How Myofascial Release Can Help Your Horse

Relieve Discomfort Nervous System Regulation* Balance Movement Quality of Life*

The horse's body has natural intelligence to heal itself, but they need support to maintain optimal comfort and function.

Fascia is both your "soft skeleton" in terms of providing structural support and a sensory network that communicates with the nervous system. It's richly innervated with sensory nerve endings, including proprioceptors and pain receptors, which means that it plays a significant role in movement, coordination, pain perception, and nervous system feedback.

Horses rely on movement as part of their survival -- and they develop restriction, habitual patterns, and compensate after minor accidents in life just as people do. Daily stressors accumulate over time in the body, creating layers of restriction, which can manifest into problems like stiffness, lameness, behavioral changes, or inconsistent performance.

Bodywork is ideally leveraged as part of a horse's routine preventive care, however, it is also a transformative tool to help heal injuries and overcome physical challenges.

We'll work together to better understand reasons for discomfort and personalize a mindful approach for your horse.

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What is Myofascial Release?

Healthy fascia is soft, elastic, and adaptable.

Want to solve your horse's silent discomfort and inconsistent performance?

John Barnes Equine Myofascial Release is a gentle and effective type of bodywork that works directly with the fascial system. This method is different than equine massage in the way that it applies a slow, sustained stretch to the fascial system to restore elastic recoil, re-hydrate tissues, and decompress the body. It allows time for the tissue to soften and release, as opposed to applying force, and involves listening to the horse's body and responses. It offers a "reset" to the network of tissues to return them to a more supple and functional state of being. Myofascial Release helps relieve the pressure surrounding muscles, bones, nerves and creates more efficiency and comfort in the body.

The Results:

Function with comfort
Changes in gait, posture, and balance
Freedom of movement
Reduces areas of vulnerability to prevent injury
Improved disposition
Relief of stress and tension

Equine Bodywork by Adriana Traum performing Myofascial Release on a horse to improve range of motion

How Myofascial Release Can Help Your Horse

*Relieve Discomfort* Nervous System Regulation* *Balance Movement* Quality of Life*

What is Myofascial Release?

Healthy fascia is soft, elastic, and adaptable.

Equine Myofascial Release for Optimal Comfort & Function

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Relieve Discomfort Nervous System Regulation* Balance Movement Quality of Life*