Shamrockcrackerjack
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Hi,
Am new to this but am hoping that you might all be able to shed some light on my issue.
I have a 5yo, who last year, was going brilliantly. He then decided, rather kindly, to dump me one day.
After trying to remount several times over few days it was masively clear that there was something very wrong.
Had vet and physio out and they originally hinted at stifle issues. This was last April, he was treated by the physio who warned that he may have to be referred. Luckily we avoided this and in the June she said to start hacking out. He then threw a tiny splint so work was halted again. We brought him back into work again at the end of the summer and he hacked out for few weeks before being turned away for the winter (lack of time). He was brought back again in Feb and saw the physio who said he was no longer lame and the time off had done him good but he did have an 'abnormal gait'.
He feels wierd in walk/trot transitions both up and down. If I push him through the pace then he feels better but obviously he loses rhythm. He is hacking out a couple of times a week and schooling a couple of times.
My instructor reckons to let him find his own pace and therefore his own balance which does seem to work but I feel it is going to be a very long road.
She recemmends that I get a local sports massage chap out to look at him as she had a similar thing and feels he has solved it.
I know that this is a mega long post but wanted you to know the details incase they make a difference.
Has anyone had any similar experiences or heard/experienced good/bad things about the massage side of it?
Help is desperately wanted as I am now a paranoid wreck with him.
Thanks x
Am new to this but am hoping that you might all be able to shed some light on my issue.
I have a 5yo, who last year, was going brilliantly. He then decided, rather kindly, to dump me one day.
After trying to remount several times over few days it was masively clear that there was something very wrong.
Had vet and physio out and they originally hinted at stifle issues. This was last April, he was treated by the physio who warned that he may have to be referred. Luckily we avoided this and in the June she said to start hacking out. He then threw a tiny splint so work was halted again. We brought him back into work again at the end of the summer and he hacked out for few weeks before being turned away for the winter (lack of time). He was brought back again in Feb and saw the physio who said he was no longer lame and the time off had done him good but he did have an 'abnormal gait'.
He feels wierd in walk/trot transitions both up and down. If I push him through the pace then he feels better but obviously he loses rhythm. He is hacking out a couple of times a week and schooling a couple of times.
My instructor reckons to let him find his own pace and therefore his own balance which does seem to work but I feel it is going to be a very long road.
She recemmends that I get a local sports massage chap out to look at him as she had a similar thing and feels he has solved it.
I know that this is a mega long post but wanted you to know the details incase they make a difference.
Has anyone had any similar experiences or heard/experienced good/bad things about the massage side of it?
Help is desperately wanted as I am now a paranoid wreck with him.
Thanks x
) qualify as a vet physio. Some of the techniques they use include massage so guess there is some overlap between the disciplines. The problem is, with all of these therapies, you need to find a good practitioner 
Personal recommendation is usually the best way to find someone, I think.