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Discussion on Conditioning with Weights to Rehab Back Injury
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mirja
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Posted on Monday, Jan 19, 2009 - 6:43 pm:
Hello,
My horse is a 9 year old TB Gelding who I am beginning to rehab after a back injury (https://www.horseadvice.com/horse/messages/4/282828.html) Two ligament lesions in the back (approximately 4 inches in front of the sacroiliac joint and 4 inches behind the saddle). He was on rest for 5 months and is beginning the rehab and conditioning process. He is supposed to start carrying weight at the walk; theoretically this should be done by my riding him. However he is at the upper limit of tranquilizer that he can have and although it is enough to keep him quiet while walking in hand it will not be enough to ride him with. So after that long intro to the case the problem is this: I need to be able to put weight on his back (somewhere in the range of 100lbs) without me riding him so I am looking for suggestions. I know some racehorses use a lead bag system but any ideas are welcome
Thank you for the help,
Mirja
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babyzeke
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Posted on Sunday, Oct 3, 2010 - 7:08 pm:
Hi Mirja, I am in a similar predicament. My horse is not too bad under saddle - but he does have moments and I do not want to tranquilize him much either, he gets sloppy and is not careful and I worry about working him, as he may injure something else! He is being rehabbed for suspensory issues, and I will start riding him soon but thought about weights in the saddle as well. I see your post is old and I'd love to hear what you ended up doing, and if you ever got an answer to your question.
(Not sure if you'll get an email that you have a response to this post or not, but thought it worth a try. Hope things turned out well for you.
Lori
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