Olivia16
Well-Known Member
So the question is do you believe in Quacks or "back men" that can diagnose injuries using just a rod and then presses on the horses back saying that they have put in a disc 6 inches down in a horses back?
The reason I ask this is that I was advised to attend a Quack as horse was lame on left hind so I went down, man said 2 discs out in horses back, he put them in and told me to rest him for 9 days and leave him in stable. In actual fact horse got 3 weeks rest as I was on holiday, 1 of these weeks horse was outside. Came home from holiday, rode horse, same problem. Brought horse back down to Quack. He told me that horse now has 3 discs out in back instead of 2. Same thing was carried out again and told to rest for another 9-10 days.
In the meanwhile I have consulted a vet. Vet thinks "Back man is a load of rubbish". Vet diagnoses problem as an inflamed joint and muscle problem in the croup. Told by vet to rest for a month and then if problem not sorted, injections will be given into the joint. Vet says injury very common.
I have now been told by very experienced people who swear by this back man to go down to him one last time and that to wait for the month like the vet advised is to long.
So now I really don't know what to do with horse and don't know who is right or who is wrong.
Any advise as to what to do greatly appreciated.
Thank you for reading
Olivia
The reason I ask this is that I was advised to attend a Quack as horse was lame on left hind so I went down, man said 2 discs out in horses back, he put them in and told me to rest him for 9 days and leave him in stable. In actual fact horse got 3 weeks rest as I was on holiday, 1 of these weeks horse was outside. Came home from holiday, rode horse, same problem. Brought horse back down to Quack. He told me that horse now has 3 discs out in back instead of 2. Same thing was carried out again and told to rest for another 9-10 days.
In the meanwhile I have consulted a vet. Vet thinks "Back man is a load of rubbish". Vet diagnoses problem as an inflamed joint and muscle problem in the croup. Told by vet to rest for a month and then if problem not sorted, injections will be given into the joint. Vet says injury very common.
I have now been told by very experienced people who swear by this back man to go down to him one last time and that to wait for the month like the vet advised is to long.
So now I really don't know what to do with horse and don't know who is right or who is wrong.
Any advise as to what to do greatly appreciated.
Thank you for reading
Olivia