15/04/2026
Rehabilitation & Maintenance 🙌
Gently stretching your horse’s tail downwards and to each side can be a really good addition to your routine, as long as it’s done carefully.
✅ It’s a great way to improve mobility through the pelvis and lower back, especially around the sacroiliac region where horses can quite easily become restricted.
✅ You’ll also be encouraging activation of the core and postural muscles, helping with stability through the trunk and hindquarters.
✅ By lightly stimulating around the base of the tail, you’re supporting proprioception too, so your horse becomes more aware of its body and balance, which is really helpful in both rehabilitation and maintenance work.
✅ Working evenly to both sides can highlight (and help address) any asymmetries in flexibility or movement patterns.
😌 It’s also lovely for releasing tension through the hindquarters, you will feel them soften or see them visibly relax into it.
💤 And finally, it can encourage that parasympathetic “rest and relax” response, making it a really nice way to finish a session or settle your horse.
I tend to hold each side for around 10–30 seconds, gradually building up to 30 seconds to a minute as they get more comfortable. As always, ask your equine bodyworker to show you the correct technique 🙌
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