Walk Exercises for bringing your horse back into work after injury

[Kate-liv]

Has anyone got any exercises or tips for making our daily ridden walk more interesting. I have a Connie I'm bringing back into work slowly as she has been on box rest for 4 months after suspensory ligament injury. I have poles, arena and road hacking. let me know if anyone has any ideas?

 

[mini-eventer]

Hacking as much as possible is best if she is sensible. For a bit of variety I do a bit of in hand stuff - leg yielding, shoulders in, baking up etc, which also will help suppleness.

But yeah walk work can be a bit boring

 

[Kate-liv]

Thank you she is reasonably good hacking we go out about twice a week (at the weekends), and then she is in hand walked while I'm at school on the roads and in the arena i might start to incorporate some poles.

 

[SEL]

There's a post above this one about a FB group called slow walk work. It's based on a rehab programme so well worth a look