Description
Equilibrium Products Equine Massage Pad

Developed through clinical trials at Myerscough College, UK, the Equilibrium Therapy Massage Pad‘s innovative design provides effective, affordable equine massage therapy and is proven to improve back flexibility and promote relaxation in horses. The Equilibrium Therapy Massage Pad was created in 2007 to help treat a successful ex-racehorse suffering from chronic back pain and sensitivity. Following combined treatment with the Equilibrium Therapy Magnetic Back Pad, the horse made a full recovery and went on to pursue a new career, in Endurance!

  -  Clinically proven to improve back flexibility and promote relaxation  (see trial results)
  -  Shaped to follow the contours of the horse’s back, provides coverage from withers to quarters
  -  Battery operated 30-minute sessions
  -  Three different, easily adjustable programs that allow you to choose the intensity of the massage
  -  Perfect before exercise as part of warm up
  -  Fits a wide range of horses and ponies
  -  Easy to fit, clean & store with a modern & practical sports holdall
  -  New high performance battery & universal charger*
 

How does the Massage Pad work?

The Equilibrium Therapy Massage Pad has three different settings – high, medium and low – which can be selected easily from the attached controller. This enables you to select the intensity of the program to suit your horse. Each program has three different types of massage – pulsing, vibration and stroking –to ensure all muscles are worked in different ways.

The Equilibrium Therapy Massage Pad can be easily incorporated into your warming up and cooling down routine.  The medium setting is ideal to warm up muscles before exercise, the low setting can be used to cool down after work and the high setting helps alleviate back problems when your horse requires a more intense massage. Each session will last for 30 minutes however, this can be manually stopped at any time.

The Massage Pad fits an array of horses and ponies so can be easily transferred from horse to horse or pony. It comes in a handy carry bag which makes it ideal for use at home, away.  It is easy to store in the tack room and is wipe clean. The bag also has useful storage spots for the battery and charger.

When to use Massage Therapy

The Equilibrium Therapy Massage Pad can be used for:

    - Horses on box rest to promote blood flow
    - After exercise to help with toxin removal
    - Before exercise as part of warm up
    - At a show to help recover from travelling
    - On your horses day off as part of a maintenance programme
    - To help alleviate back problems
    - Anytime as a rewarding treatment

Benefits of Massage

Massage therapy has shown to help reduce back stiffness caused by injury and long term chronic conditions such as arthritis. It does this by increasing the blood supply to the affected muscles and removing the build-up of toxins.

Tension is often one of the most common reasons for poor performance and by increasing relaxation and improving back flexibility; the negative effects of tension can be reduced. Relaxed muscles will assist with flexibility and movement in particular for competition horses performing dressage movements and jumping technical fences.