Equine sports therapy products

[HGE123]

What is everyone’s favorite post work (jumping mostly) therapy products?
ice boots?
Magnetic boots?
Benefits? Risks? Personal experiences?
Which one will help with arthritic pain if either?

 

[TPO]

Maybe reading it wrong but if a horse has arthritic pain I wouldn't be jumping (or buting to jump). I would agree that movement is good for arthritis but I wouldn't include jumping, or fast work, in that.

 

[HGE123]

Maybe reading it wrong but if a horse has arthritic pain I wouldn't be jumping (or buting to jump). I would agree that movement is good for arthritis but I wouldn't include jumping, or fast work, in that.

Well 60% (which is think is a low number) of performance horses have some level of OA so you’re saying none of those horses should jump anymore?

 

[TPO]

Well 60% (which is think is a low number) of performance horses have some level of OA so you’re saying none of those horses should jump anymore?

What's your source for that figure?

*edited to delete reply. Just read your previous threads and posts so really not worth it

 

[ycbm]

What is everyone’s favorite post work (jumping mostly) therapy products?
ice boots?
Magnetic boots?
Benefits? Risks? Personal experiences?
Which one will help with arthritic pain if either?

Your horse has sacroiliac issues caused by arthritis or by the sliding stops he was doing because of the arthritis, and the pain from those conditions has given him ulcers. Is your vet advising jumping him?

Well 60% (which is think is a low number) of performance horses have some level of OA so you’re saying none of those horses should jump anymore?

I don't know if this is true or not but your horse is 8 and I'm pretty sure it's not true for 8 year olds.


I can't help on what boots or other things to use if jumping with arthritis makes him sore, sorry.

 

[LEC]

I guess my option would be to carry on jumping and give it NSAIDs and just say screw the horse, I want to jump.

Also because I am really annoying and do like facts. I looked up Swedish Warmblood papers as they are one of the best documented studbooks for long term research and have statistical numbers behind it.

Muscular skeletal accounts for 55-70% of cullings but that is a massive generic area. When you look at the results of this study 74% of the 4/5yo showed some minor signs of palpatory orthopedic health, yet only 24% had moderate to severe. The results also show that its the DDFT which had a far bigger reaction 26% over hocks (summarising here as different joints of hock are listed).

Prevalence of clinical findings at examinations of young Swedish warmblood riding horses (cyberleninka.org)

When you look at this research Estimates of longevity and causes of culling and death in Swedish Warmblood and Coldblood horses | Request PDF (researchgate.net) it shows that horses tend to only live to 18 in most cases before being culled and that though 56% of that is due to musculoskeletal this again doesn't back up your spurious % thrown out there about arthritis.

 

[ihatework]

Ice if they have run against the clock or on firm ground.

Otherwise nothing, although I do like my back on track rug as a routine sheet/travel/sweat rug.

If you have heat/swelling routinely after exercise you need to be able to see and monitor it.

 

[Regandal]

General scientific opinion is that magnetic therapy does not work. It may supply heat to the area, only due to it covering the area.

 

[Culp597]

What is everyone’s favorite post work (jumping mostly) therapy products?
ice boots?
Magnetic boots? MyBalanceNow
Benefits? Risks? Personal experiences?
Which one will help with arthritic pain if either?

I’ve worked at a therapeutic riding center for teens and young adults, but it was mainly for physical/cognitive disabilities. That being said, the changes I saw in some of the kids was incredible. I’ve heard of equine therapy for PTSD sufferers and kids with anxiety or abusive pasts. I truly believe horses are healing creatures and can help you—they’re gentle, beautiful, intelligent animals who seem to have an innate sense for what humans need more than we do ourselves.