Tying Up or Monday Morning Disease

Monday Morning Disease Another, outdated term for Tying Up. This name does give a good indication of where the problem lies. In the past, farm horses had to work hard six days a week. These working animals were only allowed to rest on Sundays. However, often out of habit, the same portion of feed was provided. When the work started again on Monday, it happened quite often that the horse started to sweat within ten minutes and started to walk shorter or even did not want to walk at all. The background was that the muscle cells stored the large amount of fuel offered on a rest day and used it the next working day in a 'lazy' way; not a complete combustion of sugars into water and carbon dioxide, but an incomplete combustion (because there is enough energy supply anyway) into lactic acid. Everyone knows the effect of lactic acid, because it is this substance that also causes us muscle pain. Due to the enormous muscle masses of the horse's back and trouser muscles, large quantities of lactic acid can cause a lot of pain.

Dietary supplement for Monday Morning Disease

In today's equestrian sport, any form of irregular performance in combination with a lot of feed (especially the modern grain mixtures) can lead to the same picture in a horse. A good practical rule to avoid v is therefore to feed a horse only half the amount of concentrate on a rest day. If the horse still suffers from Monday Morning Disease, then a feed supplement based on Chinese herbs for the muscles is a good option. If necessary, the vet can carry out a blood test to determine the extent of the damage to the muscles in order to estimate the recovery period required.