Liessa's Essential Horsecare

07/28/2026

“The quality of our horsemanship is revealed not when the horse understands, but in how we respond when the horse does not.”
—Dr. Stephen Peters

07/24/2026

🐴 Liessas Horsecare 🧡

Find the source. Restore the movement. Unlock your horse’s potential.

Every horse compensates for pain differently. Tight muscles and hidden trigger points can affect movement, performance, attitude, and comfort long before obvious lameness appears.

At Liessas Horsecare, I combine:

• Equine Bodywork
• Trigger Point Therapy
• BEMER Therapy
• Essential Oils for Horse & Rider

This whole-horse approach helps:
✓ Release muscle tension
✓ Improve flexibility and range of motion
✓ Increase circulation
✓ Support recovery after training or competition
✓ Enhance performance and comfort
✓ Help your horse feel and move their very best

Whether you have a performance horse, ranch horse, senior partner, or beloved companion, every horse deserves to feel their best.

Serving the Greater Flathead Valley
Have BEMER’s Will Travel!

📞 Liessa Nye
406-253-7015

“Helping horses move better… one session at a time.”

07/23/2026

Your horse DOESNT think like you!
Essential Wisdom
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07/23/2026

Be safe out there!💥

07/22/2026

Back to baseline, a little sooner. BEMER supports recovery after injury and regeneration after surgery — helping your horse get back to what they do best. 🏇

07/21/2026

Making my semi annual trip up the “Kootenei “!🧡🐎💥

07/17/2026

No horse was ever sent to you by accident!
Essential Wisdom
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07/15/2026

Proud to sponsor these kids!💥🧡🐎

07/14/2026

Coming to Majestic Valley Arena in
August!

🐴 Big Sky Reining Classic is Almost Here!

I’m excited to be at the Big Sky Reining Classic at Majestic Valley Arena, August 19–22!

If you’re showing, don’t forget to take care of your most important teammate—your horse.

BEMER supports:
🧡 Healthy circulation
🧡 Recovery after training and competition
🧡 Overall wellness and performance
🧡 Riders, horses, and dogs

Whether you’re preparing for your next run or helping your horse recover afterward, stop by and experience the difference BEMER can make.

✔️ Live demonstrations
✔️ Ask questions
✔️ Learn how BEMER fits into your horse’s wellness routine

I’d love to meet you!

📍 Majestic Valley Arena
📅 August 19–22, 2026

Better Circulation. Better Health. Better Life.

Liessa Nye • BEMER Partner
📱 406-253-7015



I will be offering Bemer sessions for you you’re Horses and you doggies!

Plus Bodywork-+ Bemer by appointment

Liessa’s Liniments!💖

Message me or come find me in the Barn!💥💥

07/14/2026

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Just a thought — we probably shouldn’t expect horses to spend 16 hours every day in one single feeding posture. 💭

In free-ranging horses living in a natural environment, feeding involves continual changes in:

• neck angle
• limb position
• body orientation
• roaming
• reaching
• turning
• grazing on slopes and varied terrain

We often fixate on the groundwork/ridden work, however do we really give enough attention to how our horse eats for the rest of their day?

The way in which our horse eats adds to their daily “postural load”, it influences how their tissues are recruited, and it really does deserve as much attention as their exercise.

So, haynets?

A study comparing horses eating from the ground, hay racks and elevated hay nets found that higher feeding positions consistently altered head and neck posture. Horses fed from elevated systems spent significantly more time with their neck held above wither height and showed greater head twisting while grasping forage (Hernadez Garbati, 2025).

Looking at the morphology, neck posture was affected by feeding position… but crucially, the mandibular angle was significantly wider when horses were fed on the ground.

In a study by Zebish et al. (2014), hyperflexion of the neck in ridden horses led to changes in the width of the mandibular angle as a welfare stress factor. It was associated with an increase in neck circumference and in the thickness of the jaw muscle, with a consequent compression of the larynx, thus reducing air exchange and producing higher flow resistance. From this, research has extrapolated the data and drawn attention to the fact that high haynets could affect the jaw joint over time, in addition to the functionality of the horses breathing, back and neck posture (Hernandez Garbati, 2025). Even though a lower hay net promoted a better back posture than a high haynet, it was not sufficient to maintain a neck posture and mandibular angle similar to that obtained from horses fed from the floor.

However — we do need to look beyond the haynets, and consider varying feeding postures to mimic their natural environment as much as possible.