Magic Pony Blankets

Ever since the horse show in March my back has been "ouchy." Mom says it's 'cause they make saddleseat horses show without saddle pads (which is stupid because obviously that's not good for Princess Ponies with sensitive backs) and I must have twisted something the wrong way during the show. It hasn't been THAT bad, it's just that sometimes in the morning before I've had a chance to be up and about and have a good roll, my right hip has just been "off." (Especially when Mom uses the curry comb. I HATE that stupid curry comb. Did I mention I'm a sensitive Princess Pony?) So there was some discussion about having an equine massagey person come to see if they could work my ouchies out, but after asking around and not finding anyone she felt was worthy of touching me (and also deciding it was probably too expensive to fly her friends Kellie and Bob out here from Georgia to do it... although I can't imagine that anything is too expensive when it comes to me, but apparently there's a limit of some sort... which probably explains my lack of a sparkly tiara as well) she decided to try another option.  So she got me a Therapeutic Back Pad from Back on Track products. 

Now, I'm not a horse that is all that fond of change. Change is scary and generally snort worthy. I like things to be where they're supposed to be and to stay where they're supposed to stay. I was skeptical when Mom brought this big, black, new smelling blanket like thing into my stall. I snorted at it to see if it would go away, but instead it ended up on my back. I was not sure it should stay there and tried dancing around a bit to see if I could get it off, but Mom put my fly sheet on over it. (I'm well acquainted with my fly sheet so that made the new black pad less scary... it was still annoying, but annoying is better than scary.) The new pad was hot and I tried to tell Mom it wasn't working, but she told me to give it some time. So I waited. And paced around my stall. And waited. And tried to pull it off through my fly sheet. And waited. And... then I felt something. It got all warm and tingly and my back and hip all of a sudden felt magically better! I only got to wear it for a little while that first day but after a few days we built up to me wearing it for a couple of hours at a time and now after a couple of weeks my hip is all better! I'm not ouchy anymore! Mom says it's because of the ceramic fibers the pad is made of, but I think it's more probably made of magic... but whatever it is, I'm a fan. All Princess Ponies should have one. You can order one from LA Saddlery where my Mom works. Tell 'em I sent you :)

If you want all the medical like techno-speak as to how/why it works (I'm telling you, the answer is "Magic!") you can find that stuff here:
http://www.backontrackproducts.com/How-It-Works-13.html

and here are some pretty pictures:
http://backontracku415.corecommerce.com/Clinical-Studies-14.html#horses