The treatment for shin splints is rest, ice, cross training and =
addressing
the biomechanical causes. (Straddling a round horse w/ short legs would =
not
be causative by my definition. And it's hard to imagine high enough =
impact
in the stirrups from posting unless one's feet were actually lifting out =
of,
and then smacking, the stirrups w/ each stride or unless one had too =
much
weight in the stirrups, not using the thrust/rhythm of the horse for =
""
Beverley
Yes, you can get shin splints or that's what I call them from riding.
When your horse looses his brain right out of camp and he decides that
he is going to catch everyone that he can see for miles at a gallop (
trot gear broke) and you're bracing with your feet cause you have his
chin against his chest, then he throws his head up then down and side
to side with some bucks thrown in for 10 miles. Yep, you get them.
Shins burn like fire, then turn red with heat and swollen, then blue
the next day. Ouch! Found his brain after the first VC
Dolly
