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Stiffness My eventer, who was always able to bend nicley and be on the bit well, had a few weeks off from a cut on her leg. Since I have been working her again, she is very stiff. I know it will just take time, but does anyone have any suggestions for helping her supple up a bit? |
Do a lot of bend and flex workouts with her....also would not hurt to get her teeth checked out. My mare was out for 6 months due to an injury and I had no issues with her being stiff when I started working her again, all horse are different so it could be the time off but I would rule out any teeth issues first. |
circles, serpentines, hourglasses, figure 8s! |
Warm up on a nice long loose rein, with lots of figures and other suppling exercises like shoulder in, haunches in, warm up w/t/maybe canter to stretch her out. She'll come back! |
circles, figure of 8s, serpentines, hourglasses, spirals! My loan mare is stiff in trot at the start of our workouts, she needs a canter to loosen up but when it's icy I go back to bendy exercises |
Try adding Rhux Tox to her food, its homeopathic, I use it on both my old deaddogwalking and my old horse who at 20 is springing around dressage arenas like a 10yo! |
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