Thank you. I figured all this out 20yrs ago with my horse and no one ever believed me. I have pictures and videos showing all these issues with my guy.
Thank you for taking the time and effort to do this. Just acquired a horse with PSSM1. Previous owners did not treat him for condition. Hoping to catch up and manage appropriately. Very very helpful.
Another possibility to relieve muscle tightness: trigger point massage, keeping warm: put on a warm horse planket for the night and/or bad weather, physiotherapy (Masterson Method, you can do this yourself once learned). I do this alternating with 20 minutes of suppling exercises in hand which I end before another tightening could begin.
If for instance the horse's muscles got tight after the 5 mins of exercise, would you cease exercise immediately and return to stall, or walk it out, do stretches, or ? TIA
If the horses muscles get tight after 5 minutes cease exercise as the horse is exercise intolerant Continuing to exercise a horse with tight muscles could cause serious muscle damage.
No there are 3 available options to test for PSSM2 this is muscle bisopy, the hair strand test, and a blood or semen sample that gets sent to the same lab as the hair strand test
Thank you. I figured all this out 20yrs ago with my horse and no one ever believed me. I have pictures and videos showing all these issues with my guy.
Thank you for taking the time and effort to do this. Just acquired a horse with PSSM1. Previous owners did not treat him for condition. Hoping to catch up and manage appropriately. Very very helpful.
Another possibility to relieve muscle tightness: trigger point massage, keeping warm: put on a warm horse planket for the night and/or bad weather, physiotherapy (Masterson Method, you can do this yourself once learned). I do this alternating with 20 minutes of suppling exercises in hand which I end before another tightening could begin.
If for instance the horse's muscles got tight after the 5 mins of exercise, would you cease exercise immediately and return to stall, or walk it out, do stretches, or ? TIA
If the horses muscles get tight after 5 minutes cease exercise as the horse is exercise intolerant
Continuing to exercise a horse with tight muscles could cause serious muscle damage.
How do you treat this or get tested for it?
Hi, to test for PSSM check out our video here which explains how :) ruclips.net/video/A-Jpj_sJ7zw/видео.html
Is the only test for PSSM2 a muscle biopsy?
No there are 3 available options to test for PSSM2 this is muscle bisopy, the hair strand test, and a blood or semen sample that gets sent to the same lab as the hair strand test