Lea Brown Equine Sports Massage Therapist

15/11/2025

Did you know gentle friction work over old scar tissue can help restore mobility, reduce sensitivity, and release deep-held tension.
And the best part … Horses love it. Watching Pirate relax into the process was pure magic.

15/11/2025

Kinesiology taping on tonight’s agenda!

By creating subtle lift in the skin, this technique helps guide lymphatic fluid toward the lymph nodes.

26/09/2025

I’m very proud to share that I’ve successfully completed the upgrade from my Level 3 to the all-new Level 4 Equine Sports Massage qualification with ESMA — the leading and highest level in our industry.

This has been a further year of in-depth study, multiple research assignments, case studies, and practical application and assessment.

Having also welcomed my little boy to our family during this time, it’s been a challenging but incredibly rewarding journey, and I’m thrilled to bring this advancement into my work.

21/07/2025

A full day of pony club coaching at Vaux Park Polo Club today. We’ve been using balance boards to get us thinking about the impact of travel on our horses. Followed by learning a few massage techniques to relieve some of that post travel tension, and support our ponies in playing their best game on the day!

Looking forward to seeing all of your ponies getting their post travel massages at Black Bears this Thursday!!

15/07/2025

Great to be part of the pony club polo training day today at Longdole.
Some fun and games exploring the impact of foot imbalance on our bodies, before perfecting a few massage techniques and stretches with our special 4 legged friends

29/10/2024

15/07/2024

A great time today delivering a full day of practical workshops at Vaux Polo Club.

Organised by the Pony Club, 40 children attended a day of mounted and unmounted training including stick and ball coaching, TopSpec feed lectures, stable management sessions, and equine sports massage demos … hands on sessions where we put ourselves in the ‘shoes’ of our horses, thinking about how various foot imbalances impact the horse’s musculature, when and how sports massage benefits the horse, and acquiring some hands on skills to take home.

Pony Club - Polo Vaux Park Polo Club

19/06/2024

02/06/2024

And we’re back … I’m now starting to take bookings from all my regular clients, looking forward to catching up!

21/05/2024

Preparations are underway for the first in a series of demos and practical workshops this summer season, starting with the first few workshops at Vaux Park Polo Club.

I’m particularly looking forward to seeing all the Pony Club ponies enjoying their mini owners new skills this year!

Why not enquire about a yard demo or club workshop today!

Vaux Park Polo Club
Pony Club - Polo

16/02/2024

Juinita enjoying her post treatment stretches in the sun today … focussed primarily on releasing tension held at the poll.

When performed correctly, incorporating stretches into your daily routine can help to maintain mobility, flexibility and strength in-between treatments.

02/02/2024

There is no set formula to the treatments I apply, ensuring that each horse is treated according to knowledge of its history, current presentation (static, dynamic and responsiveness to palpation), and to support the achievement of future goals.

Today’s treatment utilised a number of different techniques for a horse displaying an increased reluctance to engage its near hind. The horse in question has previously been diagnosed with a slight hock defect that can cause discomfort during increased levels of workload.

Initially massage was applied to stimulate lymphatic flow throughout the whole body, followed by the performance of myofascial release in areas where compensating tension were detected (see previous post ‘it’s not all about the muscles’). Passive mobilisations within the range of motion of the hock were also performed to stimulate joint movement.

A combination of kinesiology taping was applied. The pink tape has been designed to stimulate the joint via high intensity surface taping with recoil in multiple directions. Tape that is stretched will naturally try to recoil, it is this application that causes the horse’s hair and the outer layer of skin to lift, thus increasing tissue space to allow for improved blood and lymphatic flow and releasing pressure from inflammation.

The Union Jack tape has been positioned towards the lymphatic nodes to further aid lymphatic drainage in support of my massage application.

Those visible signs of release and relaxation are what we love to see 😊