Practical Steps in Rehabilitating your Horse

ISBN-13: 9781847971692 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 128 str.

Sarah Wyche

Opis

Aimed at novice to advanced riders this resource looksat the therapies available and the practical steps ownerscan take to ensuretheir horse'srehabilitation is successfulMany horses and ponies suffer injuries to their muscles, joints, and ligaments, which tend to be poorly diagnosed, yet eventually prove to be incapacitating. The animals are taken out of work for months, then brought back into work hoping that time has cured them, and later sold on as less-than-sound, retired, or sent to the great pasture in the sky. This guide argues that the rehabilitationprocess mustbe a series of local steps andhelps carers to knowwhich procedures to implement and roughly how long it will take for the horse to respond, as well as how to measure their expectations, know the pitfalls of each therapy available, and take charge oftheir emotions. Everybody can achieve an improvement if their horse or pony suffered an injury, or needs help to recover from surgery, if they have a betterunderstanding of what they are trying to achieve.This bookoffers anin-depth lookat thecauses and effects of lameness, how compensatory mechanisms can get in the way of diagnosis, how to find the root ofthe problem, and what to do about it."