Equine Body Work Therapy Services
BEMER Blanket and Boots
What is BEMER?
The BEMER Set is a healing promotion and maintenance equipment used for large animals, most commonly equids. The BEMER consists of a blanket similar to a turnout blanket for horses, as well as two strap-on boots similar to shipping boots for horses. BEMER is an acronym for Bio-Electro-Magnetic-Energy-Regulation.
BEMER stands for Bio-Electro-Magnetic-Energy-Regulation
The set can be placed along the animal’s neck, back, rump, and any two limbs to promote increased blood circulation, muscle oxygenation and relaxation.
All these therapies work together to promote and maintain healing. The BEMER Set can be especially helpful to those animals recovering from operations or injury to quicken the pace of healing and the return of comfort.
What does the BEMER do?
The BEMER Set provides Bio-Electro-Magnetic-Energy-Regulating therapy along the animal’s neck, back, rump, and any two limbs to promote increased blood circulation, muscle oxygenation and relaxation, which all work together to increase rates of healing. The BEMER Set can be especially helpful to those animals recovering from injury, to quicken the pace of healing and the return of comfort.
BEMER Services
The BEMER Set can be utilized individually as its own service, or as an Add-On to other services including bodywork, dental floats, vaccinations, post-operative rechecks, etc.
Craniosacral Therapy
What is Craniosacral Therapy?
- A holistic healing practice which uses light hand pressure to optimize body movement, activate stress relief, promote the physical release of bodily tension, and alleviate muscle tension.
What is Involved with Craniosacral Therapy?
Initial Body Work Evaluation and Therapy
- History and Consultation- Ryan will discuss with you a full history of your horse’s health, diet, activity, and goals to drive the body work assessment.
- Dynamic Assessment- After gathering a detailed history, Ryan watches your horse in motion. This will provide insight regarding where they hold tension and pain and drive the direction of the release session.
- Palpation and Release- Ryan will then perform a full body exam using physical palpation, while administering pressure release techniques. Your horse’s responses to the myofascial release will aid in diagnosing tension points and drive future treatment plans.
- 10 Step Protocol: Lastly, in the Craniosacral Session Ryan will apply subtle massage techniques to address all physical regions of the animal from head to tail. This promotes muscular, mental, and cranial bone releases. These releases will be presented in several forms including licking and chewing, yawning, muscle relaxation, weight shifting, stretching, and more.
- BEMER Session- Ryan will end every treatment with a BEMER session to increase blood flow to the targeted areas, improve healing, and give your horse a relaxing experience.
Follow-Up Bodywork Therapy
- Palpation: With the gathered information from the Initial Body Work Evaluation, Ryan will re-perform a physical palpation to determine if new bodily tensions have arisen since the last visit, or if the previous areas of tension have improved.
- Craniosacral Session: In this Craniosacral Session, Ryan will focus the session on the areas of the equid that displayed the most signs of tension and discomfort from the previous visit, as well as any new places that have arisen.
- BEMER Session- Ryan will end every treatment with a BEMER session to increase blood flow to the targeted areas, improve healing, and give your horse a relaxing experience.
Equine Massage Therapy
Equine Massage
Equine Massage involves the physical manipulation of the horse’s soft tissues (fascia and muscles) in order to decrease discomfort and increase quality of life. This can be achieved through several different massage therapy modalities, including Swedish, Shiatsu, Myofascial, and TMJ manipulation. Through equine massage, Ryan works to achieve the following goals:
- Loosen tight joints and tendons, alleviate muscle soreness and knots, break-up scar tissue, and lesson edema
- Increase lymphatic activity and blood flow
- Reduce physical and mental stress
Massage Therapy and BEMER Session: What does my first visit involve?
Prior Conversation: In the first visit, factors of your equids’ history and lifestyle will be considered and gathered.
Dynamic Assessment: After our Prior Conversation, Ryan will need to see your equid in motion, via hand walking/jogging, free lunging, or via being ridden. Seeing the animal move will provide insight regarding where they hold tension and pain which we’ll aim to release in the session.
Palpation: With the insight from the Prior Conversation and Dynamic Assessment, Ryan will perform a physical Palpation of the equid to gauge the most prominent areas of tension, presence of stress points, and potential discomfort.
Massage: Lastly, Ryan will apply one or more massage techniques (Shiatsu, Swedish, Myofascial, and/or TMJ) to address all physical regions of the animal from head to tail to promote facial, muscular, mental and cranial bone releases. These releases can and will be present in several forms including: licking and chewing, yawning, muscle relaxation, weight shifting, stretching, and more.
BEMER: After completion of the massage therapy session, Ryan will place our BEMER (Bio-Electro-Magnetic-Energy-Regulation) blanket and boots on the equid to promote increased blood circulation, muscle oxygenation, and relaxation to help set in the massage and acquired releases.
Massage Therapy and BEMER Session: What do my follow-up visits involve?
Follow-Up Conversation: In this conversation, the equid’s most recent history (since the First Session) will be collected regarding physical and mental improvement since the initial visit from the owner.
Dynamic Assessment: After the Follow-Up conversation, Ryan will need to see your equid in motion again. Seeing the animal move will provide insight regarding any improvement as well as where they hold tension and pain which we’ll aim to release in the session.
Palpation: With the insight from the Follow-Up Conversation and Dynamic Assessment, Ryan will perform a physical Palpation of the equid to gauge the level of improvement from the initial visit.
Massage: Lastly, Ryan will apply one or more massage techniques (Shiatsu, Swedish, Myofascial, and/or TMJ) to address all physical regions of the animal from head to tail to promote facial, muscular, mental and cranial bone releases that require additional physical attention since the Initial Session.
BEMER: After completion of the massage therapy session, Ryan will place our BEMER (Bio-Electro-Magnetic-Energy-Regulation) blanket and boots on the equid to promote increased blood circulation, muscle oxygenation, and relaxation to help set in the massage and acquired releases.
Equine Body Taping: Kinesiology Taping
What is Kinesiology Taping?
Kinesiology Taping consists of stretchy, athletic tape sticking to the fur of an animal to help improve bodily function and movement, as well as to reduce pain. Benefits include:
- Pain reduction
- Improved lymphatic and blood circulation
- Muscle and joint support
- Increased proprioception
How Does it Work?
Using kinesiology tape, massage therapists promote natural pain management and reduction, as well as via mechanoreceptor (nerve endings) stimulation. The more the mechanoreceptors are stimulated, the less pain receptors can fire and cause pain.
What do these visits involve?
Conversation: Factors of your equids’ history and lifestyle will be considered and gathered.
Dynamic Assessment: Ryan will need to see your equid in motion, via hand walking/jogging, free lunging, or via being ridden. Seeing the animal move will provide insight regarding where they hold tension and pain which we’ll aim to release in the session.
Palpation: With the insight from the Prior Conversation and Dynamic Assessment, Ryan will perform a physical Palpation of the equid to gauge the most prominent areas of tension, presence of stress points, and potential discomfort.
Taping: Utilizing the information gathered thus far, Ryan will decide which taping method(s) will provide the most benefits and physical relief to your equid, and apply them accordingly. The tape should be left on the horse for 3-5 days in order to reap the most benefit, providing that the equid does not remove it before then.
Craniosacral Evaluation and BEMER: What does my first session involve?
Prior Conversation: In the first visit, factors of your equids’ history and lifestyle will be considered and gathered.
Dynamic Assessment: After our Prior Conversation, Ryan will need to see your equid in motion, via hand walking/jogging, free lunging, or via being ridden. Seeing the animal move will provide insight regarding where they hold tension and pain which we’ll aim to release in the session.
Palpation: With the insight from the Prior Conversation and Dynamic Assessment, Ryan will perform a physical Palpation of the equid to gauge the most prominent areas of tension and potential discomfort.
Craniosacral Session and 10 Step Protocol: Lastly, Ryan will apply Craniosacral massage techniques to address all physical regions of the animal from head to tail to promote muscular, mental and cranial bone releases. These releases will be present in several forms including licking and chewing, yawning, muscle relaxation, weight shifting, stretching, and more.
BEMER: After completion of the Craniosacral Evaluation, Ryan will place our BEMER (Bio-Electro-Magnetic-Energy-Regulation) blanket and boots on the equid to promote increased blood circulation, muscle oxygenation, and relaxation to help set in the massage and acquired releases.
Craniosacral Recheck of Releases and BEMER: What do the follow-up sessions involve?
Follow-Up Conversation: In this conversation, the equid’s most recent history (since the First Session) will be collected regarding physical and mental improvement since the initial visit from the owner.
Dynamic Assessment: After the Follow-Up, Ryan will need to see your equid in motion again. Seeing the animal move will provide insight regarding where they hold tension and pain which we’ll aim to release in the session.
Palpation: With the gathered information from the Follow-Up conversation and Dynamic Assessment, Ryan will re-perform a physical palpation to determine if new bodily tensions have arisen since the last visit, or if the previous areas of tension have improved.
Craniosacral Session: In this Craniosacral Session, Ryan will focus the session on the areas of the equid that displayed the most signs of tension and discomfort from the previous visit, as well as any new places that have arisen.
BEMER: After completion of the Craniosacral Session, Ryan will place our BEMER (Bio-Electro-Magnetic-Energy-Regulation) blanket and boots on the equid to promote increased blood circulation, muscle oxygenation, and relaxation to help set in the massage and acquired releases.
Please call the clinic to schedule Equine Body Work Therapy with Ryan!