excersises for strengthening the back

My horse is currently going through a rehab programme after suffering an SI injury so we're doing lots of strengthening exercises at the moment. I bought a book by Hilary Clayton: Activate Your Horses's Core, which has numerous inhand exercises for activating different muscles in the horses body. It was about £40 to buy from America and includes a DVD explaining the exercises. Hilary Clayton is a vet and a world expert on horse movement. Exercises I've been doing are carrot stretches to the left, right and between the knees (the one between the knees helps lift the horses back). Polework is also excellent for strengthening the back and hillwork, especially raised poles. I'm no expert but I know from doing these kind of exercises I've seen a massive difference in my horse. Hope that helps :-)
 
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