Back issue with 10mo filly, lameness behind? Help!

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Before we get started I have had the vet and now have an osteopath coming out to my girl, I am just after some advice in between.
My filly I have is not yet 1yo.
She had it hard coming away from mum and spent the first 3days in my care attempting to clear the stable door, rearing over backwards onto a deep straw bed... V tense, v stressed & upset. One of the worst weanings I've come across.
She has been OK for some time - around 3months , she adores me (if such a thing is possible) as I do her and she's v chilled in my company.
Over the last few weeks she's gone hugely bum high and has had a change in her gait, she almost dishes one of her hind legs outwards when she walks.
Like in a circle, a straddling motion almost. This is particularly when going downhill.
The vet has taken a look and her advice was that she is growing, not to worry just yet, cut out any hard feed etc etc (should add she's a trad cob so not your usual issues with quick growing babies you may see).
Dissatisfied with this I've had a good prod and poke (as us unqualified owners do lol) and can't find any strange lumps or bumps or anything obvious. The only thing is some sensitivity along her back. Around the mid back as I palpitate the muscles either side of her spine (gently albeit cos I haven't a clue what I'm doing - more harm than good etc etc) when I get to the middle of her back she will dip it down a good inch away from the motion of my fingertips.
She does let me do it though, and no tantrums or head throwing ... Can anyone comment? Please remember I have had the vet, I am having the osteopath and I am doing my v best, be kind.
 
I think you are doing what you can, you have identified a problem and have organised someone to do something about it. I might not be too happy with your vet if I were you. Or there again, vet could be right and you are worrying about nothing - always best to get these things checked out though.
 
Other than making sure that her hoof balance is good, the only other thing might be to have a second opinion - far better to address it quickly, just as you are doing. Hope it turns out to be nothing :)
 
Thanks both :) I am so miffed as to what it could be. Sincerely hoping she's just pulled herself and not done any lasting damage :(
I have the farrier to her every 6weeks and so far she has had two trims so I can only assume her foot balance is good.
Infact, her gait until recently has been v pretty and we have had comments on how straight she moves and her flicky toes in trot :) will ask the farrier to take an extra look next month during her trim too!
 
One of my cobs was like this went really bum high and kind of waddled behind. Sorted herself out as she grew into herself and straightened up.
 
Really surreydeb? I did wonder if it was just a growth spurt and everything stretching at the moment and her feeling it a little bit as she does have this huge frame with nothing to fill it bless her lol.
Although doesn't explain the mid back thing?? Hmm... Thanks for reply :)
 
I know it isn't the same but when my niece was 11 years old she had legs up to her chin and was inches taller than her classmates. Watching her run in sports day was hysterical because although she won hands down, her great long legs had to go through the most unnatural arc, almost out sideways. It is know that dancers and gymnasts suffer balance problems when they have growth spurts it could very well be that your filly is struggling to adjust and may or may not have pulled a muscle as a result.

A word of warning - however much of a Klingon she is, don't give in and baby her in the absence of her mother. A friend of mine had a 4 year old who had been over-humanised by his breeders and he not only didn't have a clue about horsey etiquette, he would be right in your face and looking for attention constantly.
 
Fair point fatpiggy regarding your niece... I'm hoping it is just that and she's a bit tender at the moment and not that she's done something silly which is in the back of my mind I must confess.
And don't worry about her becoming too much. I have a 3yo who I've had from 6months so know all about their ways :) she gets as much love as I can give however isn't allowed to overstep the mark!!
 
Hi, Sorry to hear that your filly is having trouble, this sounds alot like a TB i owned years ago he moved wide with one hind leg He was diagnosed as a classic wobbler at the grand old age of 23 this condition normally shows up in youngsters
Merlins condition was put down to arthritis pressing on his spinal nerve somewhere your filly may have pressure somewhere along her spine, with what you have said about her weaning and that there is some sensitivity along her back i am guessing that she may have trapped a nerve or something has slipped out of place
I have also owned a 3yo who broke his back in the field right up by his shoulder he had no idea were his back legs were and walked like a drunk, he also did not react when proded he had no feeling at all
I hope this helps
 
Just thought I should update as someone like me in the future may benefit from reading an an outcome if they're struggling with something similar and using this forum.
Had the osteo/physio. She found her to be tight through her lower back and this was a result of pulled muscles in her hamstring (right more so than left). Said if she had to guess she would suggest she's done the splits hooning around in the field... The hamstring pain was causing her to tense up through her back every time she mobilised thus creating tension there too.
She's all straightened out again now and is already stepping out lots more freely. Have been given the advice to massage her hamstrings (and was showed how) over the course of the next week and to put her out after a weeks box rest. Thanks once again for all the replies.
 
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