Equine Magnesium Therapy
Signs that your horse may be magnesium deficient
- Very tight, sore back not related to activity, fitness level or saddle fit
- Horse never really relaxes
- Cranky about being brushed or palpated especially over the back on either side of the spine
- Cranky about being blanketed
- History of tying up
- Muscle tremors or all over trembling not related to outside temperature
- Requires long periods of lunging before being able to focus on work
- Does not tolerate work well and works up, not down
- Bucks shortly after workout begins, seems fine at first then bucks or balks
- Would be described as 'thin skinned' or hypersensitive to touch
- Chiropractic adjustments, massage and body work do not have lasting effects
- Has difficulty getting round or picking his back up under saddle, moves hollow
- Difficulty focusing on work, poor work ethic
- Can't be still, repetitive movement, weaving, pacing, head bobbing