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Location: Pacific Northwest | My mare should be getting massaged this weekend and then I'm working on a chiro appointment followed by more massage appointments. She is INCREDIBLY sore on just the right side of her back, pretty much from the withers to her croup. Based on this and other scratches I think she fell in the trailer and hit the divider getting up. But while I'm waiting for the appointments what else can I do for her? I've been putting her BOT sheet on at night. Would bute or banomine help?
Pressing with minimal pressure she cringes downward. When you push the other side there's zero reaction. |
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Location: Bandera, TX | Ice and stretching if she can handle that. |
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Location: Texas | I am a big fan of using ice to relieve pain (you can soak a bath towel in ice water & lay it over her back). Sounds like she needs an exam. |
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Location: LA Lower Alabama | I would prefer cold therapies first then go to hot plus massaging too soon may be a bit painful. I would want her head low as much as possible to keep that back stretched so I would allow turn out and feed low. Keep a close eye on it. 
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| I would also say ice or even cold hose.
You can definitely give bute; 1-2g per 1000 lb body weight OR even just 1/2g per day until your appt. depending on how uncomfortable you think she is. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest | Thank you, this happened on Sunday. I messaged the lady I use for massage right away but just heard from her today (she put on a jr rodeo over the weekend so she was busy, understandably).
If I run a finger directly on the bone, from top of the withers all the way down her back she won't react. Move an inch to the right so that I'm hitting muscle and she cringes. I feel awful for her.
She's turned out all the time and is fed on the ground. I haven't tried stretching her yet because she was so sore. She's walking fine and tracking all the way up so she must have hit just that spot really hard. I can feel the tightness mainly in her lower back.
I wasn't sure if heat or ice would be best. And of course if she doesn't improve she's going to the vet.
Edited by livexlovexrodeo 2017-07-26 2:16 PM
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Location: Bandera, TX | livexlovexrodeo - 2017-07-26 2:15 PM Thank you, this happened on Sunday. I messaged the lady I use for massage right away but just heard from her today (she put on a jr rodeo over the weekend so she was busy, understandably). If I run a finger directly on the bone, from top of the withers all the way down her back she won't react. Move an inch to the right so that I'm hitting muscle and she cringes. I feel awful for her. She's turned out all the time and is fed on the ground. I haven't tried stretching her yet because she was so sore. She's walking fine and tracking all the way up so she must have hit just that spot really hard. I can feel the tightness mainly in her lower back. I wasn't sure if heat or ice would be best. And of course if she doesn't improve she's going to the vet.
Stand on the opposite side of the soreness, place your fingers of one hand in front of the hip in the soft tissues of the upper abdominal muscles behind the 18th rib. Now place the other hand on the upper muscles of the hamstrings on the side that is sore. Scratch towards the sore side with the hand at the 18th rib and scratch towards where your standing with the hand on the hamstrings near the tail head. Your horse needs very very gentle stretches since you had recent blunt trauma. Make sure you ice after. |
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Location: Dubach, LA | iIce works for inflammation but will make muscle cintractions worse. If it's been over 48 hours i woyld use heat. Please don't do the stretches yourself. You could make it worse. Yes. Bute will help. Baking soda will help. |
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Location: Ohio girl moved to PA | This is just my opinion but i would give bute and a liniment bath. That what we normally put on sore muscles after we run right? so reguarless of how the soreness came about the liniment would still do its job. I wouldnt cold hose since its already 48 hours past the injury. only if its inflammed/swollen would i cold hose. Other than that i would liniment and use any therapy you have wether it be BOT, PHT.. hoping your baby feels better! it suck so much when you cant help them. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest | I figured I would give an update and say my mare is feeling much better. I think waiting a week before she was worked on helped. The initial bruising she probably had was gone so she was actually able to respond to the massage. She was sore but by the time she was done all her muscles were nice and soft and relaxed. I still haven't ridden her because this week we are experiencing abnormally high temps plus really bad air because of all the wildfires. But I think she's good to go! |
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Location: Arkansas | livexlovexrodeo - 2017-08-03 11:11 PM
I figured I would give an update and say my mare is feeling much better. I think waiting a week before she was worked on helped. The initial bruising she probably had was gone so she was actually able to respond to the massage. She was sore but by the time she was done all her muscles were nice and soft and relaxed. I still haven't ridden her because this week we are experiencing abnormally high temps plus really bad air because of all the wildfires. But I think she's good to go!
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| uno-dos-tres! - 2017-07-26 1:56 PM
Ice and stretching if she can handle that.
I was told ice for acute injury, heat for chronic. If it has been over a week, I would switch to heat. I found my Thermotex blanket has helped my muscle sore horses more then cold ever has. |
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