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Re: [RC] HRM problems - Becky Rohwer

 If you hadn't mentioned the hand held part I would have said to check your
patches for a problem.  A couple rides ago I took off on my second loop and
started getting these out of sight readings.  190, 200 so I slowed, pulse
came down to about 140, started trotting again and pulse shot up.  I
stopped, deciding something must be wrong.  There was, my patch on the girth
had slipped out and was flapping in the breeze.
 But to have a handheld do the same thing is just too weird.  Maybe your
boy is like some people who can't wear a watch because their magnetic inner
workings just screw things up.
 Not helpful I know.


 > I have had a HRM for 10 years or so. The gelding I have now gets the
craziest readings.  I can get a normal resting pulse shortly after getting
on. As soon as we start moving down the trial, he shows working numbers in
the 190's and 200's. After walking for a while, when it is obvious he is
calm and relaxed, it's still reading 170 or more. At vet checks, when the
P&R people try to use a hand held HRM, they get high readings. They almost
always have to resort to a stethoscope. Is there some way I can use my HRM?
I have always put the short lead on the near side under the saddle, down and
back of the withers and the long lead on the off side under the girth.  Any
suggestions?  Ideas?
 >
 > Sallie AERC #15099
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 > If people would just think of the hoof as the foundation for the horse
like
 > a house foundation.  when your horse plants his foot down in the ground
and
 > pushes forward if the foot isn't 100% balanced your chances of injury go
 > up.
 > ~  Paula Blair
 >
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