Skeleton of a Horse
The skeletal system is the framework for the horse’s body, it defines the overall shape of the horse. Muscles attach ...
Muscle Injuries and Their Cause
Despite their size and strength, horses are really quite fragile creatures prone to injury and stress. Two key points to ...
Stretches For Horses
Stretches for horses are an important step after massage. The stretching out of muscles after releasing lactic acid helps: muscle ...
What is Remedial Horse Massage?
Remedial Massage for Horses is a whole-body treatment for your horse. Rarely does one location in the horse's body get ...
Ray at Work
The relief a horse can have with being done close to the spine in the lower back This stretch I ...
How to treat pin worm in horses?
Although pinworms live in the intestinal tract, that is not where they cause problems - female pinworms actually crawl out ...
Why Massage Horses?
Horses are just like us. Horses love massage also. Horses have problems similar to people. They have sore back or ...
8 Equine Massage Techniques
When I work on horses I have eight techniques of horse massage. These equine massage techniques are used at different ...
Signs that your horse is in PAIN
Horses can not tell us when they are in pain. As horse owners we have to be observing our animals ...
Examples of Horse Conformational Defects
Horse conformational defects may be acquired from a build-up of muscle restriction. Many times I have seen a horse's ...
Did you know the horse’s coat shows their health?
It's good practice to evaluate a horse's health by the condition of its coat or skin The coat or skin ...
THE THREE MUSCLE TYPES OF A HORSE
Muscle Types There are three types of muscle in the horse’s body: SKELETAL muscles are the ones we are mainly ...
ABOUT MUSCLES OF THE HORSE
Muscle origin – the attachment of a muscle tendon to a stationery bone. Muscle insertion – the attachment of the ...
THE HORSE’S GUM IS A HEALTH INDICATOR
The ‘gums’ of the horse are a good point to take into account as far as an indicator of health ...
POINTS OF A HORSE
We need a good knowledge of the points of the horse so we know what anatomical region we are talking ...
HORSE NECK MASSAGE TECHNIQUES
The horse yawning is a good indicator of a state of relaxation. Here I use the side of my hand ...
HOW TO MASSAGE THE HORSES HINDQUARTERS
Horses get their power from the back-end. So when a horse has a sore back there will, 99 times out ...
Gap Filling a Horse Hoof
Watch the video for Ray's homemade treatment for gap filling a horse hoof. Materials required - sugar and iodine. https://fb.watch/9W8C_OXvhx/ ...
