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Serina’s Top Tips for Equine Care - Taking care of the Back

Massaging some key back muscles will help your horse to feel more comfortable. Why not incorporate these gentle moves into your horse's routine care.

- Begin by removing any wrist watches and bracelets. Start from just behind the shoulder and with the hand nearest the horse work the length of the saddle area using gentle pressure to indent a football and avoiding any bony areas with a flat palm to gently stroke along the back muscles a few times. Here you are working the long, strappy latissimus dorsi that assists back and shoulder flexion and the longissimus muscles that work to extend the back.

- Next stand next to his belly and look directly at his back, working over the same area and avoiding the ribs move alternate hands up and down using the base of your hand and finger pads (take extra care if you have long nails). To prevent strain do this with a slight bend in the knuckles and not too much bend in your wrist. You can also use large and small circle movements here.

- Finish with the long ironing strokes.

- Do the same on the other side.

- Following any exercise and after you’ve removed the saddle and pad do the long strokes again and notice any difference in the area.

 - Once you remove the saddle and pad, gently feel along the saddle area paying particular attention to any differences in surface temperature, tender, rubbed or raised areas and note if you can see a saddle shaped indent. As any of these may indicate a saddle fit issue.

Top Tip - If your horse is reactive when you brush or massage his back e.g. puts his ears back, swishes his tail, moves away or dips his back, these are all signs that he may need to be checked by a specialist especially if the horse has changed behaviour or altered movement.

Why choose Equine Body Work and Massage Therapy?

      ... because the horse should be able to move freely in any direction without stiffness, tension and pain.

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