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i am assuming not bad enough for the chiro to recommend vet intervention .... so we assume the back is a small niggle
A list A Physio didn't think my horse's back, or my friends horse, was bad enough to refer to a vet. They both had kissing spines. Another physio missed it for three years in another friend's horse. One horse so bad it was immediately put down, two were operated on. And for that reason i would never assume that a sore back is a small niggle.
i would still want a pro opinion of the horse, if only to give a vet a clearer picture from a more experienced rider. I'm not suggesting someone rides it for hours or beats it black and blue just that a better rider hops on to see.
The trouble is that mentally stronger riders are perfectly capable of persuading horses that they have no option but to work through pain without beating it black and blue. Sue Dyson talks about it in her lameness video. Which is why I would never recommend anyone who's checked the basics to continue without x rays and scans to rule out common but not obvious sources of pain like bilateral hocks, SI, bilateral PSD, bilateral navicular syndrome and kissing spines.
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