Becci Miller Equine Massage Practitioner

13/01/2025

Did you know how many muscles your horse uses in just one stride?

Remember it’s important to look after your horses musculoskeletal system. Your muscles are what helps your horse move and they are very important in keeping your horse in tip top condition.

Message me to book your horses in.

13/01/2025

11/01/2025

10/01/2025

Today was a maintenance massage for my lovely sponsored horse Diva.
Diva has had a bit of a growth spurt.
We worked through some points of tension related to the constant changes of the ground going from really wet to frozen solid, the change in the ground has a massive impact on your horses.

10/01/2025

(Old picture) of Sid.
Sid had his maintenance massage yesterday as well.
He is looking fab 🤩 his weight is down and he is looking amazing and ready to start coming back into work.

10/01/2025

Maintenance massage for Bobbin.

Bobbin is a lovely little cob who during treatment gave some great releases through his left side thoracic sling.
Bobbin always responds well to his treatments.

10/01/2025

Fendi had her maintenance treatment .
Fendi has moved yards recently and has been spending some time settling in to her new routine.
Fendi has some swelling to her back leg due to an injury sustained whilst being in during the winter.
After some lymphatic drainage techniques to help with swelling she was much more comfortable.

10/01/2025

Maintenance for Lightning ⚡️
Lightning is a cheeky chap who really benefits from his treatments.

10/01/2025

Maintenance massage for Karma.
Karma is a tb she is very sensitive to change.
She benefits greatly from her maintenance massages and is always a pleasure to treat.

10/01/2025

Maintenance massage for Gypsy. Gypsy has lost weight and is looking much healthier ❤️

10/01/2025

Another great day spent in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Trip out to see Peaches a 8 month old filly who had a kick out in the field and with all the mud and wet weather has pulled herself as well.
Peaches responded really well to her first massage and was a little star 🌟

10/01/2025

Maintenance massage for the handsome Lenny ❤️
Lenny benefits greatly from his treatments and is a sensitive lad.
Over the last year he has been through some changes to help improve his way of going and these changes are really paying off now. His owner is amazing at wanting the best for her horse.
He transitioned to barefoot and this has paid off massively in his posture, freedom of movement and general well-being.
He has also had feed changes to help improve his hind gut, again this has made amazing improvements to Lenny’s well-being.
As well as regular bodywork checks.

It takes a team to keep your horses in tip top condition and a willingness as there owner to try new things to see if they work for our horse.
If your horse could benefit from a massage please drop me a message.

10/01/2025

Anyone else dressed like a walking sleeping bag today 🥶🥶🥶 stay safe out there and make sure your ponies have plenty of warmth, forage and water

Keep digging! There will be treats somewhere!

©️ Emily Cole Illustrations

03/01/2025

Brilliant advice for whilst the weather has turned frosty 🥶

Friday Focus…well more of some tips to get you through the cold spell!

The temperatures here in the U.K. have plummeted and are set to be here for at least the next week. Here are a few tips to help!

🥶 Keep those horses that need keeping warm, such as the young, elderly, ill/convalescing, those with muscle disorders etc, warm and rug appropriately.
🥶 If your horse or pony needs to lose some weight before spring, do not be tempted to over rug, the cold will help them burn some calories; I know it does not feel like it, but spring is not that far away!
🥶 Ensure they have plenty of forage, the digestion / fermentation of forage in the gut helps keep them warm!
🥶 Try to encourage them to keep drinking plenty of water; keep breaking the ice, add hot water to their water buckets; even if this just raises the water temperature a degree or two, that can help encourage them to drink and the elevated temperature will take it longer to re freeze .
🥶 If you feed a mash, you could add some warm water to that and make it sloppier than usual to help further with hydrating them. I use Fibre-Beet this time of the year and if I am worried about my own horses not drinking enough in these subzero temperatures, I put a cup (dry weight) of Fibre-Beet in tubtrug of water as an extra water source; they also have the option of plain water!
🥶 Remember that forage, water and being able to escape the elements help our horses regulate their own body temperatures!

On the good side, it’s lovely to have some sunshine; the photo below was taken at dawn, but it’s clear and bright now! Enjoy the bright, crisp days (if you have them!), stay warm and keep safe!

03/01/2025

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