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By CLIVE CARNIE Arundel Newspapers Equestrian Editor Dree Ward can transform a horse from a tense bundle of nerves into a sleepy animal at home with the world with just the touch of her hands. The technique Miss Ward uses isn’t some occult science or voodoo. It’s called myotherapy — the healing of pain in muscles. “Ninety-five percent of all pain is muscle-related,” Miss Ward explains. “Most horses’ problems are either behavioral or limited motion. These stem from stress pain, or from avoiding uncomfortable movements. All you have to do to make major changes is to make the horse know what muscles are tight, and they’ll relax them.”
“Ninety-five
percent of all pain is
muscle related...
— Dree Ward By touching a horse, Miss Ward can feel w hich muscles are tight. The muscles that most often cause problems are the neck and shoulders in the front, and the back and pectoral (quarters) in the rear. Then, by applying pressure to the tightness and giving a few simple massages, she can relieve the tension in the muscle and, thereby, the pain. “By putting pressure on a muscle, you deprive it of r■ — i—
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