Dialectic Equine Massage LLC

19/07/2024

The epitome of a cat nap. Catching 💤 during 2 whole massage sessions😆

17/07/2024

When you get a belated birthday treat at your appointment. Thanks Jacklyn🥰

28/06/2024

Look what just came in!!!

Thank you for all of the orders🫶

14/06/2024

Beautiful day/view at the office ☀️

07/06/2024

UPDATE

01/06/2024

🌟Trying to wrap up orders. If you plan on ordering and haven't done so make sure to reach out soon!🫶

28/05/2024

Old man getting into some post bodywork scratches...that leg lift at the end🤭.

He's also sporting my new infrared therapy light gadget addressing the poll, tmj and neck!

23/05/2024

💥UPDATE: LAST CALL TO ORDER APPAREL AND BE ENTERED TO WIN A FREE BEMER or K TAPE SESSION. orders close 6/7 11p cst

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☀️I've had some inquiries about apparel come in! It's been a hot minute since my last order... so let's change that!

👕 Unfitted Unisex t- shirts: $20
🎽 Women's Muscle Tank: $20

**make sure to message me directly or comment on the original post with order interest**

If there is a color that your heart just can't live without that isn't listed, message me and I'll see if I can make it happen😎

Added bonus since I haven't done one of these in a while either....

🌟anyone that makes an order will be entered into a giveaway for a free bemer session or k-tape application🫶

22/05/2024

You guys! I did a little something outside of my comfort zone recently!☺️🌱

I am so honored to have been able to chat with Katie about one of my passions. Please show her some support by following The Draft Horse Podcast and subscribing to her podcast on whatever platform you use mentioned in her original post. I've learned some cool stuff myself already!🖤✌️🩶

In today's episode of The Draft Horse Podcast, we speak with Amarra from Dialectic Equine Massage LLC!

Search for The Draft Horse Podcast on Spotify, Amazon or Apple!

08/05/2024

EXTENSION V. FLEXION

Train your eye to understand the difference for the best way to recognize these postures in your horse(s).

Mondays post was about how important it is for a horse to have a comfortable neutral posture-and to spend only healthy amounts of time in FLEXION and EXTENSION.

Neutral, Flexion and Extension are normal equine positions because they are required for full range of motion BUT we must understand how too much time in these postures affects their bodies.

Instead we should develop and encourage a healthy balance of each.

From a bodywork perspective-posture is a direct soreness contributor and most often, prolonged time spent in EXTENSION while moving (especially under saddle) is a main factor.

Common discomfort symptoms of a horse spending too much time in EXTENSION are:
+poll soreness
+tight, immobile necks
+uncomfortable shoulder girdle
(thoracic sling)
+sensitive topline
+lumbar, SI, pelvic, stifle, hock soreness’s

👆🏼sounds like the whole body, right?!
In layman’s terms-EXTENSION jams the whole spine up and shouldn’t be a common position of movement-creating a HOLLOW frame.

FLEXION allows for more space between the spinal processes and allows for the muscles to be lengthened.
Horses that have developed a balanced movement in flexion ELEVATE their bodies as opposed to hollowing and tend to have a much happier body overall.

The image below shows the way the spine compensates for each posture and hopefully helps visually distinguish the difference.

If your horse is spending extra time HOLLOWED and is struggling with body soreness please take the time to research how to properly develop a healthier posture range.

Often times there are environmental factors that are hindering the horses ability to have a healthy range of these motions and EXTENSION happened as a compensating posture:
+hoof balance
+tack fit
+heavy handed or unbalanced riders
….just to name a few

I will add some resources on how to research these in the comments, along with some trainers that I think have a great appreciation for developing horses from the ground this way.

06/05/2024

☀️What a gorgeous day in barrel racing land at Skeeterwood!

I was totally feeling the love seeing the brand being represented by some of my DEM girlies today!☺️🖤

25/04/2024

Happy little haflinger and a watchful little supervisor. ☺️

13/04/2024

: Unlike humans, horses don’t have collarbones. Their shoulders are held to the rest of their skeleton via a sling of muscles and ligaments instead, often referred to as the “thoracic sling.”

Why is this important? We often ask our equine athletes to perform complex movements that require tremendous strength and coordination, and horses carry the majority of their weight in their front end. Therefore, it is imperative that the bulk of the muscles that support the front end are kept healthy and conditioned, and the horse is trained to use their “motor” — that is, engaging the large hind end muscles as much as possible to avoid excessive weight bearing on the front end.

If the front end of the horse is consistently overweighted or not at an appropriate level of fitness, repetitive biomechanical stresses get transferred down the leg to the smaller ligaments and tendons that were not designed to bear this weight, which can then lead to injury.
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Brough to you by the AAEP Horse Owner Education Committee

08/04/2024

🌱"Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow."-Anthony J D'Angelo.

🙏The gratitude surrounding this experience is immense and could not have happened without an incredibly selfless act of an owner. Thank you and your equine companion so so much. To be surrounded by so many different people with the same goals of bettering their practice, awareness, and education is inspiring. There are always new connections to be made where "today's news is tomorrows misinformation". I can't express enough how wonderful of an experience Trinity Equine Services and Pure Body Balance provided over this 3 day intensive dissection. And to everyone else that provided their expertise, time and knowledge in making the weekend run smoothly, thank you! 🫶

02/04/2024

Last but not least!....
🌟Please welcome veteran members of the DEM crew, Lacey and Fame !🌟

"Hi, I'm Lacey Kuettel and I'm excited to be apart of the Dialectic Equine Team for the third year now! A few of my 2024 goals are to be running in the 2D at NBHA State Finals and to place in the top 10 again. I’d love to win a belt buckle and I’m excited to start hauling our yearling with us to get him out to see the sites. In the end, my goal is be more competitive and to keep my crew sound, healthy, and happy to be competing!"

27/03/2024

Super interesting! There's been a lot of debate on this topic in addition to the actual location/height of the hay nets and their impact on the body as well!

26/03/2024

🌟Please welcome veteran members of the DEM crew, Jacklyn and Drama !🌟

"My name is Jacklyn Estreen and I am 23 years old. A little bit about me: I am a full-time horse trainer (Double J Performance Horses LLC) helping owners and their horses connect on a different level! One of my goals this year is to build some new relationships this year with new clients and help them with their equine partners, along with running my personal mare and having some smooth runs this summer! I am so excited to be sponsored by Dialectic Equine Massage again this year, she is does such a fantastic job with every horse she comes into contact with! Here’s to 2024!!"

24/03/2024

Big boy with an even BIGGER personality getting BE〽️ER after his massage.

Want to know how your horse could benefit from massage and/or BEMER? Send me a message :)

18/03/2024

🌟Please welcome Aubray and Dottie to the team!🌟

"Dottie has only been with me since October. In that short time I have learned just how smart and talented this little mare is. Right now, both Dottie and I are learning the ropes with English, in hopes to do some hunter jumper shows. Down the road, I’d love to be able to try reining and go back to my roots of barrel racing. But until then, we are enjoying getting to know each other and bond."

Side note, Aubray is also an incredibly talented equine photographer and owner of Copper Arrow Photography ! If you ever wanted to showcase your horse or capture memories that will last a lifetime, check her out!!!!

13/03/2024

Great read on the importance of proper bit usage and how this can impact your horse from head to tail!

12/03/2024

🌟Please welcome returning members Carley and Colada! 🌟

"My name is Carley Baltus. I am 24 years old and I live in Larsen WI.
RebelHillGoldylocks, who I lovingly call Colada, is a coming 7 year old AQHA palomino mare.

Our main goals this season is to keep crushing our person records in the arenas we run at and to be more consistent and confident! I would also love to consistently be in the 2D at local jackpots and super shows like the SC productions and Go for Broke!

I am so excited to be along side Amarra with Dialectic Equine Massage to keep Colada feeling her best❤️"

28/02/2024

I've been slacking with introducing our 2024 Dialectic Equine Massage Crew with you all keeping me so busy helping your ponies!! ......definitely not complaining!😊

🌟Please welcome Ava and Cinnamon 🌟
Miss. Ava says "Cinnamon is only seven and I have only been riding her for about 7 months. She is a very sweet horse and is always a pleasure to ride even when she throws in a buck every once in a while. We mostly run barrels at our local Wisconsin NBHA events and we also joined my school's equestrian team and competed with my team at the District 04 WIHA show in Oshkosh. At WIHA, I competed in many different speed classes and even showed in some showmanship classes, ranch riding, and trail classes. I also belong to my local 4H club, the South Columbus Willing Workers and show Cinnamon at the local county fair. My goal is to qualify for the NBHA Youth and Teen Worlds through various NBHA events."

14/02/2024

I got to see this first hand at the dissection I attended last year. So important in understanding the damage that pulling back can do as they are the only places in the body the spinal cord is not protected by the skeleton!

13/02/2024

Time to get to know the 2024 Dialectic Equine Massage Crew!
🌟Please welcome Kalisa, Onyx & Fancy 🌟

"Hi I’m Kalisa Nutter, I am 20 years old and I live in Clintonville WI! I currently work at Great Lakes Equine in Hortonville as a vet assistant! I’ve absolutely loved horses my whole life and have ridden them for what feels like forever, I finally got onyx in 2019, I do absolutely everything on, from trail riding to barrel shows and fun shows, she loves running! I just bought a 5 years old OTTB, Fancy, who is training to be just a great as onyx! For the 2024 season our goals is to have so much fun and get out as much as we can! Thank you Dialectic Equine Massage LLC for adding us to your team!"

04/02/2024

Time to get to know the 2024 Dialectic Equine Massage Crew!

🌟Please welcome Dawn and Ms. Caddie! 🌟

"CRUZN NA CADDLE aka: Caddie and I are so excited to join Dialectic Equine Massage as a 2024 sponsor. Our goals for this 2024 season are to compete at NBHA shows, some local rodeos, the NBHA World show and qualify for the world competition for 2025. We hope to be able to over come anxiety and have an awesome year with great support from sponsors, friends and family!"

22/01/2024

Please Welcome The 2024 Dialectic Equine Massage Crew!
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17/01/2024

❄🥶We’ve gotten quite a bit of snow over the past week in addition to some frigidly cold temperatures here in Wisconsin. Have you ever wondered how your horse's legs and feet adapt to these conditions and stay warm?!🥶❄

Well let's find out….🔍

In a healthy horse, their lower limbs and hooves almost never suffer damage from the cold. This is due to there being no muscles below the knees and hocks (the lower leg mainly consists of bone, tendons and soft tissues) where “the cells in the leg require less blood circulation and, in turn, lose less heat”.

The small amount of blood that does reach a horse’s hoof is normally spread by capillaries. When the horse’s feet get cold or experience extreme cold temperatures, blood-shunting mechanisms in the hooves alter circulation patterns to preserve body warmth. This is done by allowing blood to flow through larger veins instead of small capillaries. AVA (arteriovenous anastomosis) shunts inside the hoof are responsible for the cooling and warming of extremities by changing the direction of blood flow. There are an estimated 500 shunts per square centimeter in the hoof.

How neat is that? Of course, there are exceptions to these adaptations where a horse may require additional assistance to stay warm depending on their unique needs.

Side Note: I imagine this being a super cool "The Magic School Bus" episode🚍 with Ms. Frizzle and the gang.... if you don't what that is, I'm just old...sorry

https://www.yourhorse.co.uk/horse-care/horse-behaviour/how-horses-cope-in-winter/ #:~:text=The%20small%20amount%20of%20blood,to%20keep%20the%20area%20warm.
https://ker.com/equinews/cold-weather-adaptations-keep-horses-comfortable/ #:~:text=This%20is%20because%20the%20legs,patterns%20to%20preserve%20body%20warmth.
https://customequinenutrition.com/blogs/medical/winter-laminitis

14/01/2024

What kind of battle gear do you use to keep yourself warm with this frigid weather while taking care of your equine partners?!🥶❄
Neck gaiters are at the top of my list!

Feel free to drop pictures and/or links below!👇

13/01/2024

⭐THIS!⭐
Chances are if I've seen your horse we've definitely chatted about the nervous system and its role with compensation/restrictions. It's so incredibly important!

A happy nervous system has to have healthy facsia, and healthy facsia has to have a happy nervous system.

Fascia and the nervous system are so intimately connected, we can’t treat one without the other. We have so much to learn about both still.

The enemy of a happy nervous system is restricted fascia. Fascial restrictions can keep the “dial” on the sympathetic system turned up more than it needs to be.

The sympathetic nervous system is the “fight or flight” part. When that dial is up too high it can keep your horse from being able to relax.

Example: a horse with ulcers will have a vagus nerve that is firing intense alert signals to their brain.

You’re asking them to relax and carry their head below the level of the clouds and it’s a constant battle.

It doesn’t help that horses are naturally prey animals. They are wired to be ready to run from a lion in the woods.

Their brain is getting signals from ulcers that signal an awful lot like “lion in the woods!” while you’re telling them, “relax”…?

If left untreated, those patterns get stored in the fascia and if we don’t manually change that we deal with the trapped-in, tense, faulty patterns.

Both physical and emotional trauma is stored in the fascia.

Since fascia stores 10 times more nerve endings than any other tissue, the fascia will lock in the trauma in the nervous system as well.

Physical limitations are actually the nervous system protecting the body.

🤚🏻 One very powerful treatment for regulating the nervous system..touch.

🤚🏻Regulates fear and stress
🤚🏻Elicits safety signals in the nervous system
🤚🏻Decreases stress response
🤚🏻Decreases blood pressure, heart rate, and respiratory rate
🤚🏻Increases oxytocin release

Start touching your horse with your hands, not just grooming tools.

After you groom them, run your hands over them regularly.

If you have time, spend 10 minutes rubbing all over them like you would massage a babies back.

Turn down the volume on the sympathetic dial and help their nervous system relax.

📸: Mary DuMond