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| How do you sweat your horses legs? with what product? prepping for barrel race? how long to leave them?
Edited by mlsshakinthingsup 2015-11-05 9:44 AM
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Location: The edge of no where | mlsshakinthingsup - 2015-11-04 2:10 PM How do you sweat your horses legs? with what product? prepping for barrel race? how long to leave them? How many days/ hours before? looking for a routine.
I only sweat legs when there is an injury, it's not part of a regular maintenance routine. |
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| Well i see people use green jelly and saran wrap with polo wraps before???? |
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Location: North Dakota | What you're seeing is probably Cool Pack. Not so much a leg "sweat" but more so to draw out heat/soreness. |
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| Sweating is only for injuries that are older than 48 hours or older issues like arthritis. A lot of people poultice, which is a cold therapy. Mud poultices are my favorite. I always put the product on, use wet cotton sheet wrap, then plastic wrap and end with a standing bandage. You should NEVER put plastic against the skin. The plastic moves and bunches. This can cause a wrap bow if the skin gets pinched in the bunched up plastic. I've never been a fan of Cool Green Jelly under wraps. It will blister a thin skinned, sensitive horse. I've always done 8-12 hours on. How many days just depends on where we are.
Edited by SKM 2015-11-04 7:45 PM
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| SKM - 2015-11-04 7:41 PM
Sweating is only for injuries that are older than 48 hours or older issues like arthritis. A lot of people poultice, which is a cold therapy. Mud poultices are my favorite. I always put the product on, use wet cotton sheet wrap, then plastic wrap and end with a standing bandage. You should NEVER put plastic against the skin. The plastic moves and bunches. This can cause a wrap bow if the skin gets pinched in the bunched up plastic. I've never been a fan of Cool Green Jelly under wraps. It will blister a thin skinned, sensitive horse. I've always done 8-12 hours on. How many days just depends on where we are.
which poultice do you use? ice tight? |
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| would quilted leg wraps work as well? |
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Location: Missouri | Like above, sweating is for injuries. You can use DSMO and rub down your leg, wrap with saran wrap, then a quilt, then a standing wrap. Leave this on over night, 8 hours then rinse in the morning.
For a pre-race/post race prep, I do green jelly after I have cooled them off and hosed them down AFTER their run. Rub down leg with jelly then use a quilt with a standing wrap over. For pre-race, I use back on track products to get their muscles warmed up and ready to go, especially in the colder months.
You should check your horse each morning before they get to moving around and feel for any heat in their legs. Heat is a sign of an injury. Several great articles on Barrelhorsenews.com on this. |
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| Seriously....don't put plastic on bare skin! Even when doing a sweat, put cotton on BEFORE the plastic. You will still get plenty of sweat and it's a MUCH safer method.
Ice Tight is a decent product and the easiest to find if you are looking for a mud poultice.
Yes, quilts will work too. I just like cotton sheet wrap because you can throw it away instead of trying to clean the gunk off like with quilts. |
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Location: The edge of no where | What are you trying to accomplish?
Just maintenance? Extra TLC when hauling hard? Does your horse stock up?
If you're going to wrap a leg for any reason - invest in no-bow quilts and real standing wraps. I like using Ice Vibe boots after runs and tough workouts, then rubbing legs down with linament and leaving bare. If a horse has a tendency to stock up when hauling - then I'll put standing wraps on over night. Sore no More poultice is also super easy to use.
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| mlh0972 - 2015-11-05 9:49 AM
Like above, sweating is for injuries. You can use DSMO and rub down your leg, wrap with saran wrap, then a quilt, then a standing wrap. Leave this on over night, 8 hours then rinse in the morning.
For a pre-race/post race prep, I do green jelly after I have cooled them off and hosed them down AFTER their run. Rub down leg with jelly then use a quilt with a standing wrap over. For pre-race, I use back on track products to get their muscles warmed up and ready to go, especially in the colder months.
You should check your horse each morning before they get to moving around and feel for any heat in their legs. Heat is a sign of an injury. Several great articles on Barrelhorsenews.com on this.
Thank you! I had just seen this done before and was curious to know what it was.. |
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