Has anyone ever experienced front end soreness in horses after they have set back while tied? My young horse was tied and sat back and has been, lame at one point, and is now sore. The vet was out today and could find no real issue and couldn’t pin point where the trouble area is. To save me money she recommended a chiropractor come work on the mare to pin point where the issue is and hopefully resolve it or give us an area to ultrasound and X-ray. Have any of you encountered this? What was you’re outcome? Any recommendations? Here’s a pic of miss Kitty

I go the opposite way. If I have anything wrong, I go straight to the vet for x-rays and ultrasounds so I do not have to waste time and money on chiro, message, alternatives therapy and still end up at the vets. I only use chiro, message and alternatives therapy to keep a currently sound horse performing their best.  Prayers you find answers! 

Thank you. I’m pretty lost at this point but I’ve used this vet for a while and I think that’s why I agreed to try alternatives before putting a lot of money into X-rays and so on. But I’m still worried it might be a bigger problem ??

If you are worried that there may be a bigger problem, it would be worth the money to get him to a vet and get some x-rays done along with anything else that may be needed.  It's better to be safe than sorry and if he's developing an issue it would be much better to find it out now than later on down the road after it has had a chance to get worse.

I would be getting a second opinion, it would be saving you alot of money in the long run. You need to haul to a vet thats specialized in lameness issues, just guessing wont get you very far and its going cost more money.