for your equine animal
Our mission at Northeast Equine Massage is to provide affordable and exceptional quality care, comfort, and holistic healing practices to your horse in a professional, calm and compassionate approach every time. We aim to create a stress-free, educational and transparent massage experience, with the greatest regard for both the horse and client.
Our Equine Massage Therapist, Tiger Lily, specializes in the Jack Meagher 25 Stress Point Massage. This style targets tight muscle tissue and unwinds muscle fibers, thus restoring the horse’s natural full range of motion.
Our services range from monthly to bi-weekly and specialize in fluff and buff pre-competition and deep tissue post-competition massage. Our massages are great for relieving your horse’s tense muscles, improving circulation and lymphatic drainage, increasing range of motion and flexibility, and reducing stress and anxiety.
During our sessions, we create custom experiences for your equine. We use a variety of Swedish massage strokes, including (but not limited to) effleurage, petrissage, friction, tapotement, and vibration. We have also integrated direct and indirect myofascial release techniques from Jack Meagher 25 Stress Point Massage Treatment.
If your barn is up to an hour away, or 45 miles, from Lebanon, ME, save money by scheduling 5 or more horses for the same day! The additional mileage fee will be waived when you schedule five back-to-back appointments. So, let your barn mates know!
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Yes, it is good for the horse’s lymphatic system to be active for up to 20 minutes after being massaged to drain the body’s natural nitrogenous wastes, such as lactic acid. If possible, allow the horse to stretch slightly long and low during the ride while avoiding any tie downs and approaches that may contract the muscle.
Can a horse be ridden after it is massaged?
No matter the session, the entire horse will be examined and massaged. However, the session length varies due to the time it takes to massage the horse at different depths. Whole-body deep tissue massages generally last an hour but can take up to an hour and thirty minutes for new clients. Whole-body superficial tissue massages usually last 30 minutes. Still, they can take up to 45 minutes or an hour for new clients.
How long does a full-body massage take?