Indications for massage:
- Difficulty changing/switching leads
- Inability to flex or bend
- Rides like a different horse to one direction
- Girthiness
- Carries head to one side
- Suddenly begins bucking under saddle
- Change in attitude, becomes cranky or unwilling
- Unbalanced gaits
- Sensitivity to touch or grooming in a specific area
Which horses can benefit from massage or bodywork
- Competitive/ Performance horse
- Lesson/school
- Trail horse
- Geriatric or retired
- Working ie: mounted police, plowing/pulling
- Young horse beginning under saddle work
- Backyard pleasure
- Any horse!
