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Location: Fort Bragg North Carolina | Bought a horse who I had competed against for years knew the horse from the start and after 2 years the horse was blowing the first barrel and rearing in the alley the girl would ran him ALOT and when the issues got worse she called the vet the vet suspected ulcers and she decided to sell. I bought him knowing the issues but I knew the horse years back and he was super nice. He was turned out for 1.5 years and began kicking at his stomach once in a while mostly when he was eating. Took him to get scoped found some bots but NO ulcers vet said his guts were very good teeth good feet good. Well we moved he is on special care feed with alfalfa pellets mixed his whole body stays sore especially his spine but hasn’t been kicking just lame lame lame I’m afraid to ride him he comes out of the stall stuff and stays stiff. No heat or swelling anywhere he has trouble holding his back feet for me and he’s reactive down thto spine and hips. I’ve done some reading on pssm and it doesn’t seem right I’m thinking maybe years of I’ll fitting saddle and maybe needing adjustments?? He’s not sensitive anywhere but those areas and has never seen any muscle spasms any ideas??? |
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Location: Arizona | Have you had him "Adjusted"? What about x-rayed for Kissing Spine? Can you attach his pedigree? |
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Location: Mountains of VA | How old is this horse? Maybe turnout 24/7 will help him keep moving and stay limber. Also, try adding magnezium, something similar to Thia-Cal. Older horses need more walking warm-up to help them loosen up and more cool down walking time. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Sounds like my show horse. Turn him out. Hind feet, especially negative palmar angles can really cause some serious back pain. Mine doesn't like his hind feet picked up high, but when flex tested we can't get him to take a lame step. CSU found a lot of back soreness, so I had him chiro/massaged, the vet did mesotherapy to his back and he has been turned out to pasture since Aug. He goes back to the vet mid Feb for a check up-Farrier to work on his high/low front feet and I want hocks and stifles x rayed just to make sure he has no issues. Then mesotherapy again if needed. Anyways, there are so many things from the ground up that can cause back soreness. I would also do a rectal exam to make sure he doesn't have any fractures/uneven etc Mine that broke his is only pasture sound but he was very very sore in the back and being in a stall make him worse. |
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Location: God's country...aka TEXAS | I would definitely have his back x-rayed. |
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Location: Lost in the swamps | Look into kissing spines |
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| imturnin3 - 2018-01-23 9:39 AM
Look into kissing spines
That was my first thought! |
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| I agree with above about kissing spine. Also maybe hip or pelvic issue. I have a friend who had a super nice cutting mare that needed up have a fracture in her hip. She was in stall rest and eventually rehabbed back to competition. |
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| Kissing spine. Probably coupled with an SI injury.
Time for X-rays. |
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Location: Texas | EPM? |
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Location: Fort Bragg North Carolina | Ty for responding! He has a chiro appt next wk he doesn’t really act like a Psm horse but ? And as far as the X-rays I really want to rule other things out for financial reasons im hoping this chiro can give me answers He’s lame enough I can’t ride him and SI def makes sense |
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| charlenenh - 2018-01-23 3:29 PM
Ty for responding! He has a chiro appt next wk he doesn’t really act like a Psm horse but ? And as far as the X-rays I really want to rule other things out for financial reasons im hoping this chiro can give me answers He’s lame enough I can’t ride him and SI def makes sense
XRays are usually $35 a shot or less, and you can get a full picture of the back in three or four shots.
A chiro visit is usually more. |
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| classicpotatochip - 2018-01-23 1:39 PM
charlenenh - 2018-01-23 3:29 PM
Ty for responding! He has a chiro appt next wk he doesn’t really act like a Psm horse but ? And as far as the X-rays I really want to rule other things out for financial reasons im hoping this chiro can give me answers He’s lame enough I can’t ride him and SI def makes sense
XRays are usually $35 a shot or less, and you can get a full picture of the back in three or four shots.
A chiro visit is usually more.
I agree with classicpotatochip, radiographs aren't that expensive and I would definitely be doing those being having a chiropractor adjust him. Just like with us, you would want to know what is going on with your back before someone goes in there and starts tweaking it, right? Plus what if the chiro helps and then he goes back to before and you still don't know what the real issue is?
I'm a firm believer in diagnosis before treatment, because you could end up spending a lot more money on treatments in the long run if you never get a real diagnosis. |
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Location: Fort Bragg North Carolina | I have a feeling X-rays here are way more considering Coggins cost $65 but I will look into it |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | charlenenh - 2018-01-24 9:18 AM I have a feeling X-rays here are way more considering Coggins cost $65 but I will look into it
A simple rectal exam can often find pelvic issues/fractures. |
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