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The Story Of Jan's Delivery
Jan is a thoroughbred race horse who
injured her ankle at the track. We guessed that she
sprained the ankle and then was injected regularly to
keep her moving until the cartilage was too far gone
to support her. When she joined her new family, January
1, 1998, walking was extremely painful for her.
Summer 1997: Jan was purchased
by a stressline therapist who had hoped to restore her
to racing soundness. He said that her front right leg
was out of the ankle socket, and when he shoved it back,
it sounded like a fire cracker had gone off. At that
time he realized that she could not return to the track,
and he sent her to a lay-up facility.
January 1, 1998: Jan was transferred
to the Bay Area by her current family. She was extremely
lame on the front right, she was also very thin and
worn from spending the harsh El Nino winter outside.
She looked like she was struggling to keep up and losing
the battle. She was immediately put on ABC+
and the Free
Choice Stress System so that she could begin to
balance out. She was not allowed any food containing
molasses, and she was kept on stall rest and hand walked
daily.
January 2, 1998: The farrier
arrived and tested her. He said that the wall had separated
from the hoof on both fronts. We added Hoof
to her supplements.
January 5, 1998: Jan’s front
right ankle was x-rayed. She had very little cartilage
left in the ankle joint. She also had a hairline fracture
and large bone spur in the ankle. She was so sore that
any excited movement such as stepping sideways, rearing
or lunging, would incapacitate her for days afterward.
We began applying her flower essence formula to her
neck where she could smell it, and we added Rescue Remedy
whenever she appeared upset or agitated.
February 15, 1998: We continued
the same program and added additional supplements designed
to lubricate the joint, Joint
Jolt, and 3MINS to dissolve the bone spur if it
was recent enough.
February 25, 1998: For the
first time, she was able to get up from a roll by leading
with the front right - rather than falling back down
from the pressure. This was a major achievement for
Jan.
March 6, 1998: She regressed
to serious soreness for a few days because she got excited
outside, tried to kick another horse, and reared. She
returned to normal walking four days later.
March 17, 1998: Jan's attitude
shifted dramatically. She was friendlier, easier to
handle and even allowed us to rub her face.
April 16, 1998: While she was
given a session of stressline therapy, she reared up
a lot and thrashed around in the stall. The following
day she could barely walk, but by three days later,
she was back to a normal stride with no limping.
June 1998: She was moved from
the box stall to a large paddock where she can walk
freely all the time. She has not exhibited any lameness
since this time, irrespective of her crow hopping, rearing,
bucking or racing. However, her hind end is out of synch
with the front, so that she hops to keep up, and there
is a bulge on her spine just before the flank line.
September 7, 1998: We put
the therapeutic
shoes on Jan so that she would have a rocker toe
and better-supported movement.
January 1999: A session of
stressline therapy freed up the stress in her muscles
and allowed her to self-adjust in the rear. She was
moving correctly front and back.
April 1999: Jan was bred in
March and put on the Free
Choice Stress System as soon as she returned home.
She stayed on this system all year and left in February
to foal, all dappled out in winter.
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