Key Burns

Most everyone knows about the benefits of massage, and for a performance horse, the benefits are particularly clear.  To begin with, massage reduces stress and creates a general sense of well being that helps horses perform better. It also increases blood and lymph circulation, which helps horses recover from soreness and injuries faster by circulating waste away from muscles and bringing oxygen in.

Those are the key physical effects, but you shouldn’t ignore one other benefit. Massaging your horse puts you more in touch with him. It reveals when one or more of his muscles are tight and more prone to injury, and gives you the ability to prevent a muscle condition from developing into an injury.

That’s why it’s important for every rider and performance-horse owner to know the basics of massage for horses.

What You’ll Learn

In this series of three videos, noted equine massage expert Key Burns will introduce you to a basic massage routine for horses. She’ll walk you through a step-by-step process for working a horse through:

• Head and neck massage
• Shoulder and body massage
• Hind end massage

Applied skillfully, the techniques she demonstrates can help you make sure your horse remains a healthy, more capable, more relaxed performer.

Help Your Horse Feel Good, Avoid Injuries and Perform Well

Only experienced equestrians who know how to work around horses safely should conduct the massage exercises shown in this lesson.

However, even if you’re not yet ready to perform these techniques yourself, this video will show you how simple it is to execute a good massage routine and what it can do for your horse. Then you’ll be in a much better position to recognize when your horse needs his muscles massaged by a professional, and more able to help him become the relaxed, capable performer he should be.

Just click an Add to Cart button below to purchase, download and view your videos. Within minutes, you’ll see how easy it is to help your horse feel better and perform to the limits of his capabilities.

Total length: 55 minutes

Total file size: 677/818 MB
Download: 12 minutes
$19.99

For Macintosh/PC with QuickTime Player/iPad (MP4)

For PC with Windows Media Player (WMV)

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Key Burns

Everyone knows how important it is for an athlete to incorporate muscle stretching into his or her training routine. It’s no different for horses. Horses that don’t get the benefit of stretching exercises can find it more difficult to perform to their ability. They can lose their flexibility. They can lose their power. Like humans, they can also become tight, uncomfortable and more prone to injury.

That’s why it’s important for every rider and performance-horse owner to know something about muscle stretching for horses. It’s also why we produced this video.

What You’ll Learn

In this video, noted equine massage expert Key Burns will introduce you to a basic stretching routine for horses. She’ll walk you through a step-by-step process for working a horse through:

• A warm-up
• Neck stretches
• Shoulder stretches
• Back and Barrel stretches
• Lower back and hind end stretches

Applied skillfully, this one simple routine can help your horse become a much more capable, relaxed performer.

Help Your Horse Feel Good and Perform Well

Only experienced equestrians who know how to work around horses safely should conduct the stretching exercises shown in this lesson.

However, even if you’re not yet ready to perform these techniques yourself, this video will show you how simple it is to execute a good stretching routine and what it can do for your horse. Then you’ll be in a much better position to recognize when your horse needs his muscles stretched by a professional, and more able to help him become the relaxed, capable performer he should be.

Just click an Add to Cart button below to purchase, download and view your video. Within minutes, you’ll see how easy it is to help your horse feel better and perform to the limits of his capabilities.

Length: 28 minutes

File size: 322 MB
Download: 6 minutes
$8.99

For Macintosh/PC with QuickTime Player/iPad (MP4)

For Macintosh/PC with QuickTime Player/smart phone (smaller MP4)

For PC with Windows Media Player (WMV)

If you’re concerned your computer won’t play the video you want, you can try out our test videos first. Click this link to access them.

Link: Test Video