{"id":757,"date":"2023-02-01T19:58:57","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T17:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hippiatriccare.gr\/meiomeni-athlitiki-apodosi\/"},"modified":"2023-05-02T11:27:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T08:27:57","slug":"poor-performance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hippiatriccare.gr\/en\/services\/poor-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width\"  id=\"row-2102705265\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-280765115\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n  <div id=\"page-header-1943350821\" class=\"page-header-wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"page-title dark featured-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"page-title-bg\">\n      <div class=\"title-bg fill bg-fill\"\n        data-parallax-container=\".page-title\"\n        data-parallax-background\n        data-parallax=\"-\">\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"title-overlay fill\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"page-title-inner container align-center text-center flex-row-col medium-flex-wrap\" >\n              <div class=\"title-wrapper flex-col\">\n          <h1 class=\"entry-title mb-0\">\n            Poor Performance          <\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"page-title-sub op-7 flex-col\">\n          <p class=\"lead\">&amp;nbsp<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"title-content flex-col\">\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n     \n<style>\n#page-header-1943350821 .page-title-inner {\n  min-height: 500px;\n}\n#page-header-1943350821 {\n  margin-bottom: 50px;\n}\n#page-header-1943350821 .title-bg {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/www.hippiatriccare.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Poor-performance-scaled.jpg);\n  background-position: 55% 0%;\n}\n#page-header-1943350821 .title-overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<style>\n#row-2102705265 > .col > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-2104567019\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-297989330\" class=\"col medium-11 small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span data-text-color=\"primary\">POOR PERFORMANCE<\/span><br \/><\/strong>Reduced athletic performance is one of the <strong>most common<\/strong> complaints expressed by horse owners. Typically, the owner will report that the horse is stiff on one side, unwilling to move forward, struggling to clear a double hurdle \u2013 but not a single one, becomes tired or changes behavior after a few minutes of riding, <span data-text-color=\"success\"><strong>performs at a lower level than expected <\/strong><\/span>or cannot perform exercises with the same ease as it did in the past. All of the above cases are examples of poor performance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether it is a horse for leisure riding or a horse for high-performance sports, it is important to have proper functioning and harmonious cooperation of all parts of its body. Often, the symptoms of poor performance are <strong>wrongly attributed<\/strong> to the horse\u2019s &#8220;bad character&#8221; or an inexperienced rider. Also, sometimes these symptoms are overlooked and be presented as insignificant even by professionals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The causes of poor performance are many. For this reason, a careful and <strong>thorough examination <\/strong>of the horse is necessary in order to identify them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the causes of reduced performance are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"bullet-checkmark\"><span data-text-color=\"primary\"><strong>Wrong nutrition<\/strong>, <strong>poor training<\/strong>, <strong>poor saddle fitting<\/strong>,<\/span> rider and horse&#8217;s fitness level, and of course, the possibility of the owner\u2019s expectations to be ultimately higher than the horse\u2019s abilities.<\/li>\n<li class=\"bullet-checkmark\"><span data-text-color=\"primary\"><strong>Abnormal movement<\/strong>.<\/span> There are dozens of pathological conditions that can negatively affect the horse&#8217;s movement. Orthopaedic diseases are the main cause; however, cases of neurological aetiology, myopathies or incorrect shoeing are not rare.<\/li>\n<li class=\"bullet-checkmark\"><span data-text-color=\"primary\"><strong>Back problems<\/strong>.<\/span> We mention it as a separate category, as it is one of the most common causes of poor performance. Many times, back problems are <strong>secondary<\/strong>. Orthopaedic diseases lead to abnormal movement of the horse, resulting in the muscles of the back being overloaded and eventually causing pain to the horse. Usually, <strong>by treating the underlying problem, the back pain also subsides<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-text-color=\"success\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">If after repeated treatments, the problem persists, then you should consider whether the cause of the problem originates from somewhere else.<\/em><\/span><em style=\"color: #555555; font-size: 14.4px;\"><br \/><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"bullet-checkmark\"><span data-text-color=\"primary\"><strong>Respiratory diseases<\/strong>.<\/span> Anything that restricts the lungs from taking in sufficient amounts of oxygen can affect the horse&#8217;s performance. Infections, allergies, larynx hemiplegia, pulmonary haemorrhage are common respiratory conditions that that can cause reduced performance.<\/li>\n<li class=\"bullet-checkmark\"><span data-text-color=\"primary\"><strong>Cardiovascular diseases<\/strong>.<\/span> Usually, their presence is difficult to detect by the owners, while incorrectly, even by professionals, they are considered of minor importance. The body&#8217;s reduced ability to send sufficient amounts of oxygen usually manifested with <strong>mild symptoms<\/strong>, such as <strong>reduced stamina<\/strong>, or less frequently, with more severe symptoms, such as ataxia and syncope. <strong>Cardiac murmurs and arrhythmias may appear suddenly or worsen over time<\/strong>, while diagnosis requires, in addition to careful auscultation, cardiac ultrasound and electrocardiogram.<\/li>\n<li class=\"bullet-checkmark\">There is a plethora of <span data-text-color=\"primary\"><strong>other medical conditions<\/strong><\/span> that can negatively affect a horse <strong>without necessarily having visible signs of disease<\/strong>. Characteristic examples include gastric ulcers, electrolyte imbalances, ovarian cysts, Cushing&#8217;s syndrome, anhidrosis, chronic infections, liver disease, dental problems, as well as many other conditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proper evaluation of whether a horse&#8217;s performance is actually below expected, and which pathological conditions are responsible for it, is a difficult puzzle that requires an <strong>experienced veterinarian with broad knowledge of pathology<\/strong> <strong>and physiology<\/strong> and often takes time and requires additional diagnostic tests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-text-color=\"success\"><em>If you suspect that your horse is performing below expectations, do not hesitate to contact us.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":769,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-blank.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-757","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hippiatriccare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hippiatriccare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hippiatriccare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hippiatriccare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hippiatriccare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hippiatriccare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/757\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hippiatriccare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hippiatriccare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}