A friend's filly somehow bonked both her hocks and they swelled up significantly. Discussion and disagreement are inevitable and encouraged; personal insults, diatribes and sniping comments are unproductive and unacceptable. Back On Track has also done on its products, and its website has thermal imaging of a horse before using a Back On Track product and after. Back on Track products are available for the equine, canine and human. No advertising in the discussion forums. Try it out and see the results for yourself! Recently I had all of my horses thermoscanned.
Conversations in horse-related forums should be horse-related. If you have a medical condition, please always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider. Please see their website for product specifications, testimonials and scientific studies:. She took a second picture of his back 45 minutes later and the increased blood flow was still remarkably more than what we saw with the other horses. The rational for first time Welltex® product use no more than 4 hours during a 24-hour cycle is that a slight increase in pain may be experienced by your horse when a Welltex® product is used for the first time and left on too long. We reserve the right to enforce and amend the rules. I just like the boots.
They also are warm without being too sweaty which is important especially if you plan on using them in the summer. The thermascan also picked up a lot of things that I am still trying to sort out. During the manufacturing of polyester- or polyester fibers, the ceramic particles are fused into the fibers. I like both of them, and what I use depends on how lazy I am. Their footprints barely registered with a purple and blue color.
Then one must decide whether keeping an area warm is useful, not useful, or none of the above. Your forum sign-up is not complete, you must add an before you can post to the forums. Excessive promotion of a stallion by its owner or related parties is not permitted and will be addressed at the discretion of the moderators. . Just a note: Some of the products are expensive.
This reflected heat is long-wave heat radiation, which is also known as long wave infrared radiation. After correlating all information, the indications were that eight out of ten horses improved their gait at the trot, and seven out of ten at the gallop. If this happens adjust the time the product is used during a 24-hour cycle until there is no further pain or swelling. After 10 days, I called customer service to check on my order status and was told it would be shipped that day and I would receive a tracking email. I ended up sending them back to Smartpak. None of those things fit, so we called another vet out for a second opinion. Luther wearing his Back On Track fleece sheet and no bow wraps after a ride.
Hi Deltawave, My understanding is that increased heat comes from increased blood flow to the site of the inflammation, a site which the body has identified as injured in some way. We have the right to reproduce statements made in the forums. Refer to the following points for general guidelines: Board members may ask for suggestions on breeding stallion recommendations. This is going to be one big Back On Track product review because I have accumulated quite a few since I started using their therapeutic back pad earlier this year. Back on Track products don't work by increasing heat in the area.
After wanting the Royal Tendon open front boots and fetlock boots for quite a while I finally broke down and bought them both. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are the views of the individual and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of The Chronicle of the Horse. Please read this message in its entirety. I lent the hock wraps to the friend and the filly's hocks were tight and beautiful in 2 days with the wraps on continuously for 48 hours. While members may ask for general opinions and suggestions on equipment, trailers, trucks, etc. Whether a subject is light-hearted or serious, keep posts focused on the current topic and of general interest to other participants of that thread.
I usually use the products as a way to warm Luther up before our ride. I lent the saddle pad to a friend and her mare and she noticed a huge difference and now wont ride without it. I wouldn't leave them on for turnout, and she doesn't mind hock wraps I've poulticed and figure-8 wrapped her hocks before and she was fine. Advertising Policy Specifics When in doubt of whether something you want to post constitutes advertising, please contact a moderator privately in advance for further clarification. All 10 horses are included in each bar. I rode the other horses with a saddle only, no pad, but the areas of heat under the leather saddles were not uniform revealing poor fit and these warm areas cooled off quickly.
He x-rayed clean, but we did find that he had extremely thin soles — a problem he never had before. The forums and the rest of www. I had a lot of luck buying some of the more expensive ones, like the sheets and blankets, used on eBay or on Facebook groups. Recently I had all of my horses thermoscanned. I had read some people had results from just that. That is when she seems more stiff due to the arthritis. It is excellent as a preventative measure against injury applied before and during competition, and exercise sessions.