SLC Equine Sports Massage Therapy

13/01/2026

Equine Sports & Rehabilitation Massage Therapist - IAAT 🦄

🌟 Regular bodywork is crucial to allow your horse to feel their best, from leisure horses to top competition horses. Benefits include;

♾️ Reduces muscle soreness, tension and spasm
♾️ Increases range of motion & stride length
♾️ Induces physical and psychological relaxation
♾️ Reduces risk of injury, by increasing soft tissue elasticity
♾️ Enhances muscle tone & improves posture

Treatments include;
🔹 Static & Dynamic Assessment
🔹 Full Body Massage
🔹 Trigger Point Therapy
🔹 Myofascial Release
🔹 Stretching / Mobilisation
🔹 Epiony Heat Treatment
🔹 Red Light Therapy (LLLT)
🔹 Detailed reports & easy to understand diagrams through the Equigate app, including aftercare recommendations

📍 I am able to cover a wide area including:

• Bedfordshire
• St Neots, Cambourne, Royston
• Northampton, Rushden
• Milton Keynes, Towcester, Buckingham
• Hitchin, Stevenage, Welwyn, Hatfield, Broxbourne
• Buntingford, Bishops Stortford, Sawbridgeworth
• Harlow, Chelmsford

🐎 Certified Equine Sports Massage Therapist
✨ IAAT Registered
👩🏼‍🎓 MSc Veterinary Physiotherapy Student

13/01/2026

Updated list of services for 2026 ✨🐎

All sessions are priced at £45 per horse and last approximately 1-1.5hrs.

📍I am able to cover a wide area including:

• All of Bedfordshire
• St Neots, Cambourne, Royston
• Northampton, Rushden
• Milton Keynes, Towcester, Buckingham
• Hitchin, Stevenage, Welwyn, Hatfield, Broxbourne
• Buntingford, Bishops Stortford, Sawbridgeworth
• Harlow, Chelmsford

📞 Feel free to drop me a message to discuss!

08/01/2026

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If you find an equestrian on their side this winter, please turn them the right way up and power them with tea.
No, seriously. This is not a joke. This is a health and safety advisory.

Winter equestrians are a fragile species. We can usually be found frozen in gateways, wedged against stable doors, or lying horizontally in a muddy field questioning our life choices. If discovered, do not panic. Simply follow the steps below.

First, check for signs of life.
Are they muttering about mud, frozen taps, or why they didn’t take up knitting? Good. They’re still with us.

Next, carefully rotate them upright. Winter riders tend to tip over due to excess layers, stiff joints, and boots filled with mud that now weigh approximately the same as a small car. Use correct lifting technique. Bend your knees. Protect your back. This person has already ruined theirs.

Once upright, immediately administer tea.
Not lukewarm tea. Not herbal nonsense. Proper, builders’, strong-enough-to-stand-a-spoon-up tea. Bonus points if it’s delivered in a battered yard mug that smells faintly of hay and regret.

Do not ask how they are.
They will say “fine” while their eye twitches and their soul quietly leaves their body.
Expect them to be wearing:
• Seven layers, none of which are actually warm
• Gloves that are somehow both soaking wet and frozen solid
• An expression of pure regret

They may appear grumpy. This is normal. Winter equestrians have been up since dawn, defrosting buckets with kettles, chipping ice like they’re auditioning for a mining job, and explaining to non-horse people that no, the horse cannot “just stay inside today”.
They are tired.
They are cold.
They smell faintly of horse and despair.

Under no circumstances should you suggest:
• “At least it’s not raining”
• “You chose this life”
• “Horses are just pets”

If the equestrian starts laughing for no reason, crying into their tea, or talking about selling everything and moving to Spain, this is also normal. Continue tea application until coherence returns.

Once revived, they will stand up, pull their hat down, sigh deeply, and go straight back out into the cold to do it all again. Because despite everything — the mud, the ice, the numb toes, and the emotional damage — they love it.

And if you find them on their side again tomorrow?
Turn right ways up.
Apply tea.
Repeat until spring. ☕🐴

26/12/2025

Beautiful Boxing Day morning ride with my boy 🩷
Hope all my lovely clients had a wonderful Christmas, looking forward to seeing you all in the new year 🍾✨

26/11/2025

Here’s why your horse should have a Massage this winter ❄️🌨️

❄️ Cold temperatures can cause reduced blood circulation; leading to reduced elasticity and suppleness of muscle fibres , due to them naturally contracting slightly to conserve body heat.
🔹 This can affect their stride length, ability to collect, and cause the muscles to be more susceptible to strain and tension.

❄️ Reduced turn out or moving around on wet or slippery ground can cause them to adjust their movement and posture, which can lead to compensatory patterns
🔹 Even the most subtle postural changes can affect performance and overall comfort if not addressed.

🌧️ Ever seen your horse tuck their heads in and huddle themselves up in the rain, even when rugged? Though seemingly minor, this adapted stance can lead to increased tension over the topline.

❄️ Increased rugging: some rugs can pull back on the skin, causing fascial restrictions and contributing to muscle soreness.

My December diary is filling fast, so don’t hesitate to send me a message to have a chat or book your horse in ✨

📞 07539528790 (WhatsApp)
📲 SLC Equine Sports Massage Therapy (Message)

24/11/2025

🙌🏻

🐎 Clear Up the Stretching Confusion!
One of the questions I’m asked most often is whether you should stretch your horse before you ride, or after they’re warmed up. The answer is simple, but important for keeping your horse comfortable and injury free.

🔹 ❌ Stretching a Cold Horse
Just like us, horses have muscles that don’t appreciate being pulled or lengthened when they’re cold. Stretching before your horse has moved and warmed up increases the risk of small tears, strain, or discomfort. Cold muscles are simply more vulnerable.

🔹 ✅ Stretching After a Warm Up
Once your horse has walked, engaged their body, and the tissues have warmed through, their muscles become more elastic and far safer to stretch. This is the ideal time for ridden or in hand stretching exercises. You’ll get better results, improved flexibility, and reduced risk of injury.

🔹 🕒 When Should You Stretch?
Think of stretching as part of your cool down or post warm up routine, not your pre ride prep.
A few minutes of active warm up first, then stretch.

If you’re ever unsure which stretches are most appropriate, feel free to ask your massage therapist, they will always happy to help guide you 🙏
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07/11/2025

Ruby being the perfect model patient for my first Veterinary Physiotherapy assignment 🫶🏻
Apologies for the radio silence from me recently, please note I am still very much able to treat clients with Equine Sports Massage Therapy! Drop me a message to book in or talk about it ✨

06/10/2025

Equine Sports Massage Therapist available along either of the below routes Monday-Friday 🐎

🌟 Regular bodywork is crucial to allow your horse to feel & perform at their best, from leisure horses to top competition horses.

Benefits include:
♾️ Reduced muscle soreness, tension & spasm
♾️ Increased range of motion and stride length
♾️ Induces physical & psychological relaxation
♾️ Reduces risk of injury, by increasing soft tissue elasticity
♾️ Enhances muscle tone & improves posture

Treatments include:
🔹Static & Dynamic Assessment
🔹Palpation Assessment
🔹Full body Sports Massage, focussing on areas of stress and tension
🔹Stretching & Mobilisation
🔹 Myofascial Release
🔹Red Light Therapy (LLLT) & Heat Therapy where required
🔹Reports available through the Equigate app & emailed to you including follow-up advice

🌟 Fully qualified & insured Equine Sports & Rehabilitation Massage Therapist
🌟 IAAT registered
🌟 Current MSc Veterinary Physiotherapy student

📞 PM or WhatsApp 07539528790 for more information

01/10/2025

Hello autumn 🍂✨⛅️

30/09/2025

Please read ❗️

The last couple of weeks have been very exciting as i have finally started my studying for my Masters in Veterinary Physiotherapy 🙌🏻 looking forward to the next 4 years of hard work and learning more.

Please note i am able to continue treating existing & new clients ✨ with the following availability:

🔹Mondays from 3:30pm
🔹Tuesdays before 11am and after 4pm
🔹Wednesdays after 12:30pm
🔹Thursdays after 1:30pm
🔹Fridays before 11am

Occasional weekend appointments available.

I am also opening up my diary to clients in parts of Essex & more of Hertfordshire on my route to uni 😊 these areas will be able to have more flexible timings too.

Thank you to everyone who has been patient and supportive with this exciting change! As always, please do not hesitate to message me to book your horses in 🩷

17/09/2025

A busy start to the week out treating some new faces as well as some regulars ✨
Nothing I love more than happy horses & owners after their sessions 🩷

Finished my Tuesday evening with this super sweet girl Rose who was caught in this photo mid - sleepy yawn & chew 🥰

14/09/2025

Jade showing a great release of tension whilst I’m treating the Serratus Ventralis Thoracis (SVT) muscle ✨
This muscle is a key part of the thoracic sling, meaning it helps support and stabilise the horse’s trunk. Let’s take a deeper dive into this muscle in a more in depth post 🔜🧠
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