What to look for after a horse falls with you?

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BRN4CASH Reg. Apr 2006	Posted 2014-04-06 5:53 PM Subject: What to look for after a horse falls with you?
Veteran Posts: 193 Location: TEXAS	What to look for after a horse falls during a run? There was no limping but besides being body sore what else to look for in the next day or so? He was trotting / loping around the pasture when I turned him out. Should I have vet go over him before I run him again?
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ChasingCans04 Reg. Apr 2013	Posted 2014-04-06 6:00 PM Subject: RE: What to look for after a horse falls with you?
Extreme Veteran Posts: 304 Location: Up and over to the right	It can't hurt anything (except your wallet) to have the vet out just to check. I mean if he was three legged lame it would be different and I'd say definitely but they can stroll crack ribs and vertebrae when they fall (had to put a horse down this week with severe damage to his C6 from a spill this past fall that flared up). If you used bute the past couple of days it could mask the pain though.
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GrittyCowgirl Reg. Nov 2009	Posted 2014-04-06 6:31 PM Subject: RE: What to look for after a horse falls with you?
Elite Veteran Posts: 683 Location: Ohio	I give mine a few days off and at least have my horse chiro'd. If we find any really sensitive spots or any lameness at all then we get the vet out. Edited by GrittyCowgirl 2014-04-06 6:32 PM
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BRN4CASH Reg. Apr 2006	Posted 2014-04-06 6:50 PM Subject: RE: What to look for after a horse falls with you?
Veteran Posts: 193 Location: TEXAS	Thank you for the replies. He has been on bute for few days.
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Barnmom Reg. May 2006	Posted 2014-04-06 8:24 PM Subject: RE: What to look for after a horse falls with you?
Hog Tie My Mojo Posts: 4847 Location: Opelousas, LA	Do you have a video of the fall? If he did the splits or a back leg went out behind him, that would concern me more than if all four legs stayed pretty much underneath him. A chiro that I really trust or a vet with a thermography camera is where I would go if I had any doubts about my horses soundness.
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FriendswoodKat Reg. Dec 2008	Posted 2014-04-06 8:46 PM Subject: RE: What to look for after a horse falls with you?
Location: Friendswood, Texas	After my horse fell with me, I had the chiropractor check her out. The vet told me to give her a gram of bute twice a day for several days too. Though the bute may mask something, keep in mind it does decrease inflammation. Hope y'all are both ok!
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rodeowithjoker Reg. Jun 2006	Posted 2014-04-06 8:48 PM Subject: RE: What to look for after a horse falls with you?
Am I really the Weirdo? Posts: 11181 Location: Kansas	I would at least get a vet and a chiropractor to look at the horse. I think my gray injured his SI joint in a fall last September but he's tough tough tough and just the vet couldn't find the problem until a vet who is also a chiro went over him a few weeks ago. We have now had his SI joints injected and I am legging him back up after a two week break with hopes of running the real him at Lincoln this weekend. I took him to the vet for a lameness exam the week after the fall, but now I wish I'd had him adjusted then too because we might have found the root of the problem a lot sooner rather than thinking his feet were just sore for 6 months. :(
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BRN4CASH Reg. Apr 2006	Posted 2014-04-06 10:11 PM Subject: RE: What to look for after a horse falls with you?
Veteran Posts: 193 Location: TEXAS	He did keep his back legs up under him.
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