Showground Shock Wave
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Strolling through the Kentucky Horse Park barns on schooling day before last week’s show, I heard a familiar, monotonous POW-POW-POW-POW-POW. It was the sound of a horse undergoing extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT). For those who haven’t heard a shock wave machine before, I’d liken it to the rapid-fire crack of a dressage whip, but louder.
Shock wave therapy has proven to be highly effective in relieving back and pelvic pain
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Alexandra Beckstett, a native of Houston, Texas, is a lifelong horse owner who has shown successfully on the national hunter/jumper circuit and dabbled in hunter breeding. After graduating from Duke University, she joined Blood-Horse Publications as assistant editor of its book division, Eclipse Press, before joining The Horse. She was the managing editor of The Horse for nearly 14 years and is now editorial director of EquiManagement and My New Horse, sister publications of The Horse.
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