Equine Rehabilitation & Walk Work - The Effects On The Rider & How Derriere Equestrian Are Here To Help

Getting a horse back to full fitness and functionality can be a pain staking process for both horse and rider. 

Following an injury or time off, your horse will need rehabilitation to strengthen the injury and to bring up the horse's fitness levels. To prevent re-injury, this work needs to be considered and undertaken slowly.

Many research trials have been conducted evaluating the most successful programs to implement for successful rehabilitation and return to full fitness. A plethora of advice is available for Equine Rehabilitation on the web. 

Some examples being:
http://veterinarynews.dvm360.com/comeback-art-and-science-equine-rehabilitation 
http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/horse-care/vet-advice/tips-for-successful-rehab-following-box-rest-311339
http://www.peasebrookequinerehab.co.uk/

Scott Morrison, DVM (Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky), explains that the body has an incredible ability to heal, and acknowledges that strict box rest is not necessarily the best solution for optimal healing. The body's structures need to have a little bit of stress to heal fully with the best strength and least scar tissue, and box rest can lead to muscle wastage and loss of mobility. “The body has to be moving so the new fibres that are forming in a tendon or ligament will heal with proper alignment along stress lines. Sometimes horses that are given strict box rest, can’t heal the best... some kind of movement is beneficial."

Whilst there are many veterinary clinics with fabulous facilities such as Peasebrook Equine Clinic and Rehabilitation which boasts an ECB Equine Spa, Equi-Tred Treadmill, full rehabilitation center, full veterinary clinic facilities with: examination room, imaging suit, operating theater, intensive care facilities and a Pro-Track Arena. Peasebrook Equine provide a tailored regime for each equine patient within their care. 

There is less advice and guidance for the rider who is faced with many hours walking in-hand and then laterally, a great deal of time spent in walk work whilst in the saddle. This is where Derriere Equestrian are here to help. 

Walk work is implemented, to simply encourage the bones to strengthen and the horse to begin to work correctly before faster work is incorporated. However, this is a pain, literally (!) for the horse's rider. Many riders comment that walk work aggravates rubbing and chafing more than any other gait due to the closeness between the seat and saddle. This is where Derriere Equestrian can help.

The use of Derriere Equestrians underwear range can reduce saddle sores, whilst the invisible seams of garments eliminate rubbing and chafing. This will also assist with rider symmetry and the rider can undertake miles of "Walk Work" in total comfort!


Derriere Equestrian, for you and your horse.

www.derriereequestrian.com