horsecomfort.net - Background

	BACKGROUND: Therapeutic, hands on massage has been used on warriors and horses since the earliest times. Massage may have been one of the first forms of healing and has been used ever since to soothe and bring comfort.
	Russia began using sports massage on their olympic athletes and they began winning in the 1950's and 1960's. In the 1970's, Jack Meager, the "Father of American Sports Massage" began applying sports massage techniques to thoroughbreds. He became a valued member of the U.S. Olympic Equestrian Team.
	Subsequently, thoroughbred race horses began benefitting from sports massage. Dressage horses were also greatly helped by sports massage.They began to perform better and then got even better because they felt better. Why not any horse? Why not every horse? Why not all horses? Now almost every horse can enjoy and benefit from a gentle, therapeutic sports massage from Horse Comfort's Jane Bryson Thomas.