Wild Filly Equine Massage

04/20/2024

Bert's first massage...just a little clip of me finishing up his forearm and pecks.

02/05/2023

When you try to record a massage and Brutus is more interested in the camera!

03/10/2022

11/16/2021

: The 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒛𝒊𝒖𝒔 or "traps"

The trapezius covers the withers and goes half way up the neck. It is split into two sections: cervical trapezius and thoracic trapezius.

𝑪𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒛𝒊𝒖𝒔: Moves the shoulder upward and forward
𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒄 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒛𝒊𝒖𝒔: Moves the shoulder upward and back
𝑰𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆𝒔: Girthy (from the pressure of the saddle), sensitive withers, short or choppy stride/loss of freedom in the shoulders, difficulty with leads.
𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔: Jumpers/eventers can cause damage to this muscle when landing. Barrel racers, cow sorting, cutting horses can aggravate this muscle by suddenly stopping, quick change of direction and turns.
𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔: The trapezius works together with the brachiocephalicus and rhomboids to move the shoulder up, forward and back.

Atrophy in this muscle could be an indicator of a horse with an abnormal gait pattern/lameness where they are not fully extending and contracting these muscles.

Fun fact: This is the muscle that is always tight on me! Why? Because I am lifting my hands (thus lifting my shoulders) to reach the horse.

11/09/2021

An INCORRECT outline.

❌ Back is hollow
❌ Hind legs are trailing out behind and not talking any weight
❌ Head is behind the vertical in hyperflexion/rollkur

To the untrained eye, people can think this looks "pretty," when in actual fact, it's painful.

Try it yourself... Go on your hands and knees, tuck your chin into your chest, arch your back, and move your knees out behind you. Then imagine a weight being placed on your back and having to move around for 30-60 minutes.

Aside from the discomfort, the horse will show signs of tension, be unable to over-track and develop self-carriage. The rider will have limited ability to bend the horse correctly, thereby making it very difficult to teach the horse higher-level movements, such as lateral movements.

Instead of this, check out this post - https://www.facebook.com/HowToDressage/posts/1062440337840157

11/05/2021

08/04/2021