Equissage
was founded and incorporated in 1989 by certified (Human)
Massage Therapist, Mary A. Schreiber. Mary became interested
in using massage on animals, and specifically horses, as a
result of the outstanding benefits she saw on human clients.
At the
time that she started Equissage, Mary was operating a
horse-boarding stable in Bucks County, PA. and was actively
competing in regional Western Pleasure Shows. As she began
to witness first hand the effectiveness of the therapy on
her own horses, she decided to market her equine massage
service at local racetracks. The results were remarkable.
Horses that hadn't finished in the money in over a year were
starting to
win, and horses that had been given up on were back working
and racing competitively. At the same time, she also began
working on show horses at many of the shows at which she was
competing. The results were the same...horses were
performing better than they had in years, and muscle
injuries were healing faster than owners and trainers
believed possible.
Resultingly, Mary was besieged with requests to start
teaching the therapy to others. Trainers, owners and riders
were all interested in learning this wonderful "new"
therapy.
Thus
was born the
Equissage Certificate Program in Equine Sports Massage
Therapy.
It was to be the first such program in the world. And since
1992, Equissage has graduated more than 8,000 Equine Sports
Massage Technicians, from every state and 19 different
countries around the world. Many graduates work for the very
top echelon of owners and trainers...both in the racing
world, as well as on the show circuit. Some have been
selected to work with the US Equestrian team at the
Olympics, while others have worked on winners of Triple
Crown Races.
Mary
has chosen one of her students,
Sabrina Kohoutek, to help
her expand Equissage to now include Equissage Colorado. You
can receive the same curriculum, coursework and
certification now in Dolores, Colorado as in Round Hill,
Virginia. For more information on the Equissage Colorado
Certification program please see our
Course information
and schedule page.
Learn more on the
History of Equine Massage
here>>
