Holistic Massage

Holistic massage is a bodywork that is specifically designed to relax muscles. By applying deep pressure to muscles and bones, by rubbing concurrently with the circulation towards the heart. Massage purposefully enhances oxygen flow in blood and helps to rid toxins in the muscles. Curtailing recovery time from injuries like muscle sprains, massage helps to flush body tissues of lactic and uric acid, and other metabolic wastes.

Aside from increasing circulation to the heart massage stretches ligaments and tendon making them more flexible. Massage is also known to stimulate the skin and nervous system to reduce emotional and physical stress.

As a qualified equine and human therapist I understand the importance of treating both horse and rider as it is crucial to the optimum performance of both athletes. An imbalance found in either the horse or rider tends to relate to an issue in the other. Therefore the importance of rider assessment both on the ground and in saddle is essential to complete the overall picture and instigate a suitable training regime for both athletes. Rider massage should enable you to ride more fluidly, improve your seat, posture, fitness and ultimately your performance via:

• Encouraging strong, flexible muscles that aid rider stability and coordination.
• Increasing range of movement
• Helping with flexibility of the pelvis to allow the rider to maintain a deep seat.
• Improving muscle suppleness.
• Improving shoulder flexibility.
• Improving rider balance.
• Improving muscle strength.
• Increasing fitness and performance

I massage people from all walks of life not just horse riders! The benefits that you can expect are:

• Increased circulation
• Relaxation of muscle spasm
• Reduction in tension
• Enhanced muscle tone
• Increased range of motion
• Increased blood supply to the tissues, enhancing natural healing
• Improved sleep patterns
• Enhanced feelings of relaxation