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I have the massage pad and it is brilliant...but does mainly work in the back area...I also bought a human hand held massager ...ive had it about 10 years but at the time it was £25 from argos!!...I use that for the hind quarters and it is far stronger than the hand horse ones you can buy...im...

Thats good news on the update then....as it doesnt sound like anything drastic.

Thank you everyone for your comments. ..yasandcrystal thats very interesting and I think has helped me decide...shopping next...lol.

I had slightly similar to this where my horse had old injury to foot and was mri then medicated with steroid jab..a year later he went lame and was reacting in suspensory area...the lameness was also different in that when schooling he was short always on outside leg and it felt like you couldnt...

I think all horses are different as I know many competition horses where bar shoes work for them and one dressage horse where nothing else works...my horse couldnt tolerate them or bare foot..He just needs normal shoes which are well balanced and to be shod every four weeks.

Im no expert but in my experience if its hard and cold its already formed and I have seen them go down with a bit of rest or easier work if they are active. I dont think boots make much difference though. There was a product that I painted on show horse once that took it down and wasnt...

Is it slightly warm and soft indicating still active or hard and cold indicating its already established?

I had a horse a few years ago with ddft injury everyone agreed that egg bars were best for him however it appears no-one told the horse...he was definitely more lame with them and was shod by farrier for olympic team...I got vet and farrier back out and he went back to normal shoeing and was...

I know ..I now have brain ache with trying to work it all out...I think im going to try boswellia first as its in alot of the supplements made by the big companies and appears a bit more tried and tested. ..will then look at turmeric if dont get results I want!!....all a bit trial and error I...

Thank you very much....will have a look now.

Oh and how much of each and there seems to be some suggestion that it needs to be mixed with other things (pepper?) To be effective.

I have a 16.3 middle weight and have been researching the above products...he has had mri and I am fully aware of his injury which has left him with slight flare up of inflammation in coffin joint causing slight unlevelness. .half bute a day stops this but I want to substitute with natural to...

I have been researching boswellia and turmeric today...can you tell me what quanity you feed....I have a 16.3 middle weight....this is my first post so please excuse me if this isnt the right way to ask..