Beyond Horse Massage: A Breakthrough Interactive Method for Alleviating Soreness, Strain, and Tension
Description
Would you like to enable your horse to perform and feel better, to overcome
old limitations and restrictions and reach its full potential? In this book,
Jim Masterson, Equine Massage Therapist for the 2006 and 2008 and 2010 USET
Endurance Teams, and for equine clientele competing in FEI World Cup, Pan
American and World Games competitions, teaches a unique method of equine
bodywork, in which the practitioner recognizes and follows the responses of
the horse to touch to release tension in key junctions of the body that most
affect performance. This practical book: Contains step-by-step instructions,
photographs and illustrationsIs ideally suited to accompany you to the barn,
where you will practice the Masterson Method techniques on horses.Includes
chapters with tips & techniques, anatomical explanations and examples from
Jim’s practice help deepen your understanding.Has a “quick reference” section
that will point you to exercises that are specifically suited to your
particular disciplinedressage, endurance, eventing, show jumping, barrel
racing, or others in the vast realm of horse sports. By using these
techniques, and knowing the responses to look for, you are able to:Achieve a
release of accumulated stress in deep-seated key junctions of the horse’s body
that affects mobility, comfort, attitude, training and performance.Restore
muscular and structural balance, and natural alignment.Enable your horse to
perform optimally and respond to your training without stiffness and
pain.Achieve new levels of communication and trust with your horse that spill
over into other areas of interaction. Read more
Features:
Product Details:
- Publisher : Trafalgar Square Books; 39365th edition (October 14, 2011)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 205 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1570764727
- ISBN-13 : 21
- Item Weight : 2.12 pounds
- Dimensions : 9.83 x 1.01 x 9.76 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #57,355 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #5 in Equine Medicine (Books) #30 in Horse Riding (Books) #34 in Equestrian Sports (Books)
- #5 in Equine Medicine (Books)
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