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Photo (c) Kaiti Elliott of Free to Be Equine Services.
I think it’s so fantastic that horse owners have access to information and can empower themselves – and therefore provide a better life for their horses – through knowledge. But how do we apply this knowledge in a practical way? How do we sort through it all and pick out what we actually need to do and fix and what is redundant, repetitive, or fights what we’re already trying to achieve?
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What can you do as a horse owner to take care of your horse’s care team, like they take care of you and your horse?
Here are my top 5 suggestions.
Coming to light in mainstream society is the concept of “burnout” and why “the hustle” isn’t always something healthy and admirable. What can you do as a horse owner to take care of your horse’s care team, like they take care of you and your horse? Here are my top 5 suggestions.
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Everything you need to know about an equine therapy appointment with Kaiti Elliott, Multi-Certified Equine Therapist. Updated November 2024.
Everything you need to know about an equine bodywork appointment with Kaiti Elliott, Certified Equine Therapist.
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New Service Alert!
By popular demand, I have begun to offer Equine Performance Therapy Support Sessions. These sessions are meant to complement your horse's existing bodywork sessions, and they are for the keen owners and riders who want to do a deep dive into what they can do on a regular basis to support their horse and integrate the positive changes from bodywork into their horse's daily life.
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Sundae, demonstrating her lovely movement! Photo by Kaiti Elliott of Free to Be Equine Services.
Did you know that massage is also hugely beneficial to arthritic horses? In fact, the degree that massage helped to manage arthritis pain for the horses in my care is what inspired me to pursue an education in this field in the first place!
Read moreStability Pad FAQ!
I get so many questions about using pads, so I decided to address the most common ones. Please let me know if you have additional questions and I will answer them, or direct you to some resources!
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It's important to be open minded during bodywork sessions and to try new approaches as you receive feedback from the horse. Read more about what that meant for this handsome guy Taco and his bodywork session!
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Sugar and Glenn sharing a special moment.
Massage is about so much more than fixing problems - problems that started out as a whisper, and are now being hollered. Massage relieves stress, tension, and trapped negative emotions. It catches those "whispers" and prevents them from becoming "hollers". Perhaps your horse doesn't work all that hard physically, compared to a lot of equine athletes out there. But it doesn't mean that he or she isn't working hard emotionally.
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View of the horse’s poll and cervical vertebrae.
One of the most common issues I run into when working with riding horses is tension and soreness in the poll junction. The poll area is made up of a complex arrangement of small muscles, but it is also an area where many large, important muscles in the rest of the body attach.
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Kaiti Elliott during an Equine Performance Therapy session with TC.
Equine Massage - there is SO much more to it than just relaxation! So what other benefits are there? There are many to list, but I’ll touch on a few that I think are imperative to our horses’ performance.
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