Rehab Ride at Home

 Good grief, where did the day go?! 

 

I decided for the sake of time and fuel, I'd ride Dan at home today. So I hopped on him bareback (no pad even) and we walked the pasture. We did the little hills and did some leg yielding. I also tried a few steps of turn on the haunches, and his tongue came out. Sigh... But turn on the forehand was okay. And so was a teeny turn on the haunches. Sigh... I don't know. I don't know if it's the position his neck takes for the turn on the haunches, if it's his stifle, or his hind end or what? Sigh... I'm beginning to wonder if I'm ever going to be able to do more than just fart around on him. And that makes me so sad, for so many reasons. I don't want him to hurt... but I also don't want him to get bumped off the roster because if he's not doing "important" things and as the girls start doing more, I'm afraid he'll get bumped. Sigh... and I LOVE riding him.

  

* Dan your unicorn is showing!*

But I guess we'll just keep seeing what happens. I'm trying to give it to God. And we did have some beautiful views this afternoon while we rode.

 

After our ride I did acupuncture. I did 12 magicals and just did the shu stream points, which is good imaging for his neck. He had major ah shi points on his TH meridian so next week I might try attacking the TH again. I also did electro in his shoulder again. And, it was promising because I actually saw more movement there than I remember. And then I went ahead and did some pneumoacupuncture again too. But I only had a 12 cc syringe so... we spent forever and never really got him fully inflated. Doh. ;) He was a pretty good boy though. 

 

Now that he's off stall rest and the holidays are essentially over, I can hopefully get back on track with doing his treatments... acupuncture, electro, pneumo, massage, PT, etc.