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)

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