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Regular massage and stretching sessions helps to maintain the full range of motion in all your horses limbs and the surrounding muscle groups. This is increasingly valuable to older horses or those in strenuous work, in turn increasing their flexibility in all aspects of their training. 

The action of massage movements over a muscle produces an opioid effect. This means that the horse develops an overwhelming sense of well-being and relaxation, thus promoting good health and reducing stress. It also provides pain relief when tension from trigger or stress points is released.

Naturally, a horse would wander freely for miles per day, however this natural behaviour is limited due to our modern management methods. The action of massage stimulates the circulation to a particular area. This action creates a warming of the treatment area, increases blood flow and thus encouraging a natural healing response.

Regular and thorough massage sessions alongside stretching exercises will help your horse by releasing any built up tension, mobilising the muscle and improving muscle tone. The horse will then be able to work much more freely and in a more open and supple frame.

Build up of lactic acid is commonplace in an overworked and tense muscle. The action of massage techniques is designed to remove this and encourage lymphatic drainage, removing waste products from the horses body so that they can be excreted as metabolic waste.

Massage therapies when used regularly can help to improve performance, whether it be for the happy hacker or competition horse. If a horse is feeling comfortable and relaxed, he will be able to perform to the best of his abilities, without hindrance from aches or tension in his muscles.