How To Keep Your Horse's Joints Strong and Healthy

If you own a horse already or if you want to purchase a goal sometime in the future you need to know that amongst horse owners joint problems are the most common health problems that horses are suffering from. It does not really matter in which horse riding discipline you are involved in. The never ending twisting and pounding of horse's joints leave them vulnerable to injury and it doesn't really matter whether you ride horses for recreational reasons or if you compete in horse racing, show jumping or dressage.In addition to this as our horses get older their bones and jones get weaker and as each year goes by the chances of your horse suffering from joint problems increase by a lot. What can you do to prevent joint problems from occurring? You can do a lot of things and it's always better to start taking preventative measures early.

The first and probably the most important thing that you should do is to have a veterinarian to regularly inspect your horse. You see, only an experienced veterinarian will be able to pick up on things that you would usually ignore and usually and experience vet will be able to notice a problem long before it becomes a serious health problem.

In addition to having your horse regularly checked by a vet you also want to make sure that you analyse your horse's habits. I know that for some of you this probably sounds a little bit weird, but if usually your horse is very active, but then suddenly slows down it may be a sign that he is suffering from a health problem and it would be a good idea for you to call your vet for a quick health check.

Finally you want to supplement your horse's diet with high quality joint supplements for horses.There are hundreds if not thousands of companies worldwide selling joint supplements for horses and while some of those supplements are great, majority of them are actually useless and they will not help your horse. How do you determine which supplements are good and which ones are bad? You check the ingredients to see whether a particular supplement contains proven and tested ingredients or whether it is packed with 'new formulas' and other useless stuff that promises hard-to-believe results.

Remember if you want to make sure that your horse's joints are healthy and strong you need to perform regular health checks so you would be able to spot a potential joint problem before it gets too serious. It's always better to take preventative measures.

If you want to learn more about equine joint supplements check out an interesting article that I have found about What To Look For In Equine Joint Supplements: http://www.horseandponydirect.com/2012/07/what-to-look-for-in-equine-joint-supplements/

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