Restore Equine

Frank 💕

It’s always an honor to be part of a horse’s journey.

Sometimes they just need someone to listen.

Sometimes the owner just needs someone to listen.

Sometimes when you pay attention to the small things it makes a huge difference to the big things.

Observation is a huge part of bodywork, what can I see, and not just tight muscles, what looks out sync from where it should be, what is lumpy if it should be smooth, what is different left to right, front of the horse vs the back end. How are the coat, feet, eyes, demeanor, ears, nostrils, tail… what can I feel, what can I smell or hear, how do they respond or react to various input.

How do their limbs move when asked to move them themselves or when picked up and moved through a range of motion? How does their neck bend when asked to reach around?

Are their teeth looking normal or misaligned or overgrown, jaw sliding both ways, breathing evenly and deeply through the whole ribcage, weighting each limb the same or offloading onto one? Their chosen stance, does this stay the same or shift frequently?

It often suprises me the things people DONT notice, or pass off as “well he’s just always done that”. 😳 Other times the owner has noticed and they’ve had their concerns brushed off but the horse hasn’t improved or has got worse.

Before you even touch them, there’s so much to pay attention to.

In a perfect world I wish I was going to work on horses today, but it will come.

Instead I will be working on my first equine physio class assignment, which is also something I’ve wanted to be doing for a long time. Although the prospect of an essay and citation is perhaps having me think “be careful what you wish for” 😆 the end goal is going to be worth the brain power! 🤓

I do have availability to work on horses around my studying, and am looking for new massage and magnawave pemf clients in the Essex, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire area 💆‍♀️🐎

For a while Sunday mornings looked like this.

At one time they looked like feeding horses in my back yard with a coffee while the sun came up.

I miss both those things and am working on finding my way back to a life that feels right again, one step at a time.

For now it looks like spending more time with family, because we’re all closer again, which is definitely not a bad thing.

It looks like finding us a home, managing change, figuring out new routines.

It’s grieving what was, hope for the future and finding a way to be present and find joy in a space that’s very different from planned.

It’s facing hardship, financial and emotional, learning to accept help, learning to be patient while life unfolds, but trusting things will work out for the best.

Something I’ve spent a lot of time talking with my clients about in the past, trusting the process, knowing they and their horses will be ok.

Right now I’m having to really trust my own words and have faith, because I’m without my longterm clients and horses, without the network I built over years. I’m navigating restarting this business and going back to school, while supporting a family, and that’s a real leap of faith, trusting that those who need me, the people and the horses, they will find me.

This morning I engaged with a post on social media that was about someone else’s PEMF video and immediately regretted it. It’s not the first post like this about PEMF from a manual therapist this week going as far as claiming it’s dangerous.

I ended up deleting my comment and blocking the page and chastising myself for even going there, because it doesn’t matter if you think what you’re saying isn’t negative, if someone’s just committed to misunderstanding you,they will. Which is why usually just scroll on past. I’m always happy to discuss differences of opinion, but will not tolerate personal rudeness.

What we’re doing in class right now is critical evaluation of published writing. Can we look at something and objectively say; is it biased? Were their methods appropriate and reasonable? Were their assumptions and conclusions valid? What improvements might you suggest? What was good and bad in what they’ve done and compared to what others have done. Can we back up our arguments?

I think we can all be biased towards our own learning, our own methods, and sometimes that’s simply because you don’t know what you don’t know right, everything you don’t understand is just wrong (because you’re right).

Is something different to what you do scary because you (even subconsciously) feel it’s a threat to your own income, or is it legitimately “harmful to horses”?

Are we self righteous enough to assume we are the only people that know the “right way” something should be done?

Is it honestly a little dangerous if you think you have all the answers, that all other practitioners (and even the vets) are wrong?

Because we’ve all been wrong, and horses sure have a way of proving that, just when you think you know everything along comes one that shows you know nothing!

Some things people are doing out there are arguably and legitimately harmful to horses, and for sure the industry needs to be accountable and ensure those touching other people’s horses for money are adequately trained in what they are doing and insured. Some of that falls onto the owner to ask the right questions and some of that falls on the industry to keep on top of regulations.

Here we go with my opinion again 😅

Can we really make the assumption that an entire modality is bad because one person looks like they don't know what they're doing on video? For sure it makes the rest of us look bad as a whole to have people not doing a good job, but l really don't think that's limited to people practicing any specific method or one piece of equipment, there's plenty of snake oil out there, and it comes in all forms, including humans jabbing at horses with pokey fingers while the horse pulls angry faces at them or tries to kick their head off and they just carry on oblivious.

I've met owners who don't beleive their horse has had a “good massage” unless it's sore for three days afterwards, and frankly I find that horrifying!

So I guess I'll just be over here trying to walk the line between evidence based but also weird, and upsetting all the people who think manual therapies and electrotherapies can't work together and that one thing is always better than another, when the reality is, no one thing is the solution for everything.

The dream is free.
The journey is not…

But I know there are horses out there that are trying to find me!

Service in equine manual/massage therapy and Magnawave PEMF 💆‍♀️

Based in Saffron Walden, Essex and covering surrounding areas of Essex, Herts, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 🚙

Available for MagnaWave PEMF demos and hands on training - also looking for locations to host hands on training for new practitioners 🐴

I like all horses, but some stick with you for a long time, and Dragon will always be one of those 🦄💕

I’ve seen her through having a baby (not her favorite) the baby outgrowing her, sore feet, a pasture injury, and a few other things along the way.

I’m not sure if she likes me so much as she just loves the MagnaWave 😅 but she definitely enjoys bodywork day!

She’s one that I’m really going to miss 🥹

For so long my days have looked just like this 🐎

The last few weeks since moving have been very strange, for starters I’m not THAT good at sitting still… 😅 but there’s definitely been a lot more sitting and planning, as well as sitting and reading/studying.

Might be starting to get some horse withdrawals!

Based on the border of Essex, Suffolk & Cambridgeshire, I am about 25 minutes from Newmarket, and available to travel throughout East Anglia and the South East of England for equine massage/bodywork and MagnaWave PEMF therapy.

I am also available for MagnaWave PEMF machine demos. I have the Semi 10 which is currently available and the larger Maia Pro which will be available later this year, so if you want to see one before you buy or are interested in how PEMF might benefit you on your yard, let me know!

We are looking for prospective venues for hands on MagnaWave training and would love to hear from you if you think you have a location that might work for this!



MagnaWave PEMF

The lower neck into shoulder junction can be an area that is tight, sore or stiff on many horses.

It’s an area that can be braced under saddle due to how they are ridden, if they have sore feet or limb pain (which can be hard to spot if it’s bilateral), or simply from anxiety or tension from being nervous in a new place.

It can also be an area affected by osteoarthritic changes as well as congenital abnormalities that may affect how some horses can use the large muscles of the neck, chest and shoulder.

It’s also an area of force transfer and often times leverage for movement, especially if the hind end has been compromised, the horse may use its neck as a cantilever to propel motion especially at a canter.

The vast majority of horses seem to like PEMF in general, but they do genuinely seem to enjoy it specifically in this area!

If you want to find out more about MagnaWave PEMF for your horse, or book a session or machine demo, let me know!

I am based in Saffron Walden, but can cover much of surrounding areas of Essex, Suffolk, Hertfordshire and Cambridge, especially for multiple horses!

A little Monday self motivation 💪

Starting over at 43 is definitely not easy.

Starting over in a different country, for the second time, is definitely not easy.

Rebuilding a network and business that took me years to build and grow is definitely not easy.

Coming back to higher education when it’s been more than 25 years since I left school, and have never trained at this academic level before is definitely not easy.

Not knowing what tomorrow or next week or next year looks like, being unsure of the path that lies ahead or if you’re right to commit to a dream that many would not follow for fear of failure can be terrifying, especially when you have dependents relying on you.

But I am grateful for every opportunity, even if life has thrown more difficulties and obstacles in recent years than I would have liked. On the other side of this period of loss, growth and discomfort is the knowledge that I can survive and achieve anything I set my mind to, and that journey and knowledge gives me more to give back to my future clients than any easy path would have.

Goals are goals •because• they are not easy and require work. What we learn and who we become in our pursuit of them is far more rewarding than any prize or award.

I am always here to listen to your goals, in and out of the saddle, and help you and your horse along the way.