โญ๏ธ How is Trigger Point Therapy for horses applied?
After warming and loosening up the area to be treated with massage techniques, light pressure is applied at the location of maximum tenderness, or directly over the trigger point nodule.
The pressure is held until the muscle relaxes. Pressure may be applied with fingertips, the thumb, the elbow or sometimes red light, depending on which is most appropriate for your horse.
Some old, chronic trigger points may need up to 3 minutes of carefully applied pressure before completely releasing.
After the appropriate technique has been applied and the trigger point released the area will be drained thoroughly with further massage techniques.
โญ๏ธ Trigger Point Therapy can:
- Improve flexibility and range of motion - pain causes reduced flexibility and range of motion. Trigger point therapy can be used to release muscle tension, improving flexibility and increasing overall range on motion.
- Increase circulation to the previously contracted muscle fibres therefore enabling oxygen and nutrients to flow to the spot and enabling the muscle to become fully functioning again.
- Improve Posture - tight muscles can have a negative effect on posture. Trigger point therapy can be used to relieve pain and tightness which, in turn, eases tension on the neck, shoulders, back and other areas that may be causing issues with posture.
โTo understand a horse is to be loved by a horse.โ Felina loves massage days ๐
โTo understand a horse is to be loved by a horse.โ
Felina loves massage days ๐
Laylas favorite part of Barrel Racing weekendsโฆ Massage, PEMF, and Nebulizing
Laylas favorite part of Barrel Racing weekendsโฆ Massage, PEMF, and Nebulizing
Zira enjoying her PEMF treatment after her Win Sunday! ๐
Zira enjoying her PEMF treatment after her win Sunday! ๐
Horses express themselves using body language, and they also express themselves in a massage with body language. Iโm always listening to their body language and what they have to tell me it helps guide where I need to be how much pressure they like or donโt muscle groups need a little extra attention.
I never get upset when horses lift a leg, the ears swish their tail or even bare teeth at me. This is my and she is very sensitive, reactive and always let you know what sheโs thinking at all times. And I am thankful for that as it never leaves me guessing I can help her or not.
After the last few weeks of a stone bruise, barrel races, and getting into shape she definitely led me in the direction where I needed to help her the most. When I tell my Horse is probably the most reactive horse Iโve ever worked on Iโm not kidding.
But even though she shows me exactly what she likes and doesnโt like she also has very large releases- and this is why I do this๐
Kinesiology Tape Wins
Kinesiology tape for the win!
While Ginger is getting in shape, her hamstrings are getting quite tight restricting movement in her hind legs, Applied kinesiology, tape only and had great improvement this weekend. Weโll do massage with cupping over the hamstrings and see how much further we get!
Pemf
"Twitching" during PEMF sessions is a clear indication of damaged cells (inflammation). PEMF therapy helps to recharge those cells by pushing out the toxins and increasing blood flow to the affected area.
Arctic Blast
Layla is feeling Good and doesnโt mind the Arctic Blast that brought -40 degrees plus a wind chill
One bit.
From her moves can you guess her Bloodlineโs ๐
What is PEMF treatment like?
What is PEMF treatment like?
PEMF therapy sends waves of electromagnetic energy through the body. These pulses alternately engage and relax your cells, which promotes healthy cell function and improved cellular health.
While PEMF systems use electricity to produce electromagnetic fields, the electricity itself isnโt sent through the body. Instead, the electricity activates the coils attached to the PEMF machine. These coils generate the pulsed electromagnetic fields which are responsible for the health benefits of PEMF therapy.
The coils are placed on the part of the body where you want to focus the treatment. The treatment will reach the cells that need it, and will not do any harm for areas that donโt need treatment.
As the PEMF system works, the horses feel the pulse. You might find that the areas that really need treatment will visibly move as the cells are engaged. This can be an unusual sensation, but it doesnโt hurt.
The process is pain-free, and horses often feel the effects almost immediately.
When your horse feels good they perform good.
This is my personal horse, she gets route care.
Chiropractic every 6-8w
Massage every 6-8w
BEMER/PEMF treatments as needed before runs.
During the week she gets regular exercise: 4-5 days a week with 2-3 of those days being about body control and using her body correctly.
Bodywork is important to keep your horse feeling good, but there treatments will last longer and be more beneficial if they use there body CORRECTLY.
A little post race day massage ๐
Massage for your horse can benefit not only their physical body but their emotional body too. Equine massage relaxes the nervous system, which in turn supports their emotional well-being.
This guy is 21y old and had a successful career as a barrel horse for 10 years. He is still rode consistently and trail ride now.
Body works is not only important for our athletes but also helps with longevity ๐
#PEMFTherapy#Massage#bodywork
Snow day in South Dakota โ๏ธ
We got 2ft of snow overnight! We had a small break in the blizzard conditions so we had to get out and enjoy the snow!
Hopefully we get to see spring in just 3 short days ๐ค
Forecast is looking promising and barrel races are happening!
Let me know if your athletes need a little help to get you to your goals!
PEMF on the Ascending (bring the foreleg backwards) and descending (bring the foreleg forward) pectoral muscles, and kinesiology tape on the infraspinatus (abduct the foreleg) and supraspinatus (Extends the shoulder) muscle.
There is many muscles that aid in Extension and flexion of the shoulder and front legs of the horse.
Happy first day of Spring! ๐ธ
Youโve heard of deep tissue massage; you can think of PEMF therapy as a deep tissue massage for the cells. It works on the mitochondrial level. The electromagnetic pulses stimulate the cells, effectively charging the cells and promoting natural cellular regeneration and vigor.
PEMF therapy alternately engages and relaxes the cells in the body. The EMF pulses engage the cells, and the cells relax between pulses. The cells become more permeable during this process, which improves the cellsโ ability to bring in oxygen and remove toxins.
A coil sends low-frequency EMFs in waves through the horseโs body. These EMF pulses are completely safe and non-invasive; there are now dangers, risks, or side effects with PEMF systems that are registered as wellness devices.
Although the EMF pulses are generated by a PEMF machine, they mimic the natural electromagnetic fields that are found throughout nature. The earth sustains a constant electromagnetic field. PEMF therapy simply targets these frequencies to stimulate cellular function.
Most of you know but I do not do Equine Massage full time, I also have a full time job as an RVT.
Sometimes it can be challenging to๏ฟผ juggle both, but getting to see the reactions and the comfort they get during a session makes everything worth it โค๏ธ
This guy is my favorite boy.
๐๐ฎ๐๐น๐ฎ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐
๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ซ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฏ-๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ & ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ & ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ. ๐๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ & ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
โญ๏ธ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด:
๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด & ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด
๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฌ, ๐๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ, ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ, ๐๐๐, ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด
๐๐ฐ๐ง๐ต ๐๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ซ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด โ ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐
