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

01/12/2025

🎄🎅🏼 🎁 𝘏𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳! 🎄🎅🏼 🎁

I am really trying to feel festive in this not so festive weather! 😅🫠

I only have a handful of appointments left between now and the big day so please contact me ASAP if you’re needing to book before January 📲

And what way to spread a little festive cheer than a COMPETITION! 😱👀

To be in with a chance of winning £25 off an appointment in January entry is easy:

Go onto your app and change your horses profile photo- a festive or funny theme please! And the winner will be picked by my 2 little elves on Sunday 21st December 🥰

I will post a step by step of how to find your horses profile in my stories and save as a highlight incase it’s proving tricky. You do not need to be a client of mine to enter but if you do fancy a chance of winning then please DM me and I can let you know how to connect with me on app (completely free to download and use) and you would also just need to confirm I travel to your area.

Good luck! 🤞🏼

20/11/2025

Just a heads up that I won’t be on messages over the weekend as both my girlies are off to a dance competition ☺️
I will get round to replying next Tuesday and priority made to the messages sent in the app as they are much easier for me to find when all in one place! 🙌🏼
Hope you all have a great weekend ☺️

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 🍂 🐴🍁☕️🤎 🪵

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