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Have had ex racer for just over a year now, the first 9-10 months have been brill, dressage comps, hunting etc, but for the past month he has developed bucking probs when ridden (in menage or out) had physio to check over and she suggested osteopath, he came out and said that lumbar vertabrae slightly out - did a pelvic maneouvre and was ok for a week, then same thing (when you run hand down either side of spine on his back, his back legs give way and muscles tense up) The osteo has been out for the third visit yesterday pm, the horse after treatment was fine, so decided to put in smaller field with one friend, lots of grass etc. Went up this am and he is exactly the same, sore as hell and very stressed out to be touched. Where do I go from here? Should I get vet out tomorrow and see what they think? Feel really low as lovely horse but don't know what to do? Any ideas please would be welcome.
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Has your osteo not given you exercises to suport the work they'd done?? my lad is prone to putting his back out, he's an ex racer too but his is more near the withers, my osteo gave me exercises to do when i suspect his back is out again and 9 times out of 10 it goes back of its own accord. Have you tried contacting them and asking if theres anything you can do??
 
Thanks Sassy - no he has not given any exercises, I think he assumed that it would go back in and stay in? The only exercise that seemed to put it back was raising his hind leg at a 45 deg angle to the side.
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i'd defo check if theres anything else you can try to do, that sounds a bit of a risky exercise if you arnt used to doing it, you wouldnt want to end up squashed underneath!! hope you can find something to help you, i know how frustrating it is, not nice to see them with a sore back! keep us up to date on if you magane to get it sorted, good luck!! ;-)
 
jtm - no idea at all how it is happening? But paying £30 quid a go with the osteo is a nightmare, especially if looks like will have to be weekly! Think may ring vets to come out for Monday.
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I would be thinking about getting the vet. If the effects of the treatment you are having are wearing off so quickly it could be you're treating the symptoms rather than the cause.
My horse had a sore back on and off for several months. The physio would come and he's be fantastic for a few weeks afterwards, then start to go wrong again.
He's since had x-rays and ultrasound to rule out kissing spines and ligament damage and we now know the problem is in his muscles. He's still being treated by the vet so its too early to say how he is but at least I know what the problem is.
 
The osteo said that only had re-occurence once and the lady owner now doesn't contact him as if it happens when she is riding her mare - she jumps off pulls her leg up and out at right angles and then jumps back on again! I thought this was very strange???
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Thats exactly what I was thinking - where do I go from here - it's alright him coming and putting back in - but for one day to pass and be out again I need to know WHY it is happening, so will call vets tomoz. How long has yours been going on since diagnosis etc and can you still ride or is it box/field rest?
 
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My thoughts exactly. I would get the vet to have a look.
 
It probably is something simple! Really simple things like foot balance have a profound impact on backs, it doesn't have to be some sinister underlying injury.
 
He's doing 6 weeks lunging in a pessoa to build up the right back muscles. We're on week 5 and his back looks much stronger. He's lost muscle when he had time off and was struggling to carry the weight of a rider - not helped by him having slightly odd conformation. We go back in 10 days for a check and I hope I can start riding again.
I got to the point when I was really worried - I knew something was wrong, and I needed to know what. Apart from anything else, as you said it is expensive to keep getting the osteo/physio out.
I hope you find out what's causing it - then hopefully you'll find a treatment that has a lasting effect.
 
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