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Do you feel like you aren't doing enough with your horse?
Please know you aren't alone! Most people share the same frustrations, and it is a valid way to feel. You are doing your best at a very challenging time of year to be caring for horses.
So what can you do to help with this problem, especially if you can't magically add more hours to the day or build an indoor arena?
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Not an ad, just a happy equine therapist who loves having this high powered, low level laser therapy (LLLT) device for photobiomodulation therapy for her clients - aka light therapy!
Because of its concentrated, higher power density design, this light therapy device is perfect for specific uses like targeting acupuncture points, tendon/ligament lesions, TMJ/poll sensitivities, trigger points and nerve pain - all of which I encounter regularly in my work as a Certified Equine Therapist.
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7 tips on blanketing from an equine bodyworker!
Near the end of winter, I see a lot of impacts on my equine clients from wearing heavy blankets for the last several months. Wither and neck sensitivity, shoulder sensitivity, trigger points and pressure sores, rubs, and loss of mobility in the neck and shoulders are common.
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You can have all the titles you can earn, take all the courses and learn all the modalities, hop on all of the latest bodywork and therapeutic gizmo trends - it won't get you anywhere near as far as this.
I'm coming up on 11 years as an equine manual therapist, and something that has become increasingly clear to me is that there is one quality - or skill, since it can be learned - that stands out as the thing that allows me to be good at what I do.
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Cross training is not just for horses, and it's not purely physical!
Cross training is not just for horses, and it's not purely physical!
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The “Sacral End” of Equine Craniosacral Therapy
The pelvis is a vital part of the craniosacral system and the overall health of the nervous system; one that deserves as much attention as the poll or jaw.
Addressing the “sacral end” of the craniosacral system creates profound changes not only in the horse’s body and movement, but also in their nervous system and behaviour. Basic knowledge of some of the key areas in the hindquarters that we address in horses as craniosacral therapists can help you to understand why it creates such profound shifts throughout the entire body.
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