Magnetic products do they work?? - your views please

used magnetic rug for cold backed horse had, it seemed to help. also used it on my own back and it made the muscles feel warm and tingly, shld really dig it out
 
I'm planning on buying some pastern wraps for my horse with mild arthritis in 1 of his pasterns, is it necessary to put them on both pasterns to balance them out or should I just put one on his bad pastern? I'm not sure which make to get yet, but they aren't too expensive as far as I know.
 
i love bioflow boots jack wears them while turned out in the day when hes in work. hes had his boots for 6 years !! i'm not sure about using them while riding as i read somewhere about not using them for heavy work (makes the tendons over heat) but i've seen people use magnetic tendon boots at shows so not sure about that???
 
I have some magnetic wraps for Axey as his legs used to fill when he was in overnight, they must have worked as they stopped them filling and I don't need to use them anymore!
If I've been to a show or he's worked hard I pop them on overnight, and his legs are always fine the next day.
 
I have bioflow stable wraps and used them when Star had a tendon injury. Not sure how much they influence the tendon, but they certainley influenced her kidneys........we were awash with wee for 2 nights
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According to science they should not work. However, when I put straps on Cairo's front legs - he was very lame with ringbone within a few days there was a big improvement. In two weeks he went from 4 bute a day to 1 and within a month was off bute and back in light work.

He recently more arthritic problems - now on the hind end. He has had d some bone has snap where the ligiments attach and as a result he has had tendon problems. I put a strap on this leg and the tendon has gone down within the week by about a third and he is far more sound than he was.

I personally think they do something - certainly for Cairo. He wears his straps permanently - they are designed for this. Remove them and he goes lame in front, put them back on and he goes sound. I am now going to get one for the final leg and he will wear bands on all legs all the time like a lot of people do.
 
Fascinating reading: where do you get the pastern wraps from? I have Googled Bioflow and the websites look a bit dodgy. I can see tendon wraps but no pastern wraps.

Can the tendon boots be left on all day / night out in the field? I was looking at the Premier equine magnetic wraps that have just been launched but they recommend you should not leave them on for more than 4 hours, (not very practical when you work!).
 
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