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 Living within my means
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Location: Randolph, Utah | What are some signs your horse is having issues in the SI?
I've never had to deal with SI issues so I'm not sure what to look for.
ETA: I have an appointment Thursday with a vet to try and get her figured out!
Edited by JcNhEmI 2015-05-04 3:51 PM
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Rad Dork
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Location: Oklahoma | Well, I don't have a definite diagnosis of what was/is wrong with my guy, but we injected his SI and he was doing pretty good for 4-6 weeks. I think he's having trouble again, so I will be digging deeper here pretty soon.
He was constantly resting a leg and wouldn't square up and just stand like a normal horse. He also gives be farrier a hard time with his back legs. He x rays and block clean... So it's somewhat of a mystery. |
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Location: on a horse | Mine wouldn't use his hind end |
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| My daughter's pole horse has SI issues. A vet finally figured it out. had a vet/chiro adjust her then inject the SI bc she was sooo sore in her rear end. That was 2 years ago, no injections since but I have her SI checked and adjusted if needed every 3-4 months. I'm so glad my vet found it bc they had already injected hocks, the horse had alley issues and wasn't improving. Walks in like a champ- she's a 20 sec pole horse. |
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Location: Piedmont, OK | SI, whorl bones, hocks and stifle problems are all very similar. Make sure you have a good lameness vet. |
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Location: Woodstown, NJ | My horse is healing from a suspensory injury. He came up lame. My daughter was doing some kind of circle exercises. He was quite conditioned for it but I guess it was a little too much or he stepped wrong; I don't know. He was also wearing wedges for a couple of weeks that the new farrier wanted to put on and I wonder if that contributed to it. Anyway, he wasn't head bobbing lame like you see with an abscess but it was clearly visible. The vet found it with an ultrasound. I thought the ultrasound was going to be expensive but it wasn't and she did it right in the barn. The whole visit, including the ultrasound, cost me $200. |
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Living within my means
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Location: Randolph, Utah | Thank you. My mare does have hock issues but she's normally fine if I keep her injected but she's just not been right since I had them done this spring. I'm not very good at pin pointing lameness but it looks different than when she gets sore in her hocks. Hopefully we can get it figured out Thursday!
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| It kinda just makes them sore all over.. in my experience vets usually wanna block or inject the hocks and stifles and make sure nothing is causing horse to compensate, which could make the back sore. My horse personally gets really choppy and wont get down and turn when her SI hurts again.. She will also bite when you girth her and flinch or squat when you run a finger down her back with a little pressure...If you can afford it and it might be an issue/ your vet will do it... I would try injecting it just for the heck of it and if the horse improves you know its an issue.. But like I said, its tricky to know if the horse has SI problems to start with or if SI problems are result of other lameness... good luck  |
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