Everyone who felt like it was taking forever for your horse to heal, raise your hand. Quite a few of you with hands in the air. Some of you with groans of frustration too. In Part 3 of this series we will look at how a regular program of massage for your horse can prevent injuries and help in the speedy rehabilitation of your horse. This is not to say that massage is magic and you can work your horse indiscriminately without worry of injury.
Massage can provide a buffer and advantage to avoiding some injuries.
First, injury prevention. Hopefully you have followed this series of articles and know that massage can provide a built in flexibility to developing muscles and that it can increase flexibility. The most common injuries to the muscle is either a pull within the muscle body or a tendon pull which is an extension of the muscle body. Muscle pulls are often the result of knots within the muscle. Knots are actually stuck muscle fibers that reduce flexibility within the muscle.