28/12/2023
💯💥Marchez,Marchez et Marchez avant d'entâmer quoi que ce soit avec votre cheval !
Au moins 🔟 Minutes !
Et même chose après l'entrainement✅️
A complete warm up is arguably one of the most important things you can do for your horse. 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗴.
This is more than loping for 45 minutes.
This is more than making one sweat.
This is 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸.
Walk, walk & walk some more. In fact, the more the better.
Let’s briefly compare to the relevance with athletes — human athletes. A proper warm up is rarely an overlooked step in the pre-work routine. In fact, the warm up is not taken lightly. Our horses are no different.
The warm up, pre-competition or not, is a form of injury prevention. This is similar to gum. An unused piece of gum is firm, stiff, and easy to break. One wrong move and we snapped the piece of gum. However, after the piece is chewed for a few minutes mobility is added. Now, the gum is flexible and easily moveable. Our body is very comparable.
A horse’s frog plays a valuable role in the circulation of the entire limb, injury prevention, and preparing the body for work. This process of sending blood up through the leg is known as the pumping mechanism.
“Blood is pumped from the heart through arteries to the hoof and is assisted in its return through a ‘pumping mechanism’ in the hoof,” said Craig Wood, University of Kentucky. “This mechanism is necessary due to the position of the hoof in relation to the heart. There are no muscles in the lower leg or hoof to aid in the return of venous blood to the heart. Thus, the hoof has to pump venous blood back to the heart.”
https://horses.extension.org/blood-pumping-mechanism-of-the-hoof/
One of the major jobs of the frog is aiding as a “pump” to push blood out of the hoof and back up the limb. The frog makes contact with the ground activating the pump to send the blood from the hoof up the leg.
The healthier, wider frog sends the more blood flow through the limb and a develops a stronger hoof. Likewise, the smaller, more contracted frog results in decreased circulation through the leg. The legs that may tend to stock up easier.
“When the horse puts a foot down, this dissipates concussion and the blood squishes out of it with that impact and goes back up the leg,” said Tia Nelson, DVM, farrier and veterinarian with Valley Veterinary Hospital. “It’s a brilliant multipurpose structure. Thus, a horse with a healthy frog won’t be stocking up as much, and the feet and legs are healthier. It affects the whole body.”
https://thehorse.com/136542/equine-hoof-care-the-flourishing-frog/
Increased walking = Increased circulation through the limb (pumping mechanism) = Decreased likelihood of distal limb injury
Let’s circle back around to the physical warm up. Besides circulation up the leg, why is walking and a slow warm up so important?
1. 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝘂𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺
𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥?
Walking without restriction for a 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘮 of 8-10 minutes. But, always keep in mind 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵. This goes back to the gum analogy. We are warming the body and increasing mobility preparing it to withstand the duties of work.
2. 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝘅𝘆𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗱
When you first pull your horse out of their pen, the muscles are not fully supplied with appropriate amounts of oxygen and blood flow required for contraction-relaxation cycle of the muscle fibers. We have to spend the time and prepare the body — give the body the tools.
𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨-𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 15% 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥?
While in a parasympathetic state the body is going through “rest and digest.” So, the remaining circulatory blood is dedicated to the digestive system and organs. However, during work 85% of the circulatory blood is delivered to muscles. That critical time spent walking is where this transition from 15% to 85% occurs. This is when the body resupplies the body with the fuel necessary to work.
3. 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆, 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘅 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱
10 minutes of relaxed walking does more than physically prepare your horse for work. Allow the mind 10 minutes to have a break and release tension. Give your horse 10 minutes to themselves.
🌟Spend the extra time now, to increase the chances at a long-lasting career.🌟
Here’s your key to treating their bodies like the athletes they are. 🔑🤍