FAQ's

FAQ

Q: What is Acupressure Massage?

A: Acupressure Massage manipulates soft tissues of the body to drain, relax, stimulate or release muscle tension such as trigger and stress points. It contributes to overall free flow of body movement and function through gentle pressure on muscles and joints. MASSAGE can protect your animal’s health and increases the circulation of body fluids (blood and lymph) which results in increased oxygenation. Increased oxygenation speeds up metabolism, leading to enhanced performance and shorter recuperation time. MASSAGE helps reduce the build-up of fibrous tissue adhesions that result from inflammation caused by trauma (strains, blows or wounds.) Adhesions can cause stiffness and soreness when the animal moves. During the MASSAGE, any areas of tightness, pain or restrictions are easily identified and provided with additional care.

Q: How will Acupressure Massage help my animals?

A: This healing art helps to relieve pain and enhance over-all wellness and performance of the amazing, gallant and dignified equine athlete. Animals are just like people. They experience bumps, bruises, injuries and trauma. They can experience life’s negative effects just like people. These effects can include poor posture, muscle imbalances, decreased flexibility, headaches and poor circulation. Eventually things will cause a decline in the horse’s energy and over-all health. The lucky, injury free horse will still experience this during the aging process. Massage not only feels good, it addresses on-going physical and emotional/dispositional problems throughout a lifetime and enhances overall health and well-being.

Q: Why is Certification necessary for my animals?

A: Therapeutic Massage which is simply DELIBERATE AND FOCUSED TOUCHING. Each stroke is specific in pressure, direction and purpose. The therapist’s hands are assessment tools sensing heat, cold, bumps, tightness, tenderness and other irregularities not detected by the untrained. The hands send love and healing to the affected areas as the needed strokes are applied directly to the horse’s body. An important point to make here is that the affected area might not be the same place on the horse’s body where the symptom is noted. Professional training provides knowledge of where the problem originates which might be far from the source of the symptomatic location. MASSAGE is the manipulation of muscles and skin to promote increased circulation and healing to all organs and tissues in the horse’s body. The therapist might, thus, detect problem areas that have been present on a very subtle level over a period of time that left unnoticed are potential serious problems at a later date.

Q: Foals and Large Breed puppies?

A: Foals and large breed puppies are greatly helped by MASSAGE of limbs in which joints are extended and flexed to increase circulation. Through the increased blood circulation, growing bones more efficiently receive calcium and phosphorus.

Q: Athlete care?

A: The focus of Sports Massage is prevention of future injuries and relief form muscular pain. A Full Body Massage is addressing the whole body rather than individual parts leaving your horse in vastly improved physical and emotional condition. This releases tension and allows contracted muscles to release and relax.

Pre-Event: Prepares the muscles for an event. Warms and loosens by increasing blood flow to muscles. Increased oxygenation leads to enhanced performance and shorter recuperation time.

Post-Event: Loosens muscles and joints preventing accumulated stiffness and soreness by increasing venous flow and removal of toxic waste. Facilitates recovery by reducing build-up of fibrous tissue adhesions.

Maintenance: Contributes to over-all health and healing for optimal functioning and detects potential problems before they become serious.

Q: Rescued and/or adopted animals?

A: MASSAGE can transform a shy, abused or neglected pet into a confident, loving companion. Acupressure MASSAGE can help support and build a healthy immune system, release natural cortisol to reduce swelling or offer relief from allergies, reduce pain by releasing natural endorphins, resolve behavioral issues such as sadness, aggression, fear, separation anxiety and emotional instability and assist with and enhance cancer support.

Q: What about my older animals?

A: MASSAGE helps old and convalescing animals particularly those suffering from impaired heart or kidney function. As circulation is stimulated during MASSAGE, toxins are removed from tissues, and nutrients supplied. Many older animals suffer from degenerative or chronic disorders and will benefit from the stimulating, tonifying effects of MASSAGE. Muscular cramps, early morning stiffness, arthritis, certain spinal disorders, and some skin conditions can improve with regular MASSAGE. Aging and chronically ill animals can get a new lease on life and feel more secure and comforted after a good MASSAGE.

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