Massage therapy
may be the treatment of choice for you and your horse.
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Techniques used to restore
flexibility to tight muscle tissue & balance energy are varied.
Digital Compression
Direct finger pressure to the spasm itself serves to break up the knotted tissue to aid in
bringing blood and oxygen to the restricted area. |
Cross Fiber
Friction
Is done by moving the fingers at right angles to the muscle fibers, separating the stuck
fibers, freeing them to resume their normal range of motion. |
Compressions
With the palm of the hand or loose fist to the muscle belly itself allows the entire
muscle to accept that additional circulation. |
Trigger Point
Therapy
To relieve a node in a hyper-irritable band of muscle that may refer pain to another part
of the body. |
Acupressure
Massage Balancing
To balance the flow of chi in the body. |
Zero Balancing
Which balances the body's energy through the body's structure.
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| Some passive and active range
of motion exercises may be called for to restore free range of motion and increase
strength to the effected muscle group. |
It is important to remember
that Sport Massage Therapy is a accurate therapy designed to
treat specific muscle problems and to enhance performance in the athlete. Massage
therapy has been the treatment choice for muscle injuries for centuries. It is a
treatment modality based on sound scientific principles of physiology and
kinesiology. As an adjunct therapy to proper veterinary care it addresses movement
and performance problems related to the musculature of the body.
Massage therapy may be the
treatment of choice for you and your horse. |
