Equine Myofascial Release

I have had the extraordinary oppertunity to watch and then experience a technique that is very new to me. It's called Equine Myofascial Release.
It works by elongating forshortened connective tissue, called fascia (Fash-Uh). It covers every muscle, bone, cell, and nerve in the body. When a horse is injured or recieves sustained trauma due to training, the fascial system tightens as a protective response.
These things overtime can cause your horse to become stiff, movement becomes limited, structural alignment may be altered, etc.
With a therapist applying gentle pressure in the affected areas for 90-120 seconds, it serves to elongate this connective tissue and therefore we can receieve a better, and more pain-free, performance and movement from our horses.

I have seen this performed on three of our own horses with amazing results. For example, an older mare went from being stiff (and slightly tense and cranky) at the beginning of the treatment session to an extremely relaxed, freely moving animal.

So how do you know if you horse is a candidate for EMFR?
Any horse can benefit from this type of therapy, although horses with a prior history of lameness or injury are especially good candidates.

To find out more about Equine Myofascial Release, check out this website http://www.somapt.com/equine