Monthly Archives: July 2013
Heat Training Week 2
| July 10, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Vet & Sports Medicine |
Looks like we are continuing to make strides towards better heat tolerance during exercise and I’ve decided that for week 2 I won’t bore you with more tables of data. I’m headed to Disneyland on Saturday and will be gone for a couple of days, and by the time I get back, it will be […] more
Ring bone!
| July 8, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Vet & Sports Medicine |
If you are enjoying these biology posts, I have a recommendation for you. I recently acquired a new textbook “Equine Exercise Physiology” by Hinchcliff and it’s fabulous!!!!!! Unfortunately it’s pricey and your library may or may not own it….but if you do enough leg work on the internet, you *might* be able to find a […] more
Biology for Endurance Riders and their Horses
| July 8, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Vet & Sports Medicine |
Biology for Endurance I have a question for you, my Dear Reader. Over the years I’ve done a number of posts about biology concepts that I thought were interesting and relevant to endurance. I firmly believe that if you understand the underlying biological concept, you as a rider and manager of your horse can think […] more
Heat Conditioning Week 1
| July 8, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Vet & Sports Medicine |
For the last week I’ve been doing a heat conditioning on Farley, and arguably on myself since I’m the one wandering about the arena at the same time. Since unfortunately I have not perfected the art of sitting in the bleachers under an umbrella and yelling “trot!” and having Farley proceed at a nice working […] more
Fractures
| July 3, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I had a reader request on fractures – specifically spiral fractures – and what could cause one. Randomly falling? Does there have to be stress cracks or similar present? Of course, having recently completed a week of orthopedics, and already a bit in awe of bone and its awesome-ness (see my my “bone is cool” […] more
Ketch-up post
| July 1, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
A quick post to catch up on the happenings, and then we will resume with our regularly scheduled programming soon. It’s still really really really hot here. Like over 110 hot. I’ve decided that when it’s over 100 degrees, Farley does her heat conditioning without a sheet or blanket. I’ve decided that when it’s near […] more
