<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287771205643233206</id><updated>2011-04-21T21:08:07.957-07:00</updated><category term='massage'/><category term='horse'/><category term='dog'/><category term='equine'/><title type='text'>Equine &amp; Canine Massage Therapy</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://horsestohounds.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/287771205643233206/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://horsestohounds.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Horses to Hounds</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11957893911000152953</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287771205643233206.post-4196057393244277734</id><published>2008-10-20T06:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-20T06:35:24.315-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='horse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dog'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='equine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='massage'/><title type='text'>Why Choose Massage Therapy for Your Horse or Dog?</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Century Gothic&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;60% of your &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Century Gothic&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.horseanddogtherapy.com/massageservices/benefit_horse.htm"&gt;horse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Century Gothic&amp;quot;;"&gt; and/or &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Century Gothic&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.horseanddogtherapy.com/massageservices/benefit_canine.htm"&gt;dog’s&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Century Gothic&amp;quot;;"&gt; body weight is muscle. It is the system that is responsible for movement. Maximum function and comfort in the muscle system will result in the greatest motion possible.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Century Gothic&amp;quot;;"&gt;Muscle soreness can be the result of injury, structural imbalance, over stretching or over use/ misuse. Muscle problems are cumulative. If a problem exists in one area, the animal will have to compensate by tensing up and/or using other muscle to protect the injured muscle. Any number of secondary problems can then occur which will in turn compromise movement.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Century Gothic&amp;quot;;"&gt;Regular massage can aid in the prevention of these issues. Once a problem exists, massage helps to break up the tight knots of adhering muscle fibers which restrict full muscle extension. Massage will find any damaged or potentially compromised area of muscle and restore it to improved function.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Century Gothic&amp;quot;;"&gt;Massage, in conjunction with a proper well balanced nutritional diet, exercise and working with other animal care professionals will help your four legged friend, “Reach Maximum Potential, to Achieve Maximum Performance.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Century Gothic&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--&gt; &lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--&gt; &lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/287771205643233206-4196057393244277734?l=horsestohounds.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://horsestohounds.blogspot.com/feeds/4196057393244277734/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=287771205643233206&amp;postID=4196057393244277734' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/287771205643233206/posts/default/4196057393244277734'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/287771205643233206/posts/default/4196057393244277734'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://horsestohounds.blogspot.com/2008/10/why-choose-massage-therapy-for-your.html' title='Why Choose Massage Therapy for Your Horse or Dog?'/><author><name>Horses to Hounds</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11957893911000152953</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
