Marvel Equine Massage

Marvel Equine Massage Georgia Dluhy, Equine Sportsmassage Practitioner of the Wilson-Meagher Method is committed to providing therapeutic massage to your horse!

🌟 How Can Tight Glutes Affect Your Horse’s Performance? 🌟Tight gluteal muscles aren’t just a minor discomfort — they can...
09/25/2025

🌟 How Can Tight Glutes Affect Your Horse’s Performance? 🌟

Tight gluteal muscles aren’t just a minor discomfort — they can seriously impact how your horse moves and performs:

➡️ Restricted forward motion
➡️ Inability to step the hind leg underneath the body
➡️ Increased tension through the back and topline
These issues can reduce suppleness, power, and overall comfort.

💫 What Can You Do After a Sportsmassage to Help?

Support the benefits of your horse’s massage with movement that encourages stretch and engagement:

👉🏻 Long & low canter – A few easy laps around the arena to promote relaxation and range of motion.
👉🏻 Hill work – Start with gentle inclines to build strength and stretch through the hindquarters.
👉🏻 Pole work – Great for coordination, core strength, and loosening up tight muscles.

Why use the Wilson-Meagher Method ❔👉Sportsmassage specifically prepares the horse for exercise, unlike other massage tec...
07/13/2025

Why use the Wilson-Meagher Method ❔

👉Sportsmassage specifically prepares the horse for exercise, unlike other massage techniques. If possible it’s best to apply techniques BEFORE the horse exercises.

⏰Once the techniques are applied, the massage should typically last around 30 minutes.

Reach out today ! ⬇️
☎️ 610-246-4770
💌 marvelequinemassage@gmail.com

05/13/2025

Before ➡️ After Sportsmassage
✨Gait Analysis ✨

Before working on a horse I analyze the horse at a walk. The gait analysis is performed at the walk & trot. It’s best to view the muscle function at the walk to determine which muscles are releasing & which are not. It all comes down to mechanics !

🐎After the massage the horse will then jog out. Exercise after the Sportsmassage with help further lengthen the muscles. 🐎

✨In the before & after videos you can see the Mare is now traveling much straighter throughout her body. She also has much more freedom in her right shoulder as well as in her left hind. ✨
➡️ Horse’s move in diagonal pairs. Therefore, if a horse has a tight right shoulder 9 times out of 10 they’re going to have a tight left hind. Horses strive for balance. When a specific area is tight they’re going to overcompensate on the opposing side to try and create balance.

🏇🏻 Let’s talk about the back 🏇🏻 🎈The Longissmius Dorsi is the longest muscle in the body. This muscle supports the weig...
03/09/2025

🏇🏻 Let’s talk about the back 🏇🏻

🎈The Longissmius Dorsi is the longest muscle in the body. This muscle supports the weight of the rider. 🎈

➡️The Longissmius Dorsi extends the back. It also flexes the spine laterally.

📍This muscle runs from the withers to the sacrum & is located on the surface of the horse’s back. This muscle also sits directly underneath the saddle.

⚠️⛔️ Possible Causes ⛔️⚠️

⛔️ Imbalanced or poorly fitted saddle
⛔️Too many saddle pads
⛔️Discomfort in feet
⛔️Shipping long distances
⛔️Working on hard footing

🩺 Vet issues 🩺

⛔️GI discomfort sometimes involving ulcers
⛔️Skeletal issues

✨Special thanks to .central for having me out to work on her lovely mare Teddy ✨

Contact me today to book an appointment! Just a few spots available for the month of March.
☎️ 610-246-4770 or PM
💌 marvelequinemassage@gmail.com

Happy Sunday !Does your horse bite down on one side of the bit? Is it harder for your horse to turn their head in a spec...
03/02/2025

Happy Sunday !

Does your horse bite down on one side of the bit? Is it harder for your horse to turn their head in a specific direction?

If so, your horse may have a tight Masseter muscle.

📍The Masseter is located on the horses cheekbone running from the upper to lower jaw.

🦷 Both Masseter muscles bring the horses jaw together & assist in chewing.

⚠️⛔️ Possible Causes ⛔️⚠️

⚠️ Teeth issues ➡️ referral to Equine Dentist/Vet
⚠️ Cribbing
⚠️ TMJ

✨ Often times when I work on a horse with a tight Masseter they will also have tension in their poll ✨

Contact me today to schedule an appointment!
📞 610-246-4770 or PM
📧 marvelequinemassage@gmail.com

🍎 Superficial Pecs 🍎💥These are the large prominent muscles on the front of your horses chest. 💥The Superficial Pecs are ...
02/17/2025

🍎 Superficial Pecs 🍎

💥These are the large prominent muscles on the front of your horses chest.

💥The Superficial Pecs are in charge of bringing the front leg towards the mid-line of the body.

How might this affect your horse ?

💥 Your horse may resist stepping out/away from their body specifically with their front legs.

💥Depending on your discipline this can affect your horses performance in many ways.

💥For example, in the jumpers you are constantly making quick & sharp turns throughout the course. This muscle resistance can affect those action’s.

⚠️⛔️ Possible causes ⛔️⚠️

⚠️ Weak/injured hind-end
⚠️ Injury to chest muscle’s
⚠️ Long distance shipping
⚠️ Repetivite lateral work in one direction

Contact me today ! I have few slots available for the remainder of February.

☎️ 610-246-4770 or PM
💌 marvelequinemassage@gmail.com

What is the Wilson-Meagher Method ? How can it help your horse ? 🍊The Wilson-Meagher Method is a form of Sportsmassage t...
01/18/2025

What is the Wilson-Meagher Method ? How can it help your horse ?

🍊The Wilson-Meagher Method is a form of Sportsmassage that includes three different techniques direct pressure, cross-fiber friction, & compressions.

🍊I can apply these techniques to specific locations along the horses body to then trigger Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) which aids in releasing muscle tightness.

❄️ Does your horse lean heavily in one rein? Or resist going onto the left or right rein? ❄️If so here’s might be why;❄️...
01/08/2025

❄️ Does your horse lean heavily in one rein? Or resist going onto the left or right rein?

❄️If so here’s might be why;
❄️The Re**us Capitus which runs along the poll could be causing this if it’s holding tension. The Re**us Capitus flexes the head & neck. If this muscle is tight your horse may be hesitant to flex their head & neck in a specific direction.

🐴It’s certainly been a chilly few days ! Today I bared the cold & took a trip to Concordia Stables to work on this cutie Odin.

Happy New Year! 🥂 Wishing everyone a wonderful 2025 🎉Let’s talk about Glutes! 🎉 The glutes which are located in your hor...
01/01/2025

Happy New Year! 🥂 Wishing everyone a wonderful 2025 🎉

Let’s talk about Glutes!

🎉 The glutes which are located in your horses hindquarters are responsible for generating power & propulsion.
🎉Tightness in the glutes can reduce the power coming from the hind.
🎉As well as create performance issues.
🎉Tension in the back is often then presented because of over compensation.

☎️ Contact me today to hear more about how the Wilson-Meagher Method can improve your horses performance!

✨Shoutout to this special little pony! This is my childhood pony Sundance. He’s truly the one that started it all.

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