Definitely the BHS way..

AShetlandBitMeOnce

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Jacob came in yesterday with some soreness in his lumbar spine area, I have booked the Osteo for Thursday but in the meantime I thought I would let him use my head pad, as I too have a dodgy back..

Not quite the BHS way of doing things but I’m not about to spend £125 on a pad just because it has the word horse in it! Plus he seemed to enjoy it and even had a little snooze.. I’m quite pleased with myself ? In fact a lot of things I do would make a BHS examiners skin crawl!

I think I may keep this up for when it next gets cold. I’ll see what the Osteo says. Have tried a massage pad on him and it didn’t make a jot of difference.

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I have a hand held vibrating and infra red massager (for humans), I must say, I have been thinking of using it on my girl but was wondering what others would think of me. Your post may well give me the push to use it lol
 

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Warming that area does make a big difference to some horses.

If you don't have a heat pad then a covered/wrapped in towel hot water bottle does the same job.

A client of the physio made this and it works a treat

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Warming that area does make a big difference to some horses.

If you don't have a heat pad then a covered/wrapped in towel hot water bottle does the same job.

A client of the physio made this and it works a treat

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That looks great - I did think about rigging something like this up but couldn't think how to attach the two bottles together.. I'll have a look for some velcro strips!
 
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