I have to agree with Lynne here. If I want to do a leg treatment
after a work out it is not going to be something that induces heat.
Any type of cellophane/plastic is going be a sweat and certainly would inhibit
the evaporation/drawing properties of using clay. I suppose clay could be
used in a sweat in the same way one uses furacin, Bute/Cort, or any other
substance to create a sweat.
I feel ice and cold water therapy is the best after a hard/long
workout. I think it really reduces/eliminates any inflamation and swelling
that may occur. I try to use some type of cold therapy after every long
ride or hard work out. To me, this is just preventative measures to try to
keep the legs tight. I try to do the cold treatment twice and In between
treatments I also like to rub the legs and tendons down. This gives me an
idea on what is going on in the legs and a base point I find something new
the next time I ride. I don't wrap often because I do want to see any
residual stress.
I use heat and sweats for injuries after 3 or 4 days or to "sweat out" any
filling that may be more than a few days old. If filling is there that
long it usually means injury or too much stress from the work out. I then
back off of training, get the filling out, and make sure I include more rest for
recovery.
I got very lucky a few months back and bought a used Game Ready at an
incredibly low price. This is a luxury I never thought I would be able to
afford. I not only use it on the horses but on myself. I cannot
believe how much faster my recovery was using this. Fewer drugs and
recovery days for me :)
Kim Fuess
AERC #6648
In a message dated 7/12/2008 12:45:26 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
lynne@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
Hmmm. I guess I just disagree with the use. I am never
going to put something that induces heat on a leg that's been
working for a day, not 6 furlongs.
Clay is a drawing
substance. When you put cellophane on top of that, how is the
clay to be effective? It hits the cellophane and goes nowhere,
and causes heat. If it hits the paper bag, it's succeeded in
its mission.
Other stuff like Furacin, OTOH, is used in sweats with
cellophane to sweat out edema therapeutically, but due to injury,
not a long day on the trail?
Everyone I've seen that uses
wraps has seemed to leave them on overnight. No way to know
what they're using though. No harm in doing that with
clay/paper bags, when wrapped right.
I agree with you about the
messiness left on the leg with clay poultices and paper
bags.
What does "then cleaned and painted and left sanding as is
without wraps" mean? I know "sanding" means standing.
Painted with what, after the previous treatment with a
sweat?
Lynne
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