Yearly Archives: 2013
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
Heat and heat conditioning
| June 28, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Vet & Sports Medicine |
Please someone explain to me why I can write posts for this blog day after day after day for a paltry $5/month (that’s what I make on Google ads), but I can’t even think of a good subject, let along actually START my Ride and Tie Vet Student scholarship worth $1,000. *Sigh* In the comments […] more
Multidays
| June 27, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
It’s Thursday and I’m still really really, deep-in-my-bones tired. Soreness is mostly gone except for a few twinges in my quads and some residual stiffness in my neck, but there’s some healing going on someplace because I’m the sort of tired that only occurs when the body is diverting massive resources to something other maintenance […] more
Responsible horse owners
| June 27, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Yesterday I decided that responsible horse owners don’t sit at home and write blog posts all day when there is a trailer to unpack. Responsible horse owners don’t watch whole seasons of supernatural episodes on the couch when horse hooves need trimming. Responsible horse owners absolutely don’t take covert naps when their horse needs turn […] more
