Posted 2016-06-18 7:52 AM Subject: RE: hunter's bumps
Saint Stacey
A good chiro can usually fix the issue. They do cause lower back pain if left untreated. It's usually a SI problem. Put the SI back in place and it goes away.
Posted 2016-06-19 9:39 AM Subject: RE: hunter's bumps
Expert
Posts: 4766 Location: Bandera, TX
brlracerchick - 2016-06-18 3:33 PM I must be using the wrong terminology. What is this called? I thought this was a form of a hunter's bump....
Some might call this 'roachback', I would just call it malalignment or displaced lumbar process. Horses that grow fast or that have a straight hindend conformation tend to bunch up in the low back, esp. once they start being ridden and if they're tough horses and dig in to prevent a fall say on the barrel pattern or out in the pasture working cattle and cutting on less than prepared ground. They begin to have micro trauma building up in the soft tissues lining the spinous process and the resulting spasm begin to draw the process' closer.
Rest is paramount in the acute phase with ICE being very important. Then a plan with your vet and your Physiologist... Management, I like to start with Sarapin Inj. and B12. Some vets like to go with Cort. but I really like the Pitcher Plant and multiple rounds of injections over a 6 week period. Physiotherapy with short wave diatherapy, therapuetic ultrasound, and faradic or magnawave treatments. I really believe rolfing and slow fascial release are key to a competitive horse getting back into his game. Once your released to run you might go make several runs on metrocarbamol then reaccess the needs for pain and or further meds for muscle spasms. If your physiologist is getting the job done with the fasica and soft tissue treatments you should quickly wean off the meds. The therapy is key as far as I'm concerned, so get a good therapist!
Posted 2016-06-19 11:22 AM Subject: RE: hunter's bumps
Crazy Doggy Mommy
Posts: 1419 Location: Where Governor's make the liscense plates
brlracerchick - 2016-06-17 10:23 PM
what causes them and what do they mean as far as performance?
For my horse it means chiro adjustments monthly which keeps his hind end in line. We do butt tucks and tummy lifts every time he's groomed and before he's rode. It has strengthened his back so much and built a lot more muscle. I find the hunters bump hideous honestly but I look past it because he's an incredible horse who gives 100% he deserves every little bit to keep him feeling good.
brlracerchick - 2016-06-17 8:23 PM what causes them and what do they mean as far as performance?
There's more than one cause. Can be subluxation of the SI, or ligament damage. I've had one come back from ligament damage 100% and he didn't develop a hunters bump. Took 13 months though. I'm sure prognosis is gonna highly depend on cause and whether it's acute or chronic. I knew of another horse whose SI injury went undetected. She ended up with a hunters bump and atrophied on that side. Ended up a great broodmare.
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