Benefits of Equine Massage for the skin

This afternoon as I was clipping ✂️ my own pony 🥰 I was inspired to write a post about how massage therapy is beneficial to the skin 👍🏻

Here are just a few of the benefits:

▪️massage improves circulation to the skin, increasing nutrition to the cells and encouraging cell regeneration

▪️ massage increases the production of sweat from the sweat glands, helping to excrete urea and waste products through the skin, cleansing the body

▪️ massage encourages vasodilation of the surface capillaries thereby helping to improve the colour of the skin and improve elasticity

▪️ massage increases sebum production, helping improve the skin’s suppleness and resistance to infection

I have certainly noticed a change in the feel and texture of my own horse's skin since she has been receiving regular massage, she is also much more shiny 🤩

However her beautiful elastic skin did take a little more stretching than it used to in order for me to get a nice even clip ✂️🐴🙈