Back in late July of this year, I arrived at the barn after being out of town for a few days to see that my big mustang Rowan was barely able to put weight on his left front leg. It’s one of those things that horse guardians worry about nonstop the moment you have to travel - an horse emergency. Colic, lameness, oh my. There’s a whole lotta ways for horses to hurt themselves, unfortunately. And in the case of my horse Rowan, it seems he’s been especially injury- or illness-prone. As they say though, pain is a powerful teacher. The silver lining of rehabbing my horse through his list of injuries is that it’s taught me a lot about holistic remedies that are safe and effective to use in rehabilitating musculoskeletal injuries.
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