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What is Animal Massage?



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By : Emman Sioco    99 or more times read
Submitted 2011-11-04 18:57:23
Taking care of animals is a hobby that relieves stress and makes us feel good even just by looking at our pet. However, during times when they are sick, we tend to worry a lot as most of us consider them as a part of our family. Nowadays, massage therapy has been made available for animals due to the development of therapeutic massages for our beloved companions.

Animal massage is a type of hands-on technique that is obviously used on animals to promote overall health and well being. This type of natural treatment is also conducted on animals with medical conditions such as soft tissue damages as an alternative to modern health care. However, most of these are designed for relaxation, conditioning, and energizing our pets.

The idea behind the technique is the use massage therapy on the human body for many centuries. Therapeutic massages of any type have been proven to be effective in enhancing, treating, and aiding the body and mind's recovery through manual manipulation. For these reasons, animal massage has been created in order to apply the principles and practices to living creatures that are experiencing abnormalities in their health.

Basically, even the simplest form of touch to a pet can mean a lot to the receiver as it does stimulate the physical and mental health. Most of the techniques used in this type of massage therapy were developed for improving the functions and condition of the animal's body in order to perform at its top level. The massage strokes and methods used during a massage treatment sessions are quite similar to those used on human beings. However, you should be careful when conducting a massage on your pet as they can't communicate verbally as does human clients. So this would give you a hard time guessing what's being felt by the massage recipient. Bodywork sessions usually start in soft touches that gradually increase in pressure as the animal gets accustomed to the physical contact and body manipulation. The alternative medical care is done in a gentle approach in order not to scare the animal client by hurting them when the application of massage strokes and techniques reaches their pain threshold.

Animal massage is popular today due to its efficacy, safety, and easy-to-perform techniques with lots of great benefits to the health of any beloved creature in need of medical attention. In addition to that, it is also due to the fast growing numbers of people who are interested in taking good care of their pets. Unlike before where there are only a few individuals who would take care of animals, today there are so many people who are into rearing all sorts of living things from dogs to horses. Aside from the health benefits and therapeutic gains in addressing medical conditions, massage therapy for pets is also used for other purposes such as in conditioning them for an event the animals would participate in the future. Post therapy programs are also used to keep the lovable creature healthy and in good shape.

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I write for TIR Massage Stone about hot stone massage kit accessories. I also write about basalt stones and massage stones.

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