Trainers/Training
Everyday no matter where in the country or in the world for that matter you will find a horse being trained in something, horses are not like machines you can program they have to be taught and muscles have to be built! The worse thing about training is even when you finally reach that point of perfection with your horse, you have to continue to train to keep that horse at that level, never any slacking!
Though what about the horses that never reach that high level of training and you cant figure out why? or that horse that constantly injures himself over and over again?
Until recently we never have had a way of to monitor the horse during so easily during training then we do today with thermography; with its ability to monitor physiological change rather than physical change. Injures come from phyisical change, thats what we can detect easily with our eyes (limping!) but before any physical change occurs there is going to be a physilogical change! (unless there is a sudden tramatic incident like running to the fence, tripping, or refusing a jump) We detect physiological change with change in heat, therefore when we have a temperature change it means there is something happening inside the horse with out the correct action this physiological change can lead to injuries, thermography can help prevent the horse from being injured, and if the horse is being trained it usually means that the horse cant afford time off for a injury because the big show is probably coming up faster then you want it to be!
Having re-occurring thermographic scans of your horse during training can help determine when changes in training maybe necessary or other physical activities the horse is participating in may need to stop in order to prevent or at least limit the injury!
Though what about the horses that never reach that high level of training and you cant figure out why? or that horse that constantly injures himself over and over again?
Until recently we never have had a way of to monitor the horse during so easily during training then we do today with thermography; with its ability to monitor physiological change rather than physical change. Injures come from phyisical change, thats what we can detect easily with our eyes (limping!) but before any physical change occurs there is going to be a physilogical change! (unless there is a sudden tramatic incident like running to the fence, tripping, or refusing a jump) We detect physiological change with change in heat, therefore when we have a temperature change it means there is something happening inside the horse with out the correct action this physiological change can lead to injuries, thermography can help prevent the horse from being injured, and if the horse is being trained it usually means that the horse cant afford time off for a injury because the big show is probably coming up faster then you want it to be!
Having re-occurring thermographic scans of your horse during training can help determine when changes in training maybe necessary or other physical activities the horse is participating in may need to stop in order to prevent or at least limit the injury!