Nikita’s Equine Sports Massage Therapy

01/21/2025

🔥Massage therapy and how it is beneficial:

Trigger point therapy/ Myofascial release therapy. This type of therapy or massage specifically targets the main areas of pain and tension which alleviates/works out those areas!

💪🏻Massage is a preventative maintenance measure that can be taken to prevent injury to any muscle or body system.

•It alleviates pain, tension and discomfort by increasing blood flow as well as the lymphatic flow!
•It also reduces inflammation and spasms/cramping.
•Massage Increases range of motion in joints while also lubricating the joint.
•It releases endorphins which is the body’s own natural pain killer which promotes healing.
•Massage breaks down scar tissue and helps reduce post-exercise soreness.
•It also stimulates waste and toxin elimination!
•It will help breakdown tension areas that have an accumulated over years or days!
•Any and every horse could use a good massage!

Overall the main body systems benefiting from massage is the muscular system,
lymphatic system, circulatory system, nervous system and the skin itself.

I offer other modalities within sessions or excluded such as: cupping, taping, Tenz/Ems, red-light/IR therapy, guasha and percussion.

11/18/2024

Do You Babysit...

I often see people getting caught in the mindset to treat the horse the way they acted once upon a time. This creates a reactivity to what the horse might possibly do today simply based on history.

I'm a firm believer that if we treat our horse or even a child who has been naughty in the past, as if they will always be that way, we will probably be right. I'm sure glad I'm not now judged on how I was at twelve years old. I'm different now. We simply cannot expect failure over and over and get anything but more failure.

Instead, we should always strive to first have the expectation of how we expect the horse to be and them treat them like it. Want a respectful horse (child), show them the expectation and hold them accountable. Most of the time, that's what we will end up with.

Then, we need to consistently show them what we expect and then give them a chance to become it.

Where many get jammed up is when we micro manage everything they do (babysit) and never ask them or certainly never allow them to change and become that trusted partner.

We spend so much time worrying about the wonky tracks they have already made that we don't actually allow them to make fresh new successful tracks.

Now all this is easier said then done no doubt, however it is the only way to not only enjoy our horses. It's the only way they will enjoy us as well. Nobody likes to be micro managed.

How many young colts have never developed into trusted horses because they were never allowed to prove that they could be, just that they aren't.

Pc Tracey Buyce Photography

11/15/2024

Do you really understand how big your horse's lungs are? This picture is a horse's lungs fully inflated...amazing when you think they are enclosed in a horse's body! Did you know a horse takes in 2x 5-Gallon buckets of air ever second? Think of how much that really is. So, do the best you can to help your horse breathe! http://flairstrips.com/learn/

07/21/2023

If you aren’t already, give my Equine page a follow!! Nikitas Equine 💛💛💛

07/21/2023

Diva has the best massage faces😂😂🥰

07/21/2023

Sweet Dante boy felt amazing for his first massage back after recovering from Kissing Spine surgery!💙

07/21/2023

Sweet Zecha girl enjoying her massage today🤍

06/28/2023

06/27/2023

Hey Y’all!! I offer the following here on my farm or mobile!💚

🐴 Horsemanship, advanced horseriding lessons, competition lessons.
(I only have advanced horses and am not accepting beginner riders and have a limited number of clients I can accept.)

🚗 Travel lessons. ( I will come to you, meet at our local arena or you come to me with your own horse. I will help you with your horse and whatever challenges you are facing.)

💆‍♀️ Equine Massage Therapy and bodywork

🏋️‍♀️Training/Consignment horses

📸 Photography sessions ( I offer sessions or our farm venue is open for photoshoots/events! Bring your own photographer or bring your clients!)

If you have any questions regarding any of the above services please feel free to shoot me a message!😄

06/23/2023

Dixie loves her weekly massages 💛

06/10/2023

Cathy already feeling the Tapes effects!

06/10/2023

Cathy enjoying her massage and KT session!