Bringing a horse back into work...

[Samantha008]

My mare is about to come back in to work after a year off She suffered an injury to her wither which impacted on her spinal cord but somehow she has come through it

Im worried as the injury was on her wither/spinal cord about sitting on her and whether i should try to build up some topline on her first? I dont know the best way of doing this? Or whether it would make a difference?

Would you walk out in hand for a few weeks/months first? Would you lunge her? Im not in a rush to get back on her and would rather take my time and get it right. Even if it takes another 6 months....

Thanks for any advice

 

[Marydoll]

Can you liase with your vet and physio about the best way to get going with her, good luck when you do get going, hopefully she'll be ok

 

[Amaranta]

Can you liase with your vet and physio about the best way to get going with her, good luck when you do get going, hopefully she'll be ok

^^^this, they would be able to tailor a fittening programme for you

 

[xspiralx]

As above - I think only your vet can really advise you about the best way to do this as they know the nature of the injury and how it has healed.

Personally I probably wouldn't walk out in hand but lunging to build topline for a few weeks sounds like a sensible idea. But I'd definitely check with your vet first.