Benefits

If any of these sound familiar, bodywork may be able to help you and your
horse. These symptoms, along with many others, often indicate muscle pain
and stiffness. Returning muscles to a healthy, pain-free state can improve your
horse’s performance, attitude, and overall level of comfort, resulting in a
better ride for you.

- Releases muscle tension and soreness, making your horse more -
- responsive to your cues.
- Increases performance and vitality, bringing more life into
-horses who tend to be sluggish, reluctant, and earth-bound.
- Improves disposition and willingness, resulting in a more
- cooperative, friendlier, and safer horse.
- Releases trauma and helps the body restore itself so your horse
- is more able to physically and mentally respond to your requests.
- Calms and relaxes the body and mind, increasing suppleness and
-responsiveness.
- Increases range of motion, resulting in a smoother ride for you,
- longer strides, and less stumbling.

- Seem stiff and unwilling to move?
- Bite or kick when saddling?
- Have trouble with stopping, turning, or leads?
- Toss his/her head?
- Not move as freely or gracefully as before?
- Kick, buck, or bite due to pain?
- Push or pull on the bit?
- Stumble?
- Seem disinterested in his/her job?
- Have difficulty chewing food?