Equine Bodywork Services

Some really great progress with tape and these two horses! The red horse is a post kissing spines surgery horse, with this application we are bringing more awareness to the paraspinal muscles assisting the central nervous system to begin its re-education. This cute little paint mare, I could not be more proud of! She has been a difficult horse to reach emotionally. When not sure of her past, it is clear she has a lot of emotional baggage and stress. While bodywork has improved her muscle elasticity, due to the tension she held it had been difficult to maintain. Through the lasting application of K tape we have finally started showing significant improvement in her overall demeanor and posture! She is now more flexible, relieved of lingering pain, aware of her own body positions, balanced and best of all curious! I am so happy we have found a modality that has helped her move through her past self!

Confession time!! I have been self experimenting🤓...with kinesiology tape and the findings have been mind blowing!!!! I never ask my horses or clients to do something I would not do or ask myself to do so, obviously why wouldn't I put tape on myself?!

I wore the tape for an average of 5 days post chiropractic. Here is what I discovered...

Immediate pain relief...years of trying to alleviate my cervical and upper thoracic spine pain with some success were thrown out the window as soon as the tape went on, amazing! No more NSAIDs!

Warmth...I could actually feel the area being taped as well as the surrounding area warming with increased circulation which promotes the body self healing

Improved posture...Of course I went researching to find which muscles these tape applications were affecting....the Trapezius and the Rhomboids, turns out the Rhomboids are pretty lazy so the Traps overwork to compensate and create pull and tension along the spine. With the blue tape I noticed a significant improvement in my upper body posture and could actually feel my lazy Rhomboids having to do their job!

More efficient workout...yes, I workout every day because I believe I need to be as in shape as my horse if not more, oh yeah and it's healthier😉 Typically my right shoulder gives out during a HIIT workout so I adjust, with the tape I was able to make it through an entire HIIT session without decreasing or dropping weight and....NO MUSCLE PAIN AFTER!!😲

If I notice these wonderful benefits, and there are so many more, think how an animal as sensitive as a horse would feel and benefit from manual therapy such as Chiropractic or Bodywork followed by tape

Ask me about Kinesiology Tape post Bodywork or anytime! Your ponies will thank you for it🦄