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Truth be told.. I don't actually wrap to ship unless it's a long distance (over a couple of hours), like when I brought my new horse home and it was 250miles.  When I wrap, it's generally to prevent the horse from hitting their legs on something or themselves and to give an escape for vibration (it does give the vibration somewhere else to go rather than entirely UP the leg).  If you were standing on something vibrating for several hours without any leg support, you would feel fatigue.  Add a quilted leg wrap and it *would* help.  That quilted leg wrap actually takes some of that vibration and absorbs it, not only from the area of the leg that is wrapped, but prevents it from travelling UP the leg.  Vibration is hard on the body - not just on the joints, but the nervous system, brain, digestion system.  I hate test driving a car.  I know in a half mile if I can own a car - vibration makes me car sick ha!  So..I don't know if quilted wraps really "support" those tendons or not.  They sure can hurt those tendons if they are put on too tight.  But absorb vibration.  Sure can.

Jen

Barbara McCrary <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Kerry Ridgway used to say that wrapping a horse's legs made the rider feel
good.

Barbara

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Long"
To: "Equus Wolf"
Cc:
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Standing wraps


> On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:00:00 -0700 (PDT), Equus Wolf
> wrote:
>
>> hipping boots with velcro provide no support. They are primarily to
>> keep a bathed horse's legs clean and prevent them from scratching or
>> bruising their legs on the trailer or themselves and that is it - not
>> supporting the bone or joint structures from concussion and jarring from
>> road movement while in the trailer.
>> Jen in SC
>
> I know that's the theory behind wrapping, but I don't buy it myself.
> Considering the weight of the horse, the structure of the leg and the
> joints, and the physics involved, I just don't believe that wrapping
> provides any meaningful "support" or concussion relief. IMO all it
> does is cover the leg (which can have some benefit in preventing
> scrapes).
> --
>
> Joe Long
> jlong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.chiprider.com
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