- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: David & Charles; 2nd Revised edition edition (31 Mar 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0715323733
- ISBN-13: 978-0715323731
- Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 16.3 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 258,768 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Designed to give every horse owner the confidence to take an active role in keeping their horse healthy. Helps the horse owner to identify what is normal, the problems and the steps that can be taken to prevent problems from occurring. Includes step-by-step photographic sequences for massage, suppling and stretching exercises to improve horses' physical and mental well-being. Concludes with advice on modifying exercise programmes to accommodate special cases, from the rigors of competition to looking after the aged horse.
About the Author
Amanda Sutton owns and manages the Harestock Stud Physiotherapy Practice. She has been Honorary Physiotherapist at Blenheim, Windsor and Burghley horse trials for several years, and was team physio at the Barcelona and Atlanta Olympics. Amanda lives near Winchester, Hants.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Amanda Sutton is a dedicated practitioner to horses. Her first priorities are always to help horses heal with all availabe means and stressing the importance of consistency in maintaining their level of well-being. This is a great book to help keep your horse well. It has very good photos and explanations in how to keep your horse fit, sound and at it's best in every possible way. I am anxiously awaiting her new book, "The Injured Horse."
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Excellent Guide for Hands On Equine Care
10 Dec 2004
Format:Paperback
If you are interested in learning not only how to avoid injury to your horse but improve performance, you would do well to take the practical and well-thought out advice offered by this well-respected and credentialed human and equine physiotherapist. Even the spiral binding was considered so to allow one to take it to the barn and lay it open while you practice the many simple yet effective techniques Ms. Sutton covers beside many helpful photos. As in all healthcare, in order to determine what abnormal is, one must start with a clear understanding of normal. While this may seem like "stating the obvious," I come across enough horseowners for whom such things bear repeating. To focus solely on this, is to miss the overall value and important information this book contains. Beside massage and stretching regimens for the horse, stretching and warm up exercises for the rider are also included, so horse and rider function as a more physically harmonious unit vs. separate elements. Chock full of practical tips from hoof balance to suppling exercises, you would do well to own this book.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Not the best on the subject
16 Jun 2007
Format:Hardcover
This book is a slow read and not the most comprehensive or useful book on this topic. Mostly it covers massage and stretching. It goes over evaluation of the normal horse, identifying problems, preventing problems, massage, exercise therapy, and specific regimes for specialist disciplines. A specific regime is not included for jumpers. The massage section had lots of pictures and showed you, step-by-step, how to do it. Not worth it for me.
12 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Not Helpful...
2 Oct 2002
Format:Hardcover
I did not find this book helpful in any way and do not recommend purchasing it for your library. What the author considers helpful tips are statements of the obvious. For example in the Suppling Exercises Applied chapter, a Tip from the author is: "You can rest yourself and the horse in between each exercise, or just continue into the next one straightaway." Advice such as "blankets should fit correctly" is equally ridiculous. There are many other excellent books to use as resources - feel free to pass on this one.
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