Equine Massage: A Practical Guide
Fully revised and updated, this new edition provides step-by-step instructions and more than 180 photographs and diagrams to help riders and professionals alike master equine massage techniques. This authoritative guide provides detailed information about massage movements, pressures, rhythms, and sequences. It includes:
- An introduction to equine anatomy, physiology, and kinesiology
- Practical information on stretching and hydrotherapy
- Four new chapters covering equine myofascial massage, Equine TMJ (temporomandibular joint) Dysfunction Syndrome, Equine Muscular Compensation Phenomenon, and saddle fitting
- A conformation check-up routine
- Information about areas of stress specific to each discipline and different massage techniques and routines for different situations
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Book details
- Author
- Jean Pierre Hourdebaigt
- Imprint
- Howell Book House, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Pets › Horses
Health & Fitness › Massage & Reflexology
Medical › Veterinary Medicine › Equine - Topics
- horse massage · equine anatomy · equine physiology · myofascial massage · stretching and hydrotherapy · saddle fitting · equine kinesiology
- ISBN-13
- 9780470073384 (Paperback)9781620455814 (Hardcover)
About the author
JEAN-PIERRE HOURDEBAIGT is a Licensed Massage Therapist and Registered Massage Therapist and the author of several books, including Equine Massage: A Practical Guide, Canine Massage: A Complete Reference Manual and Fitness Evaluation of the Horse.
Hourdebaigt graduated from the Canadian College of Massage and Hydrotherapy and went on to treat athletes and dignitaries. He is the founder of Massage Awareness Inc. and the developer of the Massage Awareness Method.
When not writing, Hourdebaigt conducts workshops in equine massage worldwide through his teaching organization, Massage Awareness Inc. That hands-on practice underpins the practical approach found throughout his books.
Jean-Pierre lives in Ottawa, Canada.