Both Blu and I require the occasional tune up. I get mine from limb bending physical therapists who delight in seeing how much open angle they can create in my hip. I was proclaimed to be at about 90% this past Monday when I started 8 weeks ago I barely had 20% of my expected range. Got to love those therapists. No pain... no gain.
Blu has shown some progressive ouchiness in the past month. Nothing really to write home about but when you look at it cumulatively, he has become plain sore. Dr. Liz was out to see him and confirmed my suspicions -- sore back and sore front feet. X-rays of his front feet showed no discernible change so she felt coffin joint injections and shock wave for his back were in order. In a week's time he will be back to full work.
We also talked about his strange episode the last day of the show. She said my instincts to load him up and take him home were correct and there could have been any number of things that caused his distress including the agitated horses all around. From now on he will continue to get the Gastrogard with each day of showing supplemented by 60cc of Maalox every 4 hours and Tums as his snacks. I would go to all sorts of lengths to keep this young man happy...
So us seniors have got our therapy and will prepare for the next show. Hopefully we will both be in the best of shape as we continue to search for those bronze medal scores.
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