HANDY HINT :
The Best
Form of
Warm-Up Exercise
One of the most
beneficial warm-up routines is to lightly massage the neck, shoulder and hind
quarter muscles for 10-15 seconds on each side.
Then walk the horse
on a lead (already geared up) over 3 parallel jumping poles spaced 4 metres
apart on a flat surface, at an angle of 450 to the poles, in a figure 8 pattern
for 4-5 laps.
This exercise helps
to flex the upper body and spine, strengthen the sacroiliac and lower back area,
stretch muscles on both sides on the figure ‘8’ turns and encourages the horse
to lift its legs and lightly flex the tendons.
Then a walk to the
arena, mount and walk 60 metres up the centre line in a zig-zag pattern, turn at
C and lightly trot in a zig-zag, shoulder in movement back to A to warm and
limber up for the day’s training exercises.
Lateral
movement pattern to strengthen sacroiliac ligaments to
assist
recovery
and reduce overall risk of sacroiliac sprain.
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