Chiropractic Report Translation please?

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Hello everyone, & a happy new year to you & your horses! I'm wondering if anyone Can translate my chiropractor report for my horse please? as i dont have the foggiest when the mean! just that he had a bad back, which is now OK (the report was back in march when we got him) -- Pheo 7/8 year old gelding. Recent resistance when ridden, Checked poll, CX, TX, LX, and Pelvis; found C5 + C6 both B (R), T8 & T9 both P (R) T16 P (R), and L2 P (L), also (L) ribs 10+11 caudal - all adjusted. Articulated fore + hind limbs, all OK. Checked major muscle groups, found (R) bracluiocephalic (spelling?) tight, and bilateral thoracic trapezius and (R) cervicus splenius tight - soft tissue worked by hand and equissage, Suggests review 6 weeks after lunge work. Massive thankyou in advance to anyone who can help, (judging by what I have been told, he was bad when we got him)
 
Firstly , why don't you ask the chiropractor for an explanation?

Secondly, this is my best guess: C, T and L are probably cervical (which means neck), thoracic (body) and lumbar (lower back in humans, in horses the loins the bit where the saddle isn't supposed to go). I don't know why the letters would be followed by an X.

C5 and T8 etc - the number refers to which vertebrae, in addition with the explanation above for the letter. I don't know what B or P means, something to do with the spinous processes maybe, as those poke upwards and sideways eg 3 bony projections on each vertebrae? The (R) and (L) are probably right and left.

Horses have 18 ribs, I think.

Articulated means moved, probably testing for normal movement in the joints and function of the limb.

Look up a diagram online of the horses muscles, which will all be labelled so you can see where the damaged ones are on your horse. If you want to know more I recommend the book "The Horses Muscles In Motion" by Sara Wyche.
 
Thankyou, I didn't get a chance to ask the chiropractor when she came out, because I wasn't there, my mum was the one that dealt with it, I was just curious, I've been told part of it is to do with his poll aswell, which makes sense because he was ear shy, thankyou! I'm just stuck on the B & P parts, & google isn't helping! Lol
 
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