TUBIGRIP UNDER BOOTS AND WHICH BOOTS

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Hi, I have noticed that a lot of eventers are putting tubigrip under boots instead of opting for bandages. Any idea if it helps, what size to buy and where from, we used to get it on a tube when I was a working pupil on an event yard but then it was for injuries not for comps as all the horses were still bandaged to compete X country.

My boy (TB ex racer) is finally going eventing this year. We're only doing intro but at one stage he was given 50% chance of coming back to work at all after straining both front susp. ligaments and then following it up with a check ligament strain after a slip on the road 8 months later....hence we're taking it slow. 18 months worth of rehab and very careful fittening, and we've had a fun season at pony club level and now I find I have to go affiliated as the open PC events are just too scarey and we're looking for a bit more of a challenge than most novices.

Anyway I'm a paranoid mum and I want to make sure his legs have best protection. He normally wears new competition boots and get's cool boots put on straight after any jumping (I leave them in icy water while we compete) and then travels back in ice tight (like kaolin) which stays on if he's in but if he's out 24 hrs then I find stretching off in the field with somecolling arnica / witch hazel gel on is better but any advice gratefully received.

I'm thinking of investing in the prolite boots all round as they do get rave reviews but are pricey.

Nikki
 
I'll second prolites. I was lucky & got my hind set off Ebay for £20
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prolites very good, not always great fit have just started using Woof Wear Ultra Boot, fantastic. i was originally told by one of their sponsored riders that they slipped but another whose mother i completely respect as top eventing mum said different and i decided first rider had a problem because insisted in putting tubigrip under neath. WW and other companies spend lots of ££ developing their products and if they were desined to be used in this fashion as a matter of course they would say so. the rider by the way has stopped the tubi grip thing md still wears the WW boots.
Furhter recently i wrote a published article on tendon injury and its recovery with the help of Dr Ellen Singer who is one of the godlike vets at liverpool equine unit and also the treating vet at Blenheim and wexston park. There is no evidence to support the belief that tendons can be 'supported' at all. plenty of damage can be done by uneven pressure or badly fitted boots of any sort. if you need tubi grip, get some boots that fit.
Also i bust my right leg to bit a few years ago and had to wear tubi grip myself to keep the swelling down for several years! This is its purpose and i can tell you that if you dont put it on double it moves and wrinkles. Event people think they get round this by tapining it top and bottom. surely this is a change in the even pressure along the leg?
there will be many peeps on here saying different but at the level you are at if you have done plenty of work on your basic fittening the leg should hold up with just some well fitted boots and i think you will increase the chances of a further incident if you start complicating matters. If you vet has done a good job getting the horse back into work ask their advice.
 
I often still use bandages as I can't afford expensive xc boots. But under the bandages I use porter boots and put tubigrip under them to prevent them from rubbing.
 
I always use tubigrip- boots fit fab, but it stops grit from irritating her legs. My horse is advanced and on hard ground I do personally think they add support.
 
Our Advanced horse wears tubigrips under Style XC boots.
He has they singlly done and the tops folded over the boots and taped so they don't move and it doesn't cause any uneven pressure. It's mainly to stop the grit/dirt getting under his boots.
 
as i find that style boots are very rigid and concequently not moulded to the leg they are least likely to fit well though they do protect the leg. because of this fitting, they do get large amounts of dirt under them so you may have a case but in the case of the original post if you are spending the money get a make that fit properly in the first place. it is no good being rigid about which sort of boot is best or proclaiming in outrage "but my horse wears style and i assure you they fit" as different legs suit different boots. we have one here that suits style and it wears them but WW generally fit better. We also use New, Sabre leather, eskadron and prolite at this yard. at other places have used other things
 
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