Re: RC: Stocking up

[Teddy Lancaster <Teddy@runningbear.com>]

People wrap legs to prevent swelling. Swelling inhibits circulation and
therefore healing.  Every strenuous task creates a certain amount of
damage...the body will heal itself, but if inhibited by swelling (because WE
restrict movement after exercise), the decrease in circulation with slow down
the healing process.

Teddy

DreamWeaver wrote:

> >I tie Gav at night on a picket or a long line, and he's got the habit of
> >standing perpendicular to the trailer leaning against it with his
> >butt... Mr. Casual! He doesn't move much after dark, yet he never has
> >filling in the morning.
>
> That's cuz he's conditioned for the work you ask out of him.  I have never
> wrapped legs.  I want to be able to see them.  If they fill or are swollen,
> and are wrapped....how would I know?  Wrapping only traps in heat, I don't
> understand why people do it quite honestly.
>
> Happy Trails,
>
> Karen
> in NV
> & Weaver, 2,680 miles
> & Rocky, 1,445  :+)
> www.greatbasin.net/~sportssaddle
>
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