Here is a little about my story and my journey in this great endeavour.

This story starts in 2014 when I bought my first horse Houston. He is an off the track thoroughbred, at the time 9 years old. Houston was a very strong horse, he had a heavy mouth, a strong mind and a very sore body. Being a naive first horse buyer (and at the time wanting a grey, NEVER AGAIN BY THE WAY), I did not pick up on the signs when I first went to ride him, I didn’t know enough about conformation to see the faults in his. But it wasn’t long before he told me about it. Houston was very unbalanced, felt very stiff and explained to me that he was sore through his love of pigrooting. It was soon that he had his first treatment with a physiotherapist with some great results, he truly did feel better, but he needed regular treatments every 3 months because he would always resort back to the same issues. I remember a time where he had a treatment, wasn’t worked for that 3 month period and when he was treated after he was sore all over again! Massage and physiotherapy very much helped Houston’s muscles and he feels better for a period of time, but he has fallen into a negative pattern of movement which causes him to constantly strain the same muscles just by the way he moves! So how can I help him? I have recently discovered an answer as I explain later.

It was during this time that I decided I wanted to be able to help Houston as much as I could, as well as help other horses that were also struggling. So I set off on a journey studying Equine Massage Therapy through Equestricare and was inundated with information that helped me to explain the many issues I’ve had with Houston and understand why he struggles.