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| astreakinchic - 2016-04-11 6:58 AM trickster j - 2016-04-11 12:55 AM Kry5ta1 - 2016-04-06 6:17 PM This entire thread... is great.  I agree... Yay for consumers in the barrel racing world to start developing some critical thinking skills!!! ?????? I just wanna know who wants in on my frisbee deal?!?!? Counter clock on the right hip can get you up to .2 faster!! I've got 2 pro girls and 2 futurity girls lined up to do a commercial during the BBR webcast. Frisbees will come in sparkle, sugar skull, cheetah, and working on some beading/stone looks reminiscant of mad cow company gear. Get them to match your PHT blankets, Hidez suits, and soft rides!! We can even color coordinate to your tie dye pants and helmets too!!!
Awesome! And I want to make sure I get those thermal ceramic leg wraps for my horses legs too- because who wants nice tight ligaments and tendons below the knees??  | |
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| So, someone clear this up for me. I have not competed in over 15 years so I know some things have changed as far as horse care. I thought we warmed our horses up so that their tendon, muscles and ligaments were more supple and flexible so that they would not get injured running the barrels. And then after our run, we wanted to cool them down and hose/ice the legs so that we could get any inflammation that might be harmful out of the tendons and ligaments. | |
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| ok so I bought a thera plate after I had it on trial,,,,,I had a mare founder right after I got it,,put her immediately on it and I can attest that it helped SAVE her life,,,,I had a blanket on her and for the next 30 days,,3 times a day,,,,at 30 day check up with our vet
we pulled the blanket off,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and could not beleive what we saw,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,the vets wife asked me if I had been riding her,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,her muscles were CUT holy smokes Arnold!!!!
amazingly,,,,the rotation had stopped and actually on one foot came back up a little,,,,,a degree or two!!!!!
the vets wife bought a theraplate!!
also,,,I have used it to cool a horse out,,,on that cycle in the book,,,,I was riding and working on barrels and my horse was hot and sweaty,,,a storm blew in and soaked us,,,,I got to my barn and put her,,,,,still breathing hard,,,,,on the plate,,,,,it cooled her completely out in one cycle,,,and she was dry when I took her off it
also a friend of mine had a severly injured mare,,she had pulled tendons in her hip,,,,,,could not walk and actually would pack her hind leg up under her instead of walking on it,,severe muscle atrophy I have pics,,,,her hip was sliding off on one side ,,,,,after six weeks of 2 or 3 times a day,,,she went back to work and even returned to barrels,,,this is a tough 1D horse in this region and yes she came back and kicked booty!!
I AM SOLD!!!!!!
some of you commenting have NOT experienced what I have with this so please don't coment rudely,,I wouldn't have thought this was awesome either if I had not witnessed first hand
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| GLP - 2016-04-11 7:23 AM So, someone clear this up for me. I have not competed in over 15 years so I know some things have changed as far as horse care. I thought we warmed our horses up so that their tendon, muscles and ligaments were more supple and flexible so that they would not get injured running the barrels. And then after our run, we wanted to cool them down and hose/ice the legs so that we could get any inflammation that might be harmful out of the tendons and ligaments.
Yes, we want to warm the muscles up - but not the tendons and ligaments which are supporting structures that aren't supposed to be soft and pliable...... think of tendons and ligaments as the rubber bands that propel your horse forward... do you want soft, loose rubber bands, or strong tight ones? Race track people know that tight tendons can clock faster, so they are always keeping them tight before a race- thus all the wrapping and devices like Game Ready... after the race they will rub the legs down.... does that make sense? | |
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| trickster j - 2016-04-11 9:29 AM
GLP - 2016-04-11 7:23 AM So, someone clear this up for me. I have not competed in over 15 years so I know some things have changed as far as horse care. I thought we warmed our horses up so that their tendon, muscles and ligaments were more supple and flexible so that they would not get injured running the barrels. And then after our run, we wanted to cool them down and hose/ice the legs so that we could get any inflammation that might be harmful out of the tendons and ligaments.
Yes, we want to warm the muscles up - but not the tendons and ligaments which are supporting structures that aren't supposed to be soft and pliable...... think of tendons and ligaments as the rubber bands that propel your horse forward... do you want soft, loose rubber bands, or strong tight ones? Race track people know that tight tendons can clock faster, so they are always keeping them tight before a race- thus all the wrapping and devices like Game Ready... after the race they will rub the legs down.... does that make sense?
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| GLP - 2016-04-11 7:31 AM trickster j - 2016-04-11 9:29 AM GLP - 2016-04-11 7:23 AM So, someone clear this up for me. I have not competed in over 15 years so I know some things have changed as far as horse care. I thought we warmed our horses up so that their tendon, muscles and ligaments were more supple and flexible so that they would not get injured running the barrels. And then after our run, we wanted to cool them down and hose/ice the legs so that we could get any inflammation that might be harmful out of the tendons and ligaments. Yes, we want to warm the muscles up - but not the tendons and ligaments which are supporting structures that aren't supposed to be soft and pliable...... think of tendons and ligaments as the rubber bands that propel your horse forward... do you want soft, loose rubber bands, or strong tight ones? Race track people know that tight tendons can clock faster, so they are always keeping them tight before a race- thus all the wrapping and devices like Game Ready... after the race they will rub the legs down.... does that make sense? Yes, it does, thank you.
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