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Equine Sports Massage Therapist and Human Massage Therapist covering areas of East Sussex and Kent

25/10/2025

It’s that time of year already…. Good luck horsey people, brace yourselves! ⏰ 🍂 🌚

18/10/2025

𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 -> 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘴!

Backing up is such a great exercise to help with a variety of things- strengthening, posture, body awareness BUT only if done ‘correctly’.

I try and keep things simple but the key is to remember- The aim of the exercise is NOT to get from A to B backwards, but HOW the body is travelling 🔑

We want the horse to be able to engage its core and use its hind end to go through full ROM to produce the movement, not for head and neck to compress and block shoulders so they are shuffling back ‘pushing’ their front end away from you.

✅ Softness through head and neck in a lowered, neutral position- due to design and action of nuchal and supraspinous ligament this allows a better position and alignment of spine for this movement and also encourages correct recruitment of muscles of thoracic sling and core.

✅ Slow, controlled movement better than rushed to ensure correct muscular activity rather than tendon recoil.

✅ Straightness- the movement should be as symmetrical as possible between limbs so if horse tends to drift then use of channel poles useful.

❌ ‘My horse can’t’…. ALWAYS remember when introducing an exercise like this or changing how you’re asking for it to be executed that YOUR HORSE ISNT GETTING IT WRONG- if they’re not doing what you’re aiming for then it’s a you problem, not them! They don’t have any idea why you’re asking this of them so it’s important you break it down for them and reward once they offer correct movement, always always reward with forward steps and a moment to pause and think about what they’ve done.

❌Pressure- this exercise is best learnt when the horse figures out for themselves where they need to go. Don’t bang bang bang on the rope to get them to go backwards and don’t push them in the chest (they will push back!) 😅

I always try to advise and trouble shoot what might be going wrong if this exercise isn’t going as well as it could so please feel free to send videos if you’re having issues or if you’d like me to help at your horses next treatment ☺️

15/10/2025

𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐’𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨….

I’m not riding my own horse Skylla much at the moment but thought it would be useful to share some exercises and environment set ups I use to keep her using herself correctly.

Here is a video where I’ve tried to explain what I’m doing and trying to achieve- I feel it’s important to add she is currently living out 24/7, unrugged and I don’t have access to a school so I very much ‘use what is available’!

Please let me know if it’s useful to see and if you’d like me to share similar of what my own horses set up is like? Thankyou ☺️💙

10/10/2025

🌍💚 World Mental Health Day 💚🌍

I’m sure for all of you that follow me and are reading this can relate- horses have helped my own mental health throughout my life.

Beyond grateful for their presence and the peace they bring without even realising, how lucky are we?☺️ 💚

05/10/2025

Sick season is defo upon us..!😷
Due to illness I have last min availability for TOMORROW- either human or equine appointments available, please send a message to book

15/09/2025

Last minute availability this week- Wednesday 17th AM
Message to book ☺️

11/09/2025

𝘈𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵…. 🥁 📣 👀

A year ago today Minnie Moose officially became sponsored by so what better way to celebrate our 1 year anniversary than with a little suprise… 🥰🙊

Minnie Moose has had someone join the family this summer- introducing her little sister Bonnie 🐼🩷

Beyond cute like her sister but potentially more sassy….! 😈🤣

Can’t wait to follow her journey alongside her big sister Moose and big brother Hecky ☺️

31/08/2025

𝙽𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚠𝚊𝚙 𝚜𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚞𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚜…. 🌞🍦🌻🐴

Whilst I’ve had a lovely summer I’m looking forward to the ‘ber’ months and work/ home balance not being quite such a juggle! 🫠

Little Libby is about to start her school journey too which means 2 extra days in my diary! That said…. I am fully booked the first half of September so please get in touch if you’re needing to book your horses, ponies and yourselves in after a busy summer as we head into Autumn 🍂 🐴🍁☕️🤎 🪵

06/08/2025

Hi all,
I am taking some holiday next week so won’t be answering messages from 11th-17th.
All appointments and reports will be updated in Equigate but please let me know if you need to speak before then.
Looking forward to spending time with my unicorn!
🦄 ⬆️🥰
(And children……! 🤣)

02/08/2025

My wonderful, ever patient Alfie transformed himself into a magical unicorn yesterday to pick his littlest rider up from nursery for the last time!
🦄💜💛🩵🤍🩷💚🍭

This also means from September I will be pretty much ‘full time’ working again for the first time in 6 years- crazy!

Thanks, as always, to my loyal, understanding clients that have been there since pre pregnancy and have lived this work/ parent juggle with me, I am super grateful and privileged to be a part of your horses care team 🥰 🫶🏻

20/07/2025

🤍🪽

This isn’t something I share often on here but feels relevant after a lovely lady reached out to me this week.

For horses who are nearing the end of their time here with us, I offer gentle, complimentary massage treatments FOC.
These sessions are designed to bring comfort and relaxation and are a small way to help make those final days and a very difficult decision a little more peaceful for both horse and human 🤍

You don’t need to be a current client, but you must be within my working area. In some cases, I may kindly ask for fuel costs to be covered, depending on your location. Please also note- although sessions will be completely horse led and very gentle, massage still has to be appropriate so I will ask for some details on horses current health and condition before we arrange.

If you or someone you know might benefit from this, please don’t hesitate to reach out. It’s an honour to be there in such meaningful moments and give a very small amount back after all they have given us🕊️

18/07/2025

𝘗𝘩𝘦𝘸! 😮‍💨🥵

It’s been a busy, hot few days getting lots of wonderful ponies ready for a summer of fun with their riders 🫶🏻

Aren’t we so lucky to have these special ponies in our lives 🥰

My 2 littlies are now on summer holidays so I have very limited availability till mid September- please let me know asap if you wanted a treatment around a specific date so I can try and accommodate 📆

Summer, let’s be having you! 🌞 💪🏼 (*checks weather and see’s the rain and thunderstorms forecast for foreseeable…… 🫠🤣)

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