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Location: Rodeos or Baseball games | We can not keep my daughters horse from the Chiropractor. She will be good for a week or 2 and then need an adjustment. What would be going on?
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Location: Kansas | What does she keep popping out of place? |
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Location: Rodeos or Baseball games | Mostly her poll, but sometimes her right hind. |
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Location: Deep South | I would have a lameness exam done. |
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Location: Kansas | I agree on the exam.....I think she really needs to see a vet now. Could be something more than your expecting or even could just be something simple
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Location: Rodeos or Baseball games | Ok. Thank you |
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| Feet. If your feet aren't right then the body can't and won't stay right. mAlso this is obviously a chronic problem, thus the muscles are trained to hold the body in the improper position now. You need massage therapy along with the chiro to get the muscles to relax and allow the adjustment to stay in place. |
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Location: Rodeos or Baseball games | O.k. Vet check was good. When we bought the horse we knew that she had a slight short stride on the right hind. It was suggested to me to try Silver Lining Herbs "The Joint and Foot and Bone". What are your guys thoughts on this? |
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| GOIN' FAST - 2013-12-11 11:14 AM O.k. Vet check was good. When we bought the horse we knew that she had a slight short stride on the right hind. It was suggested to me to try Silver Lining Herbs "The Joint and Foot and Bone". What are your guys thoughts on this?
Try walking around in a 1 inch heel and a flat shoe. You'd need chiro all the time too.
Not trying to be mean, but this post says it all. If the horse isn't level, they are going to get sore. All of the supplements in the world isn't going to fix a conformation issue.
If you aren't running the horse hard, I'd suggest keeping up with regular chiro work. Maybe take a course from Animal Krackers or the Masterson method so you can perform some body work yourself.
If you are running hard, I'd suggest a new horse. |
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| I would also suggest having your daughter examined and see if she is out on her neck as a rider can put their horse out and vice versa.
Why does the horse short stride on the hind? |
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Location: Deep South | cheryl makofka - 2013-12-11 11:36 AM I would also suggest having your daughter examined and see if she is out on her neck as a rider can put their horse out and vice versa. Why does the horse short stride on the hind?
I'm totally curious, I have never heard this before. Can you explain further? |
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Location: Where the stars at night are big and bright, TX | Sorry I don't think "herbs" are going to solve the issue. What did the vet say? I'd be looking more at feet work, and treating joints and the supportive tissues with meds not herbs. I got one from the track who had horrid feet, he was body sore all over. And to top that off he had flipped in the cross ties while still on the track (we bought him RIGHT off the track) and he had hurt his head/poll/neck/withers in the melee, and his whole neck would crack clear down it from the poll to the wither anytime he turned his head for quite awhile. We got to working on his feet first and everything else lined out from that.
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| I will say my horse had a neck issue. It took 2 years of chiro and massage therapy for him to not be out anymore. His neck was so out, the musculature pulled it out over and over again, even when we had fixed it, because the muscle memory was really hard to re-train. |
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | BamaCanChaser - 2013-12-12 10:41 AM
cheryl makofka - 2013-12-11 11:36 AM I would also suggest having your daughter examined and see if she is out on her neck as a rider can put their horse out and vice versa. Why does the horse short stride on the hind?
I'm totally curious, I have never heard this before. Can you explain further?
Totally agree with cheryl on this........if a rider is stiff on one side generally the horse will be stiff and vice versa.........M |
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Location: Weatherford, Texas | mruggles - 2013-12-11 12:17 PM
BamaCanChaser - 2013-12-12 10:41 AM
cheryl makofka - 2013-12-11 11:36 AM I would also suggest having your daughter examined and see if she is out on her neck as a rider can put their horse out and vice versa. Why does the horse short stride on the hind?
I'm totally curious, I have never heard this before. Can you explain further?
Totally agree with cheryl on this........if a rider is stiff on one side generally the horse will be stiff and vice versa.........M
My chiro works on lots of cutting horse trainers and he said that many times when he fixes the trainer, certain training issues resolve themselves (not carrying leads, dropping on one side, etc).
I agree with feet- make sure angles are good. Also have her atlas and jaw checked.
Finally- we have one that gets out in the poll lots- we make sure to do TONS of stretching on her. |
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Location: Rodeos or Baseball games | Thank you everyone. The people we bought her from have had the horse since she was 2 and they said she always was a little short. When we had the pre-vet exam done the vet said it does not effect her. I will have my daughter looked at.
When I took her to the vet he thought her feet looked great.
Maybe I need to get another farrier to look at her? This is so frustrating!  |
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| http://www.horseandriderbooks.com/pdfs/Where%20Does%20My%20Horse%20...
This excerpt has some good information that may help you. Also, the better you can keep your horse in shape the less he should need adjustments because the muscles are tight and hold everthing in place. |
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Location: OK | All good points. Also, if a horse moves bad he's more likely to be out as said above, but if a horse kind of has a kink but isn't lame, sometimes you just have to do extra to keep him symmetrical. Long trotting and loping circles won't get it. Back a lot, on the ground, on her back, however you have to. Back a long way, like across the arena. Do it regularly so the horse is very good at it and reaches under as she travels. Back up hill. Stretch, go over poles or something so she has to high step and stretch her back and use herself. The more flexible and toned the horse is, the better. If you aren't close to a swimmer, riding in water is good too if you have a good creek or something. |
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| It's cold, I'm on 24 hour call and shortly will probably wind up in a man hole in Mildand or Odessa so forgive my bluntness.
How in the world can a vet say a short stride on one limb won't affect a horse?
WHY wasn't the reason for the shortened stride investigated?
Do you understand that if there are feet/joint/muscle issues a chiro is not a fix?
Go to a good lameness vet and get some answers and in the meantime quit torturing the poor horse by riding it.
Here is the best analogy I've heard:
If you have a rock in your shoe, you will walk funny and get body sore. You can go to the chiropractor and he will make you feel better for a short time. Until you get the rock out of your shoe, you will never be comfortable for any length of time.
IF this horse has an underlying lameness, all the chiro visits in the world will not make it comfortable until the underlying issue is fixed. |
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