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| A
Bit About Stretching |
| A
Bit About Stretching |
 Any
horse living a natural lifestyle will instinctively stretch, either
deliberately or during his daily exercise over the many miles he roams. Mother
Nature ensures that horses in nature do not overstretch. However,
domesticated horses do not live a natural lifestyle; their movements,
lifestyle and sporting disciplines require compensatory aftercare.
Stretching is an underestimated practice; however, when applied with
pre-determined objectives is able to provide
many wonderful benefits that serve as a vital influence to your horses
physical and emotional well being. |
| An
intellectually devised and personally tailored stretching assessment will provide
the therapist with a superior insight into many developing and already
established muscular stresses, all of which can be recognised, met and
treated through the intellectual application of equine massage
therapy. |
| Another benefit
of stretching is the emotional response that the horse displays; another
method utilised in equine myofascial therapy, as well as working to
re-educate your horses proprioceptive sense allowing free uninhibited and
increased ranges of movement and recognition. |
| Relationship
Between Equine Massage Therapy and Stretching (student
ref: tense horse stress point paper) |
| Release of
intertwined physical and emotional tension. When your horse is emotionally
tense he will simultaneously be experiencing respective levels of physical
tension. Specific equine massage techniques and applications work with the
central nervous system to instigate the release
of relaxation impulses that are duly dispatched through to the cutaneous sensory nerves that encompass
your horses body. (More predominant upon the chest and abdominal regions).
These create immediate emotional and physical relaxation, allowing your horse
to becomes mentally in touch with his
relaxed body sensations, subsequently heightening his proprioceptive sense
and general sense of well being. |
| Release
of immediate and referred muscular tension. |
| Relaxation of cranialsacral
tension. |
| Relaxation of
myofascial restriction. |
| Old
scar tissues promoting myofascial adhesion and referred lines of muscular
tension can be relaxed in preparation for treatment as well as temporary
immediate relief. |
| Progressive
increase in the
elasticity and flexibility of the locomotary
system. |
| Progressive
increase in suppleness and flexibility of
the joints. |
| Positive influence
into the development of muscle tone. |
| Supple
muscles become stronger. |
| Positive
influence in the prevention of muscle, tendon and ligament stress. |
| Relaxed
tissue fibres naturally experience increased levels of oxygen and
nutrition.
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| Heightened co-ordination. |
| Heightened reflex
responses. |
| Improved stride
length. |
| Blood
flow is increased. |
| Lymphatic
flow is increased allowing your horse a stronger resilience to various inflicted stresses. |
| Post
exercise muscle soreness is eased and / or prevented, allowing the
increased lymphatic flow to cleanse, clean and feed the muscles preventing
or strongly inhibiting the development of trigger points. |
| Traumatised
animals benefit enormously from a stretching program which gives the
physical and mental relaxation, allowing time for the horse to experience
peace of mind. |
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