Rowena’s Equine Pulse Therapy

23/09/2025

My machine is back!! Thanks everyone for your patience. I’m straight back into it with a busy rest of the week. Please message me if I haven’t contacted you to let you know I’m back in action.

A big thanks to everyone who has supported me this month with allowing me to do some hands on body work and even back riding a bit too!!

It’s been good to do more hands on stuff this month and remind myself of techniques, stretches and mobilisations that are so beneficial to our horses.

19/09/2025

Great win by Shezsofast in the group 1 last night after some body work earlier in the week! Well done to the connections 👏👏💙💙

18/09/2025

The US Open’s recovery chamber includes PEMF and red light therapy. Helping athletes to recover and stay on top of their game!!

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12/09/2025

Exciting packages arrived today - thanks to my dad!!

I am now offering red light therapy along with PEMF (biostacking) or massage sessions. I have boots and hoof boots available as of now.

I also have boots available for sale. We will be ordering in hock boots and back pads for sale shortly, depending on demand.

Let me know if you would be interested in any kind of red light therapy gear for your horse.

Red light therapy is good for speeding up healing, reducing inflammation, chronic pain such as arthritis, wounds, tendon injuries, sore muscles and many other issues.

Red light therapy can be used on top of PEMF to really speed up healing. Both therapies work at the cellular level. Red light therapy can change how the body moves light (photons) around and PEMF can help electrons in the body to function correctly!

The red light therapy would also be something clients could do in between massage or PEMF sessions to maximise the benefits of a session.

I looked forward to using red light in my massage routines next week and biostacking it with PEMF when my machine returns from service.

10/09/2025

This months cpd was great for perfecting my stretching and mobilisation techniques. I often use these techniques as part of my massage routine. As my machine is away being serviced I have been doing more hands on body work so it’s really good to brush over these skills and remember why they are useful tools.
I will often try to share a stretch or mobilisation with owners to help further release and strengthen certain areas of the horse between sessions. Just let me know if you would like more help with stretching and using mobilisations. I’m always happy to answer any questions.

08/09/2025

Highly recommend Scott for anyone wanting their horses going to the water treadmill. It was a great start for Ollie’s fitness at the beginning of the year as we started to get ready for hunt season.

08/09/2025

Deep Dorsal line

This line originates in the tail and runs through the sacro caudalis,multifidi and longissimus muscle cranially and ends at the occipital crest (eye). DDL runs laterally either side of the spine and has strong fascial connections to the myodural bridge as well as many other muscles including bicep femoris. The DDL has connections to the Superficial Dorsal Line through the hamstrings and bicep femoris. It also balances out with Deep Ventral Line as they are antagonists of each other

A horse with dysfunction along his DDL will exhibit general stiffness of the spine; it can be mistaken for arthritis. They can hold their tale to one side and have difficulty with lateral flexion.

Horses just returning from breaking in may exhibit signs of tension in this line as their body adapts to balancing itself with a rider, or horse that has experienced trauma such as a fall. This line will stiffen to protect the spine. Horses will struggle to turn their head and neck around and can exhibit an odd head tilt when flexing the neck.

We can test for dysfunction along this line by assessing the movement atlanto - occipital junction (poll). By placing one had on the junction and one hand on your horse's face where the noseband would lie you should be able to flex the head easily. If there is not a nice bouncing movement you could have dysfunction in this line. We can also test by flexing the back and asking for a pelvis tilt. If your horse is unable to do this he may have dysfunction along this line. The most important test is the swing test. Stand on the same side as the line you want to test and hold the horses tail with one hand and gently rock his body. When you have a nice rhythm you can touch the spaces between the spinious processes and longissimus dorsion. If the swing motion stops he may have dysfunction through his DDL.

To treat this line there is an acupressure point medial to the acupressure point of SDL on the lateral border of the gracilis muscle. Taping the poll to support the myodural bridge,taping applications to support the spine, taping hamstrings or bicep femoris can also help support the DDL. PEMF along the spine, sacro and also focused on the poll and the acupressure point would also be very beneficial.

Photo courtesy of Sozo Equine LLC

07/09/2025

Great to see some clients ponies out and about this weekend. Well done Liam and Whisper winning at Brookby show hunter!!

07/09/2025

Love receiving feedback like this from clients. I have often found PEMF to help horses let down and get them eating well. So many benefits to regular PEMF therapy