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Location: Montana | So, this is going to be a really general question and I'll probably get a lot of different answers. What therapies do you like to use on your horse(s) to keep them feeling and running good? I'm talking about horses that don't have issues (no injections, no arthritis, nothing really that needs addressed).
My gelding is just starting to run (4 competition runs) and he's already in the 1D and I want to do what it takes to keep him runnin and feeling good...he's a really special horse and he's worth what it takes. |
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Location: my piece of paradise | I really love my back on track products. I also have my horse's seen by the chiropractor regularly. I know I feel better when im seen routinely by one so I like to think they do to. I also have vet checks done every 6 months just to stay on top of things. Also spend the extra dollar and buy the best feed you can and top quality hay. Im a believer in alfalfa. I live in the southeast and we pay an arm and a leg for it but I will considering the difference it makes. |
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Location: Oklahoma | The Magnawave! My friend is considering buying so she leased one for 3 mths. and when I met up with her I had so much trouble with my feet, hips, and back, neck and shoulders. I could hardly move and killed me to walk! I don't know how I got so out of whack. She did a treatment to be honest I did feel a tad better when done, but not much. The next day I got up I had muscles sore that wasn't sore before but where I was hurting the day before was a big difference! As the day went on I got better and better. Today I woke up (3rd day) no pain! It is like I had a supper deep massage without the pain of a deep tissue massage! I want to get one now! So I can have for horse and for me!!!! |
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Location: Illinois | Mine gets injections but besides that I use PHT. It can be used in every season and I can put it on my black horse in the sun on a 90 degree day and he stays cool, no sweat. Even the hood can be used in high heat. I have a massager that I use at home, got it from walmart, that I use about once a week. I like to think it helps lol. They usually fall asleep, lick lips, and the boys get so relaxed they usually drop. So it's doing something. I have Hidez ice socks that I use often. I keep a bag of ice at home and can fill the socks whenever and then I always have a big cooler full of ice when I travel because I never use the trailer fridge. Other than that just keeping up on vet, dentist, chiro, farrier regularly. I have a musculoskeletal specialist that comes out a couple times a year from Kansas City when he's on his trips to the east coast. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest | Bodywork. The lady that does mine is amazing at picking up where my horses are sore even if they aren’t giving me signs. If it weren’t for her I wouldn’t have known how bad my mare’s hind end was bugging her. She hasn’t been clocking well but she hasn’t been giving me any of her usually “I’m sore” red flags, but every single time she was worked on her lower back and hind end were a mess. Took her to the vet and finally narrowed it down to sore stifles. |
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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | Oils
My personal fav is Peanut,,,,,,,seems to work wonders for keeping ole Catfish running strong and winning checks.
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Total Germophobe
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Location: Montana | Thanks, a lot of good ideas here! |
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Defense Attorney for The Horse
Location: Claremore, OK | 1. A horse with a healthy gut and immune system .
2. A horse that is fit and in proper condition to compete.
^^these 2 things are easier said than done. A fit horse is much less prone to injury and carries less soreness.
I’ve seen people hang a $600 mag sheet on a nice horse that can’t run around the block without getting winded :-(
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Location: Southern Indiana | Honestly this summer while running rodeos I didn't use my PHT or BOT. Just plain old cold water, lineament, and poultice. Obviously hard to use those things in the winter, so I will go back to my pht/bot then. However, I think its the little things that make the most difference. I know my horse loves it when I rub him down with some lineament. |
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Total Germophobe
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Location: Montana | Liana D - 2018-08-30 2:41 PM 1. A horse with a healthy gut and immune system . 2. A horse that is fit and in proper condition to compete. ^^these 2 things are easier said than done. A fit horse is much less prone to injury and carries less soreness. I’ve seen people hang a $600 mag sheet on a nice horse that can’t run around the block without getting winded :-(
Liana, could you explain a little more on the healthy gut and immune? I make sure my horses are vaccinated and healthy and have good feed and am doing my best to keep the one(s) I'm running conditioned for it, but curious as to what kind of tips you might have in regards to gut and immune. Thanks! |
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Location: Kansas | I turn my horses out in the pasture and let them be horses! I swear that is my #1 "secret" to sound, happy horses.
Other things I use: - Hidez compression suits and ice socks (Seriously in love with the ice socks)
- Draper therapy sheets
- Back on Track sheets and leg wraps
- Sore No More liniment
- Bigeloil liniment
- P3 magnawave type machine occasionally
- Massage/bodywork occasionally
- Air Power, OE Wind, Flair strips, OE Nitro, Oxy-Gen ElectroBoost - all on an as-needed basis and definitely not all to the same horse LOL
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Defense Attorney for The Horse
Location: Claremore, OK | mtcanchazer - 2018-08-31 10:14 PM
Liana D - 2018-08-30 2:41 PM 1. A horse with a healthy gut and immune system . 2. A horse that is fit and in proper condition to compete. ^^these 2 things are easier said than done. A fit horse is much less prone to injury and carries less soreness. I’ve seen people hang a $600 mag sheet on a nice horse that can’t run around the block without getting winded :-(
Liana, could you explain a little more on the healthy gut and immune? I make sure my horses are vaccinated and healthy and have good feed and am doing my best to keep the one(s) I'm running conditioned for it, but curious as to what kind of tips you might have in regards to gut and immune. Thanks!
I’m a big believer in Forco for gut health. In new horses that come in, as long as
They don’t appear to have ulcers they go on Forco. It’s always helped them look and feel better. A horse with a healthy gut will have a stronger immune system and utilize feed well. Around here (Oklahoma) EPM is a big problem. A horse with no ulcers and a healthy gut is much less susceptible to EPM. |
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Total Germophobe
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Location: Montana | I've not seen EPM up here...not saying it isn't possible, but we don't have possums and such critters that EPM generally is contracted from. Thank you, I'll look up Forco. :)
My horses are turned out 100% of the time in the summer...in the winter, they are turned out, but not in as big of an area because of snow problems (certain gates that drift shut, getting them watered [no automatic waterers] and keeping the water thawed, etc.).
This horse seems to be doing well the way I'm keeping him, I just want to make sure I keep him feeling good...he's a high caliber athlete. |
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Therapies to keep your horses feeling and running good?