tallyho!
Following a strict mediterranean diet...
I appreciate we need to keep our trusty steed's joints healthy and there are a great many supplements, herbs, treatments available out there that helps.
I have used a great many not just on trusty steed but myself too and my own creaks.
A couple of years ago, after seeing a physio, my knee has all but stopped creaking. I started taking GLM and that helped to begin with but I stopped that after the first course and continued with physio advice and I no longer announce my ascent up the stairs with loud clicks. I'm a lot less stiff in my lower back and I have to say, I think a lot has to do with posture.
So, sorry to extend my musings into The Tack Room, but I am just wondering if the horses could also have benefitted from a "posture change". Certainly, after having some dressage lessons with a classical trainer, mine did show improvements in his way of going especially in his shoulder and hocks. Perhaps it did improve his posture. Certainly, years previous he too had clicky joints but I can't remember him clicking the last few years with me. Maybe going barefoot helped too.
What do you think? Do you think sometimes it's more than just adding supplements and calling the back-lady? Do you think steed just needs to use his body better and improve his/her posture somehow?
Of course, maybe not the oldies, so lets just focus on the working neddies for now.
I have used a great many not just on trusty steed but myself too and my own creaks.
A couple of years ago, after seeing a physio, my knee has all but stopped creaking. I started taking GLM and that helped to begin with but I stopped that after the first course and continued with physio advice and I no longer announce my ascent up the stairs with loud clicks. I'm a lot less stiff in my lower back and I have to say, I think a lot has to do with posture.
So, sorry to extend my musings into The Tack Room, but I am just wondering if the horses could also have benefitted from a "posture change". Certainly, after having some dressage lessons with a classical trainer, mine did show improvements in his way of going especially in his shoulder and hocks. Perhaps it did improve his posture. Certainly, years previous he too had clicky joints but I can't remember him clicking the last few years with me. Maybe going barefoot helped too.
What do you think? Do you think sometimes it's more than just adding supplements and calling the back-lady? Do you think steed just needs to use his body better and improve his/her posture somehow?
Of course, maybe not the oldies, so lets just focus on the working neddies for now.