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I should mention that the strain was mild enough that my vet said to do the limited turnout, leg sweating, and ride walking for a month–and that we would then reintroduce trotting and see where he is at the end of that month. We’ll be doing a recheck when this vet comes though Indiana again in the first part of November.
So would you guys continue to do hand walking or ride walking even if he’s out in his regular paddock, walking about on his own? Or would you guys just say that he’s likely getting enough walking done on his own? Thanks.[/QUOTE]
If this were my horse and I’d already altered the plan by altering his turnout, I wouldn’t be making him exercise more until after I’d spoken with the vet.
In the past, when “Turn him out in a big field for 12 hours a day with his friends as normal” was a big part of Tip’s suspensory rehab plan, hand-walking or walking under tack was also encouraged by the vet. But his injury isn’t necessarily your horse’s injury, so, while I’m speaking out of the experiences I’ve had with various fairly mild soft tissue injuries on horses who weren’t total lunatics in turnout, here’s your salt shaker to take with this commentary.