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Location: ND | LMS - 2015-01-19 1:48 PM SaraJean - 2015-01-19 12:32 PM I've put my shooting horse on a Theraplate a couple times. I don't know if I'm sold on the therapy or not. My horse loved it, fell asleep standing there and he's NOT a quiet horse that typically stands around relaxed. I do think it's something that you'd need to use regularily to have results of any significance. I would have to use it a lot more & do more research before I decided either way. I just know my horse did like it. And it is NOT the same as a vibrating trailer!!!! Just to clear the air, I was being VERY sarcastic at my comments, please don't think I'm an idiot.
oh, I know, wasn't directed at anyone in particular :) I've just seen it posted so many times on these discussions that if vibration is good then why buy air ride trailers & what not.... |
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Location: midwest mama | trickster j - 2015-01-19 12:46 PM
mruggles - 2015-01-19 11:34 AM my chiro has one in his office for ppl.......and i had a wipe out last year and have a problem with my sciatica and lena fell and really messed up that and my hip...there was a couple jackpot i needed help getting off........ and after a few adjustments and accu, he put me on his vibration plate, i didn't think it would help but it did (i thought it would be painful, it wasn't)....so i can see where this type of therapy could be helpfull.........................
m It may not have felt so good if you hadn't first had the adjustments and acupuncture. If you have a sublaxated joint it will be easily irritated with vibration. Maybe that's why some horses love this and some don't, maybe the people who use them should be the trained chiros who know when it's appropriate to use vibration therapy. I agree with the poster that said these therapy devices are often sold from and bought by untrained, uncertified, self-proclaimed "therapists." eta: The story about the gal with the concussion getting "treated" with one is a great example of that.
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What she said.
I agree with Trickster J 100%. |
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 Crazy Doggy Mommy
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Location: Where Governor's make the liscense plates | I currently own one and have for a couple of years. I have horses who love it and relax on it and others who Will NOT relax on it. The specific horse it was purchased for takes two people to keep him on the flippin thing. It's a pain in my butt and currently collects dust. I've tried selling it to no avail- most people in Illinois have no idea what it is. So I've got a 5k dust collector in our barn haha |
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Too busy outside!
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| FirstFirewater - 2015-01-19 7:54 PM I currently own one and have for a couple of years. I have horses who love it and relax on it and others who Will NOT relax on it. The specific horse it was purchased for takes two people to keep him on the flippin thing. It's a pain in my butt and currently collects dust. I've tried selling it to no avail- most people in Illinois have no idea what it is. So I've got a 5k dust collector in our barn haha
Interesting- it looks like the horse you bought it for has issues that become aggravated with the vibration- good example of how it may feel good to a healthy horse, but not to a horse with existing pain. I have arthritis in my neck and low back- when I stood on one a long time ago it really hurt me too- I hated it. I pity the horses who are forced into stocks or trailer partitions with no other place to stand but on the dang thing.  |
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Location: USA | I agree that it depends on the injury on whether or not it will help or harm the horse. I do know they use vibration plates in the rehab setting for people, especially stroke patients. There have also been studies on using them for bedridden patients with success in increasing muscle strength. I know of a few well respected sports medicine vets that have them in their facility. Do I think any horse can get on them? No. But I do think with certain injuries/situations they can be beneficial. I also agree, though, that there are some who will put a horse on it not knowing the injury and therefore can unintentionally further exacerbate the underlying issue. However, I think once the horse has been cleared for it then it should be ok. Horses don't lie when it comes to something they like or dislike. If it feels good to them, they will let you know and vice versa. |
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 Off the Wall Wacky
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Location: Louisiana | barrelrider - 2015-01-19 1:30 PM I stood on one and it was not comfortable. It was 4 years ago, so I know they have improved them. I had an excellent vet tell me the only thing it was good for was to warm up the muscles on your horse. He wasn't impressed at all.
My leg vet said he owns one and the only thing it does is give him bad gas LOL |
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Location: Utah | I tried a 1 month demo of the Theraplate. I personally could lay on it or sit on a chair and put my feet on it, but if I stood on it, I got headaches. While I had it, I put about everything I owned on it however, I was really only riding 2 horses so those are the only ones I can talk about. I had a horse who had an undiagnosed injury (I knew something was off we just couldn't find it) for her, it was a really good thing. She really started to work while she was being put on it. She was great to stand on it for the first 2 weeks or so, but then was harder to keep on it. She is also an ADHD horse so that could have contributed to not staying on it, she wanted to fidget and play with stuff. My other horse HATED it. I had to use a chain to keep him on, and even @ that he would last 10 minutes max. He was tense the whole time, and after 10 min, he would literally bolt off it. Now, he is a more "sensitive" horse, but while I was treating him, his performance went down. In fact, he ran off 2 times with me. Took him off it, 2 weeks later he went back to running in the 1D. I have very mixed feeling because of what I saw with my horses. I think for some it may be good and work well, for others, I don't think it works @ all. |
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