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[RC] FW: [RC] tendon injuries/footing - Catfish Daniels




Hi,
I think you have a pretty interesting question, and I don't know the 
answer.  The reason I'm replying is because yesterday I decided to 
hand-walk my gelding to loosen him up before the 20 Mule Team ride this



weekend.  I decided to walk a 4 mile loop with him.  Being in the high 
desert, some of the jeep roads get pretty sandy, some deeper than 
others.  Doing an occasional triathlon here and there, 4 miles of

walking 

"should" be nothing to me.  Well, towards the end, I felt it strongly

in 

my achillies tendon, and my legs were pretty tired.  So, I can fairly

say 

that it puts way more strain onto the legs than normal footing.  I

noticed 

that turning over and specially pushing off was twice as strenuous as

hard 

surface.  Have you ever tried running through sand?  It's pretty 
tough.  The additional, continuous strain of going through sand, in my 
opinion, would cause tendon injuries.
Remember that our horses most of the time don't give us very obvious 
reasons that they are in pain until often it's too late.  Tendon

injuries 

occur when little tiny fibers tear every time we ride.  If too many

tear 

without proper time to re-grow themselves, the more serious injuries

show up.


Take care :-)
Catfish



From: Ridecamp Guest <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [RC]   tendon injuries/footing
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 16:35:24 GMT

Please Reply to: t.j. edwards rabbit_sheriff@xxxxxxxxxxx or 
ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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i know that riding in deep sand may cause tendon injuries but don't

know 

why.  is the injury caused when the foot is lifted out of the sand?

would riding in snow, especially deep snow cause the same type of

injury?



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