Joint supplements or herbal painkillers?

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Physio today suggested that I should get my boy something like this to make him more comfortable to work him correctly. If I can get him working consistently sound and straight his issues will hopefully decrease.

Any recommendations? Herbal pain relief I quite like the idea of.
 
Just bought some for my mare. Can't think what it's called . But it is the ingredient in no Bute. Another form of frankincense. It will come to me shortly
 
My mum's elderly horse is on turmeric with black pepper and linseed. It has made a huge difference to him and he is much more comfortable. He has arthritis in his hocks and, for as long as I can remember, has always cranked his legs right up whenever you picked up his back feet. After two weeks on turmeric he hasn't done this once. He is also moving much better in the field.

He used to be on devils claw and, although it helped, the improvements were no where near as good as what I have seen with the turmeric.
 
Taliesan said:
My mum's elderly horse is on turmeric with black pepper and linseed. It has made a huge difference to him and he is much more comfortable. He has arthritis in his hocks and, for as long as I can remember, has always cranked his legs right up whenever you picked up his back feet. After two weeks on turmeric he hasn't done this once. He is also moving much better in the field.

He used to be on devils claw and, although it helped, the improvements were no where near as good as what I have seen with the turmeric.
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Our old gelding was exactly this ��
 
My 26-year old has linseed (with turmeric and pepper when he'll eat it) and this last winter I added Devil's claw and he is positively sprightly (my scientist brain screams when I mix his feeds tho').
 
Thankyou for the replies, is turmeric an anti inflammatory?

He already gets linseed, pro balance, mag ox and salt which I pre prepare as I'm generally not there for evening feeds. Adding turmeric to the mix is an option, but does the pepper have to be freshly ground? I'm not sure I can see my mum doing that :D

I was expecting people to recommend no bute and other things. He also doesn't get much feed, half a scoop of high fibre cubes with water to mix, but not sure it would take anymore supplements! Would maybe have to add a barefoot friendly chaff or similar?
 
Curcumin has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. If you have a look on the Turmeric User Group on Facebook there's a recipe for a paste which keeps in the fridge for a couple of weeks so I reckon it's not absolutely critical that the pepper is freshly ground.
I hide it in half a scoop of soaked grass pellets.
 
Boswellia seems to take the edge off for mine. Turmeric didn't have any effect apart from making the boy horse very smelly when he got sweaty!
 
Thanks for the feedback, picked up some alphabute from the shop which has turmeric and boswellia in so I'll give that a go. If it works might experiment with the turmeric on it's own, anything to keep it cheaper!
 
I've got mine on naturebute solution from Pegasus health. It's got boswellia, turmeric and ginger in it. My boy has bursitis of the nuchal ligament at the poll and this (plus an arc equine) has made him as comfortable as the steroid injection which only lasted a month!
 
They are pricey though aren't they? The alphabute cost £23 for 250g which will only last a few weeks. I didn't shop around though so probably could get cheaper.

Dealing with lami too now but hopefully over that by the weekend, then I'll see what effect it's had.
 
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