Massage Practices
Equine massage practitioners should first check the horses health, by checking vital signs, and checking for injuries.
- Hydrotherapy - Basic water treatments which helps to relieve pain that is either acute or chronic, and also in inflammatory disorders in both humans and animals
- When using Cold - This helps to stop bleeding when used right after the trauma has happened. You can also use this method when there is inflammation in the legs or you could apply to an old injury that’s acting up. When using cold, it first chills the skin, which makes the blood vessels constrict. This also helps to reduce swelling and helps by decreasing pain by numbing the sensory nerve endings.
- Using Heat - Heat is used at every level in medical practice, so it is used with heat lamps, ultrasound, lasers etc.… When using heat it helps to sooth the sensory nerve endings. With this it dilates the blood vessels and helps by bringing in more oxygen and nutrients to the tissues. Using heat helps to loosen muscle fibers, tendons, and ligaments. This helps to dislodge toxins that have built up and helps prepare the muscle for the massaging. It also helps with the relaxation and with it, it lowers blood pressure, while it raises the bodies temperature, and increases metabolism.
- Kinesiology is basically the study of how different structures are able to move. Kinesiology is important to understanding how the muscles, tendons, ligaments, bones, and the joints all work together. As everyone should know the front legs move totally different from the hind legs.
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