Three Shires Equine Therapy

14/08/2024

01/08/2024

𝗦𝗢𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗔𝗬 💧 𝗜𝗡 𝗛𝗢𝗧 𝗪𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 ☀🔥 If you're soaking your horse's hay in much hotter weather, we'd recommend:

✅ Soaking it for a shorter time ⏱ than usual (1-3 hours)
✅ Refresh the water each time
✅ Keep it in a shady/cool place to reduce the risk of fermentation
✅ Be sure to rinse with fresh water, after soaking, to reduce any possible bacterial content

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01/08/2024

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Trained by Equine Massage Training UK

Massage...
🐴relaxes, stimulates and develops muscles
🐴alleviates pain, stiffness, tension, ache and discomfort
🐴reduces swelling and inflammation
🐴improves skin elasticity and promotes a healthy coat
🐴encourages lymphatic flow
🐴boosts the immune system
🐴helps with stress, restlessness, boredom, anxiety, aggression
🐴delivers nutrients and oxygen to cells and tissues
🐴improves metabolism and circulation
🐴helps prevent injury, improves overall performance

Covering Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and Gloucestershire 🌏

Discount for 2+ horses at same yard
Liz Carter
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24/07/2024

🙌Equine Massage appointments now available 🙌

Fully insured and member of IAAT.
Trained by Equine Massage Training UK ✅

Covering Herefordshire, Worcestershire & Gloucestershire 🌎🐴❤️🐴🌎

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18/07/2024

https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/features/hot-ride-heatwave-questions-answered-690525

H&H asks the experts how best to help horses and their riders cope in hot temperatures with their advice on riding in hot weather

17/07/2024

Interesting read 👍🏼

Regular farrier appointments aren't a luxury, they are a necessity for your equine companion's lifelong welfare.

❔Did you know❔
Every extra 1cm of toe length results in -
🔹an extra 50KG of force acting on the tendons
🔹a -1° drop in sole angle where the DDFT inserts into the coffin bone can lead to a 4% increase in the pressure exerted by the DDFT on the navicular bone

(Credit Dr Renate Weller)

12/07/2024

Just like humans a Massage appointment can help your equine friends in the following ways…

🐴 Soft tissue injuries to muscle
🐴 Back pain related/unrelated to lameness
🐴 Poor/ inconsistent performance issues
🐴 Wounds and scar tissue
🐴 Splints, swellings and capped hocks
🐴 Behavioural issues
🐴 Lameness
🐴 Post-surgery and injury rehabilitation
🐴 Age related stiffness
🐴 Sporting injuries
🐴 Prevention of injury
🐴 Post competition to promote tissue recovery

Please get in touch for more information or to book an appointment.
Yard discount available

Contact Three Shires Equine Therapy

07/07/2024

Does Your Horse Need a Massage? The Surprising Truth! 🐴✨

Ever wondered if your horse really needs a massage to stay healthy? Let’s look at a few fascinating facts that might just answer that for you! 🤔🤔

When your horse lands after a jump, both its weight and the rider's weight are absorbed by its front legs. The fetlock joints even come close to touching the ground! To handle this, the flexor muscles in the legs need to stretch by 10-15 cm and bear all that weight. 😲😲

This tells us something important: those flexor muscles need to be in top shape—strong, flexible, hydrated, and resilient to all the stress and strain they endure. That’s why your massage therapist focuses on these muscles. They do the toughest job, absorbing all that impact. 👍🏼👍🏼

Regular, monthly preventative massage is really important for keeping your active horse in prime condition. It’s the secret to maintaining their performance and overall well-being.

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Covering Herefordshire, Worcestershire & Gloucestershire 🌍🌏🌎

Three Shires Equine Therapy

02/07/2024

Understanding Your Horse's Body Language🐴

Ever wondered what your horse is telling you when they hesitate to back up? Here are some key signs to watch out for:

• 🚫 Unwillingness to back up: Could indicate issues like blockage in the lumbar vertebra or sacroiliac joint.

•. 🙁😟Low-grade lameness or discomfort.

•. 😟🤕 Signs of pain and tension.

Pay close attention if your horse:

• 🐎 Shows a strongly arched back when asked to back up.

• 🔄 Body pushing too far over hindlegs without them moving.

Even if your horse isn't visibly lame, mild discomfort warrants attention. Regular massage can prevent pain, tension, and potential blockages. Remember, prevention is key to keeping your horse happy and healthy!
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26/06/2024

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24/06/2024

🥵🥵🥵🥵🐎🐎🐎☀️☀️🐎🐎🐎🥵🥵🥵🥵During hot weather there are a number of steps that can be taken to ensure your horse is kept comfortable and healthy. Poor management can lead to lethargy, sunburn and dehydration, and in severe cases can lead to heat exhaustion or heat stroke.

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20/06/2024

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18/06/2024

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Trained by Equine Massage Training UK

Massage...
🐴relaxes, stimulates and develops muscles
🐴alleviates pain, stiffness, tension, ache and discomfort
🐴reduces swelling and inflammation
🐴improves skin elasticity and promotes a healthy coat
🐴encourages lymphatic flow
🐴boosts the immune system
🐴helps with stress, restlessness, boredom, anxiety, aggression
🐴delivers nutrients and oxygen to cells and tissues
🐴improves metabolism and circulation
🐴helps prevent injury, improves overall performance

Covering Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and Gloucestershire 🌏

Discount for 2+ horses at same yard

Please message for availability 😊

09/06/2024

Congratulations 🎉 Paul Senter

⭐Equine Therapist of the Year 2024 sponsored by Equicantis⭐
Headline Sponsor: Bloomfields Horseboxes

With 212 professionals nominated in this category, we would like to wish a huge congratulations to:

Paul Senter - Massage Equine
Francesca Fernside Elite Animal Therapy
Donna Barker Equine Therapy & Rehabilitation
Sussex Equine Massage Therapy
Ben Bray Equine Sports and Rehabilitaion Massage/Animal Reiki MasterBen Bray Equine Sports and Rehabilitaion Massage/Animal Reiki Master

03/06/2024

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My question is; why are you doing everything you can think of to help your horse feel better EXCEPT the one thing that actually addresses those sore, tight muscles directly?!


Other therapies are NOT stand-ins or substitutes for massage – they do different things for the horse.

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Massage is the ONLY one of these therapies that physically manipulates the muscles, fascia and skin to ease tight, sore muscles lengthen and supple myofascia, free painful nerves, improve circulation, increase range of motion and bring balance and biotensegrity back to the body to improve performance and soundness.

An equine massage therapist uses their hands to feel and carefully manipulate the soft tissues to work out tension, knots, kinks and adhesions. Massage manually opens myofascial tissue, softening, stretching, balancing tension, improving range of motion and freedom of movement of muscle, fascia, joints and skin.

Covering Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and Gloucestershire 🌏

Discount for 2+ horses at same yard

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Three Shires Equine Therapy
Premier Performance

31/05/2024

29/05/2024

Availability for Saturday 1st June 😃
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Fully insured and member of IAAT.
Trained by Equine Massage Training UK
Massage...

🐴relaxes, stimulates and develops muscles
🐴alleviates pain, stiffness, tension, ache and discomfort
🐴reduces swelling and inflammation
🐴improves skin elasticity and promotes a healthy coat
🐴encourages lymphatic flow
🐴boosts the immune system
🐴helps with stress, restlessness, boredom, anxiety, aggression
🐴delivers nutrients and oxygen to cells and tissues
🐴improves metabolism and circulation
🐴helps prevent injury, improves overall performance
Covering Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and Gloucestershire 🌏
Discount for 2+ horses at same yard
Please message for availability 😊

28/05/2024

𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘅 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 - a basic myofascial release technique which can be performed anywhere on the horse’s body.

As the name suggests, this technique involves slowly circling the skin and moving it over the structures underneath. It's particularly effective in areas where there is a lot of skin movement and where the muscles underneath are aligned in multiple directions. For example, around the girth area and the thoracic sling muscles in between the front legs.

This technique is really good for performing in the areas under the saddle, girth and bridle to release and rehydrate the superficial fascia after the horse has had the pressure of tack in those areas.

Skin Circling is good for:
✅ Relaxation
✅ Mobilising the skin and superficial fascia
✅ Easing tension in superficial muscles and fascia
✅ Stimulating the circulatory system
✅ Stimulating nerve endings


𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴
1. Check your posture and lower your energy before you start.

2. Place your hands on the area you are going to massage and allow a moment of acclimatisation. One hand will be the circling hand and the other your feedback hand, so for example if you are massaging along the back, place your other hand on the withers and allow your forearm to rest against the horse too.

3. Imagine your hand is stuck to the skin and move the skin slowly over the structures underneath in a circular motion.

4. Try to encourage the skin to move as far as it will and a little further in each direction, in other words try to move the skin in as large a circle as you possibly can without letting your hand slip over the skin.

5. Move your hand onto another area of the body and repeat.

You can also do a double handed technique (as shown in the picture) where you use both hands together to create the circle.

If you'd like to learn other massage techniques that your horse will love, 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘂𝗽 to the 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲.

Join before the end of May and 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 £𝟯𝟮 - use the 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗢𝗠𝗖𝟮𝟬 at the checkout.

Head to www.horsesinsideout.com/omc for more details

24/05/2024

Friday Fact - The Lymphatic System

Essential for strong immunity, the lymphatic system protects the body against bacteria and disease.

The lymphatic system consists of lymph, lymph vessels, lymph nodes and bone marrow.

23/05/2024

DISCOUNT 20% OFF ALL BOOKINGS DURING MAY

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Trained by Equine Massage Training UK

Massage...
🐴relaxes, stimulates and develops muscles
🐴alleviates pain, stiffness, tension, ache and discomfort
🐴reduces swelling and inflammation
🐴improves skin elasticity and promotes a healthy coat
🐴encourages lymphatic flow
🐴boosts the immune system
🐴helps with stress, restlessness, boredom, anxiety, aggression
🐴delivers nutrients and oxygen to cells and tissues
🐴improves metabolism and circulation
🐴helps prevent injury, improves overall performance

Covering Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and Gloucestershire 🌏

Discount for 2+ horses at same yard

Please message for availability 😊

20/05/2024

17/05/2024

𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭 - The 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 is the most important organ in your horse's body....and....

🐎 It's the first organ to form in the embryo
🐎 The heart is a hollow cone shaped muscle weighing abut 4.5kg
🐎 It’s situated between the lungs to the left of the chest within the protective walls of the ribcage
🐎 As a horse gets fitter – the size and weight of the heart may increase
🐎 A wide chest allows more space for the heart and lungs which suggests greater athletic potential

15/05/2024

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14/05/2024

Tuesday tip - Stretching the neck muscles 🐎

This is a great exercise to use as part of your schooling warm up or try it when you're out hacking.

Ask your horse for lateral flexion in his neck to one side, then ride straight, then ask for lateral flexion to the other side, then straight.

Pick a number of steps for each, for example, 10 steps with left lateral flexion - 10 steps straight - 10 steps with right lateral flexion.

As you ask for the bend it’s important that your horse maintains his rhythm, balance, and impulsion. If he struggles reduce the number of steps you ask for.

Try this exercise in walk first once you’re both happy and confident you can try it in trot and even canter.

Lateral flexion in the neck is good for:

✅ Core stability and balance

✅ Coordination and proprioception

✅ Developing straightness and symmetry

✅ Forelimb movement and expression

✅ Reducing tension and restriction in the neck muscles

✅ Muscular strength, control and suppleness

✅ Neck joint flexibility