Alix Tidmarsh Canine & Equine sports therapy massage

Equine/Canine manual therapist ensuring balanced movement for optimal musculo-skeletal health using sports massage, myofascial release, dural, visceral, Reiki & acupressure techniques for maintenance, injury prevention and rehabbing Sports massage therapy might seem over the top for your horse or pooch but did you realise that dogs are stoic creatures and it’s a weakness if they show pain…. Sports

massage therapy can help your Horse and dog in the following ways:
- Massage can help to prevent injury: by keeping them fully mobile moving in the right way for its anatomy.
- Massage therapy improves circulation. This in turn helps keep the muscular system working to its optimum ability; removing toxins more quickly and bringing fresh nutrients and oxygen to the tissues.
- No matter what age massage can help heal injury faster - injuries like pulled muscles can heal more quickly. Massage allows faster more effective recovery and ensures your animal stays fit for the job in hand, be that a mad weekend walk with the family or a serious flyball team or dog agility session or any type of equine competition from polo to showjumping and dressage and more.
- Puppies: massage ensures the muscle range of motion develops properly and helps to promote healthy muscular development and movement. It can help slow and prevent future problems occurring in middle age.
- Geriatrics can be made more comfortable through massage and it can help with mobility.
- Massage can help contribute and slow down the onset of hip dysplasia and the pain caused by it.
- Post operatively to regain better mobility and help heal scarring and the redevelopment of wasted muscles. If you would like to know more, I am a qualified Equine and Canine Sports Massage therapist registered with IAAT. My Story
ALIX TIDMARSH CANINE & EQUINE SPORTS THERAPY MASSAGE·WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018·
Hello everybody, I am a myo-fascial release and sports massage therapist working on our equine and canine friends. Sports massage & Myofascial Release therapy might seem over the top for your horse or pooch but did you realise that dogs are stoic creatures and it’s a weakness if they show pain…. Sports massage therapy can help your horse and dog in the following ways:
- Massage can help to prevent injury: by keeping them fully mobile moving in the right way for its anatomy.
- Massage therapy improves circulation. I thought some of you might have heard some of the jargon around fascia before so I thought it would be useful to briefly explain what its all about so here goes…
What is myo-fascial release? (MFR) The fascia has a watery and electrical nature which means it is highly sensitive to magnetic and electrical changes. It can hold or release water throughout the system and carry electrical energy through it. Put simply, Myo (=muscle) -fascial release is a gentle hands on healing technique that works gently with the fascia encouraging the body to heal itself, increasing circulation and reducing the tissue build-up where it is not needed. Using a hands-on approach affects the energy system of the body. It encourages the body to flow normally and move freely, to rebalance the distribution of tissue and fluids to their normal levels. Your body’s tissues hold a pattern memory of how to move freely and normally. MFR accesses those memories and encourages the body back to normal movement patterns. It is not an instant fix, nor can the body heal instantly either. MFR is a gentle technique that encourages free movement over time, maintaining the body in optimal condition. MFR takes the whole body into account, not just the area of pain. It is a holistic therapy. What can MFR be used for? Helping to heal soft tissue injuries - reduces scar tissue - it can be used to ensure the compensations the body is making to avoid/reduce pain doesn’t cause other pain related problems - injury prevention to ensure the body is moving as it should and that there is no inflammation and blockage. - It can act as an early warning system to new problems as well.