McTimoney animal manipulation and massage for horses, cats and dogs.

Animals are just like us!!!
They also suffer from aches, pains, strains, tension, muscle spasms and knots.

Equine massage for sports, recreational, recovering and retired horses.

Animals, like us, can suffer from back pain or neck and muscular injuries which can sometimes be difficult to determine. These can be due to accidents or falls or demanding exercise and competition schedules. If your animals behaviour or performance suddenly changes, or if a musculoskeletal problem is persistent, and the problem fails to be resolved by conventional methods, he may well be suffering from back or neck pain.

This is not far removed from the situations for humans, as we are rarely free from some degree of back pain and know this can have an affect on us both physically and psychologically. Any sufferer of back pain will know, the onset can be sudden, and it can feel worse on some days than to others. Animals can suffer in exactly the same way!

For all animals, remaining mobile and active is an essential ingredient to leading a fuller life. Sports and other working animals, in particular can benefit from massage prior to exercise to help reduce the possibility of injury and improve performance, and after exercise to ease muscular tensions.

While equine massage and manipulation is now used extensively for sports and working horses, all horses, including recreational and retired horses often suffer from injuries and complaints that can be addressed by both equine massage and spinal manipulation.

As animals are unable to tell us exactly what is wrong when something hurts or is uncomfortable, they are often accused of being temperamental, badly behaved or worse. Massage can address most muscular related problems and manipulation can restore joint mobility within the spinal column and relieve the associated muscle spasm. Both treatments are effective, non invasive and relatively gentle. The aim of a treatment is to help realign the musculoskeletal system, thereby restoring health, performance, mobility and well being.

While I have included some basic information on equine massage techniques on this website, along with their benefits; it is important that these techniques are only done by experienced therapists who have a detailed knowledge of equine anatomy.

Note It is a legal requirement under the Veterinary Surgeons Act (1966) that veterinary permission must be gained from your vet before any manipulative therapist can work on your horse. In the vast majority of cases this can easily be accomplished over the phone. If your horse were to be lame or otherwise unhealthy or has any potential contraindications to the massage, the vet may wish to see the horse first or be able to advise the therapist.

Ulrike Bluemel – P.G Dip McTimoney Animal Manipulation, I.T.E.C Equine Sports Massage and V.T.C.T and I.I.H.H.T Human Body Massage