The Holistic Approach to Horse Health
These articles were written to help that very select group of people who appreciate and love their horses, and understand that the holistic approach is the first line of treatment. They often become my students at the Geary Whiting’s Equine Massage School to learn the effective, holistic treatment of Shiatsu Massage for their horses.
Holistic Horse and Human Health Articles by Geary
Shiatsu Massage Go With The Flow
Shiatsu Massage Is Not Yor Typical Resort Massage. It is an alternative technique that applies manual pressure to specific points on the body to relieve tension and pain. Manipulation of the soft body tissues - muscle, connective tissue, tendons, and ligaments - can enhance health and well-being in humans as well as horses.
Work Out Tips for the Human Athlete
Hello every one, here’s an article on sound principles I think is worth reading. The article discusses the importance of equestrians staying strong and fit and it will walk you through a very safe procedure for doing so. The advantages of staying fit are without a doubt mandatory for good health, whether you ride horses or not!
A Slow Death by Antibiotics
WARNING – YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU READ
What you read in this article may not be what you want or expect to read. However, as one who started his lengthy health and fitness career in the ’60s and working with world-class athletes in the ‘80s, …
Herd Bound, Barn Sour Horses, and Shiatsu Massage
Many years ago, my friend Louis J. Schwiebert, wrote several articles for “Western Horseman”. I was recently revisiting some of his articles and found one in the March 1989 issue that resonated with me. It was about his work with barn sour and herd bound horses. …
Leg Cramps
Every basketball fan knows about LeBron James cramping during Game 1 of the NBA Finals. There are a lot of reasons why athletes, including equine athletes, experience muscle cramps. For example: oxygen deficiency, potassium issues, Glycogen deficiencies, fitness levels, stress, and simple over-exertion. Muscle cramps are serious and can be debilitating.
Massaging a Dog
For those of you interested in or already doing equine massage you may have the question, “Will this work for other animals without special training for those specific animals?” The answer is yes. If you are doing horses or expect to be massaging horses in the future, here is a story and some excerpts from letters showing how effective equine massage can be for dogs. If you wish to just study canine massage, that is fine, but if you want to do or are already doing equine massage, not to worry; the techniques I teach for horses, also work for dogs.
Holistic vs. Allopathic Approach for Racehorses
The worry earlier this week that California Chrome might not race and therefore make the final the final run for the Triple Crown because he might not be able to wear his nasal strips while racing made me take a deeper look at their purpose. It also made me look at some of the other now “common” practices that we hear are used on racehorses today. Here is what I found and what I have to say about it.
Dual Peppy and the Black Forest Horses
Recently we have been following and supporting the abused and neglected horses in Black Forest, Colorado. Among them is the renowned cow horse stallion, Dual Peppy. This is a disgusting story of abuse. If you are not familiar with it, here’s a brief synopsis…
Is your horse having trouble changing leads?
Dino is 20 this year, he became a part of our family early last summer. We felt very fortunate to have him join our family as he has had a wonderful reined cowhorse show career and was trained by some of the best in the business. When we got him, he was out of shape and quite overweight.
Jockeys & Athletes Benefit From Massage
… The traditional massage is more for relaxing and certainly has its place. However, it can’t compare to the performance enhancement of what Shiatsu does. After a traditional massage people are often so relaxed that they can’t do much of anything as opposed to Shiatsu massage where you feel empowered….
Tying Up – Do You Show An Equine Athlete?
Back in the late 90’s I went to a horse show in Fresno California and ran into an interesting situation of a horse tying up. So what happened with that horse at the show? Things ended quite well actually. Massage put our friend back in the show and the problems were gone.
Are You Poisoning Your Horses?
If you are using a mass-market equine wormer, you are poisoning your horses. The ingredients in these wormers do more than kill and eliminate the parasites; they cause damage to the horse’s stomach and intestines as well as the urinary tract, kidneys, liver, pancreas, adrenal and thyroid glands, reproductive system, and bone marrow. When you poison the parasite; you poison the horse.
Is Equine Massage Veterinary Science?
At the first school of veterinary medicine at Cornell University, the art of massage was not included in the curriculum, and it is still not taught in their program today, nor is it a part of the curriculum at other veterinary schools across the country. The obvious question is; if you don’t teach it in vet school, then how can the art of practicing massage on horses or other animals be restricted solely to licensed veterinarians?
You’re Doing What? Part 1
By Deneen Peckinpah, CESMT
… If you’re 62 years old, out of shape, haven’t been near a horse since the age of 18, and are scared of almost any horse in the world, horse massage does seem a strange choice for a new career. … When I said to one woman who loves horses that horse massage would be a great thing for her to do, she looked appalled, “No way! I’m not interested in getting kicked to death.”
You’re Doing What? Part 2
By Deneen Peckinpah, CESMT
We led Cherokee, a twenty-five-year-old Appaloosa gelding, out into the open where we would work. Geary started by showing us how to relax a horse before beginning the massage. He then went on to trace the lines we were to follow as we worked with the acupressure techniques. …
Human Touch
Learning about yourself was not on the course outline. When Lisa Hartley saw Geary Whiting’s horse massage courses advertised online, she saw that they included classes on equine anatomy, technique, saddle fitting, and marketing. There wasn’t anything on the syllabus about Eastern philosophy, passion, holistic health, or having a “zest for life.”
Shiatsu Massage for Racehorses
Free House, an American Thoroughbred racehorse owned by John Toffan and Trudy McCaffery, was a horse that I helped with Shiatsu massage. Blood Horse Publications called him one of the best California-bred horses of all time. … However, Free House started acting very strangely on the race track and had to be sent for rehab, which is when I started working on him.
Barefoot Hoof Care Benefits
This is a very good article about high-level dressage horses that are going barefoot. I am so happy to see that the value of horses going barefoot is being recognized in these high-performance horses. This is something that I have been advocating for years and teaching at my school.
Swimming upstream...Dare to Dream
Around 1958-59 when I was a freshman in high school and weighing all of 135 pounds soaking wet, I did something that taught me what I needed to do to reach my goals in life. Here is the story: In the summers, my family and relatives would head to the High Sierra Mountains. We would camp for two weeks. Oh, what a great time we had, fun, fun, and then, MORE FUN! …
Utah Horse Massage Certification Workshop
“You’re special, so special.” The recent graduates from Geary Whiting’s Equine Massage School surely feel that way about their horse! After learning basic horse massage techniques, these students from a Utah horse massage certification workshop were animated into action to bring their horse the attention it deserves: through horse massage.
How effective is Shiatsu massage...really?
If ever there were to be a study on how effective massage is for the human body, which would also apply to horses, dogs, and other animals, it would have to be my own “unofficial documented test” with Bob Wieland. So, just who Is Bob Wieland?