Mineralization And Speed Work
So, putting it all together,I'm attempting visually to imagine, as the horse travels at speed, what occurs at the nano level in terms of mineralization, and also what might occur post work!
Last post raised the question again that magnified bone images appear to be100% mineralized, and so, how might equine speed work possibly improve mineralization?
May we recall that Hansma has already answered the question with his bone diagnostic instrument:
http://ratherrapid.blogspot.com/2010/02/mouse-buddies-pitching-in.html
where the mice femurs showed mineral changes after just 21 days of exercise!
So, the images last post show 100% mineral density but Hansma's bone indents with his instrument shows mineral changes in mouse femurs after but 21 days of exercise. What is in fact happening? Enter the Planck piece which, absent specific equine research, at least breaks things down enough that we might engage in some logical analysis.
Recall:
"Broedling et. al. 2007 showed that the strength and the toughness of HA crystals depends upon the size and arrangement pattern of the crystals."
I.e. there is more to mineralization in terms of strength and FR than merely the constituent materials. We must deal additionally with arrangement patterns. These may DIFFER (instead of being all the same), depending on various factors! Might we, e.g. imagine that a horse cannon slamming into the ground surface 240 times in a race would affect "arrangement". The Planck piece noted that "strength" or for us FR varies in materials based on several factors:
constituents
orientation
distribution
shape
What might be happening, next post.
Training:
Thurs. 2/11: Rod only, light riderless workout in deep mud. Art lost a shoe.
Fri. 2/12: Lazy Rod today. Both horses in deep mud go intermittently about 10 min. Definitely training some mudders.
Sat. 2/13: Deep mud but slightly better conditions. Lots of standing water with snow melting. A fairly rigorous 10 min. riderless with Rod showing a little more enthusiasm. 5 min tack work for both horses.
Last post raised the question again that magnified bone images appear to be100% mineralized, and so, how might equine speed work possibly improve mineralization?
May we recall that Hansma has already answered the question with his bone diagnostic instrument:
http://ratherrapid.blogspot.com/2010/02/mouse-buddies-pitching-in.html
where the mice femurs showed mineral changes after just 21 days of exercise!
So, the images last post show 100% mineral density but Hansma's bone indents with his instrument shows mineral changes in mouse femurs after but 21 days of exercise. What is in fact happening? Enter the Planck piece which, absent specific equine research, at least breaks things down enough that we might engage in some logical analysis.
Recall:
"Broedling et. al. 2007 showed that the strength and the toughness of HA crystals depends upon the size and arrangement pattern of the crystals."
I.e. there is more to mineralization in terms of strength and FR than merely the constituent materials. We must deal additionally with arrangement patterns. These may DIFFER (instead of being all the same), depending on various factors! Might we, e.g. imagine that a horse cannon slamming into the ground surface 240 times in a race would affect "arrangement". The Planck piece noted that "strength" or for us FR varies in materials based on several factors:
constituents
orientation
distribution
shape
What might be happening, next post.
Training:
Thurs. 2/11: Rod only, light riderless workout in deep mud. Art lost a shoe.
Fri. 2/12: Lazy Rod today. Both horses in deep mud go intermittently about 10 min. Definitely training some mudders.
Sat. 2/13: Deep mud but slightly better conditions. Lots of standing water with snow melting. A fairly rigorous 10 min. riderless with Rod showing a little more enthusiasm. 5 min tack work for both horses.
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