Record-breaking Rescue Result
Visiting a famous yard, Vav noticed a filly
running around a paddock holding a front leg up. It was so unusual that it stood
out as a big problem, so Vav asked about it. The manager said it was a shame,
she had impeccable breeding and there had been high hopes for her.
Because she had been expected to do so well,
they had tried absolutely everything to sort it out but without any success. The
filly was booked to be sent to the kennels in two days time.
Vav asked what had happened. They said that
the mother was a nutty mare who ran about all over the place. She had caused the
filly to fall, and then was still running around, forcing the filly to follow
her all day.
Challenging shoulder
injuries
Shoulder injuries are very difficult to nurse back to health because the
shoulder is not a conventional joint – it is a muscle and ligament sling. Lying
down to rest it may be too uncomfortable and horses won’t lie down if they are
not confident they can use that leg to push themselves back up again.
This filly just wasn’t getting any chance to
allow her shoulder to heal, and had visibly lost condition. The yard had run out
of answers.
Vav made her chiropractic assessment and
found nothing wrong with the joints in any of the legs. However, there was a
large area of shoulder and neck muscle that was in total spasm. So this filly
was in so much pain from over-using damaged muscles that she would not put the
foot to the floor.
Mobile therapy methods
Vav treated these muscles with hand-massage for over an hour, following the
limping filly as she followed her mother around the field. As well as removing
the spasms this increased the blood-flow to bring extra oxygen and remove the
flood of lactic acid released from the cramped muscles. She then used the
ancient method of natural healing to calm the whole system and encourage
the lymph system to take away the
toxins.
On her next visit to the yard, she couldn’t
see the filly.
Fearing the worst, she enquired how it had fared. “Oh, she went to the sales and
fetched a record sum — more than £100,000 guineas”. |
It doesn't take much imagination
to see that
a stallion with back-ache
won't perform much!
Less obvious is the back problem that could
reduce the activity of genitals,
in both mares and stallions, leading to reduced fertility.
For studs, these are serious problems!
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Foal development
is also a crucial concern for all in husbandry. Joints may not form quite right,
and many things can cause a failure to thrive. Critical decisions may arise for
the future of this investment and thankfully Vav has from time-to-time had
record-breaking successes.
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Equally,
race and show-jumping stables
can find a great benefit when slightly trapped nerves are released, allowing the
muscles to develop maximum power. |
