bandages

Why not? I do sometimes if i think he needs them. Boots and bandages both have their advantages and disadvantages.

I use boots most of the time but use bandages when i feel his legs are a little stiff or a bit puffy etc for any reason, and he needs that extra support.
 
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i was only asking as i was thinking about using thme on my mare when we do flat work

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Oh ok, sorry, i didn't mean to be that abupt. Just i know a lot of people swear by boots and have this hatred for bandages.

I find they really help with supporting their legs.
 
bandages tend to give better support than boots - if my wrist is a bit dodgy I find a bandage is much supportive than any neoprene or similar support that I've ever used - but have the problem of potentially coming undone and being time consuming to put on and take off. You could always look at something like the stretch and flex wraps for flatwork
 
QR: I am still on the fence. No one seems to use exercise bandages anymore, and I can understand the *support* to some degree with those. Polo bandages (fleece bandages, etc) do nothing but protect from bumps and knocks and warm the leg.

As for support - supporting what exactly? If you are bandaging from knee to above fetlock (as you do for exercise) then all you can achieve is a hold, possibly, but if you have them THAT tight then they are TOO tight IMO. You cannot liken a wrist support to a fleece bandage - the wrist is an articulating joint, the straight part of a horse's leg that we bandage does not articulate - the knee and fetlock joint do but they are not bandaged.

So, food for thought, and ENTIRELY a personal choice
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They look pretty and professional in a lot of people's eyes LOL. I use my fleece bandages for drying the legs off and sometimes when teaching lateral work, tho I prefer the ease of boots 99.9% of the time.
 
I use them because they come in a variety of pretty colours
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Weezy:
Why would you bandage for exercise and not cover the fetlock? I've always been taught to double wrap the fetlock taking the bandage right underneath.
It's sort of demonstrated below (in the lovely photo of the Uk dishing out a spanking to the Krauts), you can see the fetlock strapped up and IMO offering some degree of support.

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bandages have been shown to make absolutely no difference to the forces and stresses going through the limb during locomotion. If you were to bandage tight enough to give support you would have to do it so tight it would be unhealthy anyway. There is so much force going through the lower limb that bandages just aren't really going to do anything
 
QR I see what you mean Weezy, hadn't really thought beyond the basic comparison between bandage vs support to it being a joint and not a straight section.

I guess thinking about, runners who get shin splints aren't advised to strap their shins for support or to prevent recurrence so far as I'm aware.

Hmmm, now I'm on the fence! But boots are a lot easier
 
I use bandages for the same reason people use boots
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To protect against bashes and knocks, but bandages are soft so don't have edges that can rub
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I do much prefer bandages for this reason. However, for jumping etc or anything where the front legs are at risk from strike injuries rom the back legs, I use tendon boots as they offer more strike protection.
 
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I use bandages for the same reason people use boots
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To protect against bashes and knocks, but bandages are soft so don't have edges that can rub
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I do much prefer bandages for this reason. However, for jumping etc or anything where the front legs are at risk from strike injuries rom the back legs, I use tendon boots as they offer more strike protection.

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I do exactly the same. It also makes me feel better, if they are used on dressage horses worth £££££ because they offer what boots dont, then thats good enough for me also
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I started using bandages because the surface of the school was getting in between Axels boots and his legs at one point giving him a nasty boot rub, bandaging stops this from happening.
Although most of the time I don't put anything on his legs in the school!!
 
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