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Snores, yawns & stretches: A horse-guided massage
August 2018 – In You can massage a horse? Of course! I wrote about Oliver, the first horse I fully assessed and treated on the last day of the equine massage therapy course. Since then, over the past 6 weeks, I have been visiting Oliver’s barn once a week and giving treatments to other horses. This is an invaluable opportunity to practice my skills and develop a routine — health check, assessment, full-body massage — or so I thought. It’s not always as straightforward as that.
You can massage a horse? Of course!
July 2018 – A classmate in the Functional Equine Anatomy course I took in the fall of 2016 is a certified equine massage therapist. Upon learning this, my curiosity was piqued! I want to learn all that I can about these magnificent creatures and couldn’t think of a more hands-on and therapeutic way to interact with them. She spoke very highly of the course, the instructor, and the amount of knowledge gained — I simply had to wait until the course was offered at a time and location that worked for me. Fast-forward to June 2018 …
Owl Equestrian 