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Ive had a physio out to my mare yesterday, she noted she is intermittently ever so slightly not tracking up on her right hind, has lots of tension in her back bilaterally behind saddle, has tension and sore areas on her right gluts and right triceps. She has been given electromagnetic therapy, stretches and soft tissue mobilisation. She thought that the tracking up issue was due to her back pain and did not see any cause for concern or need to call out the vet (was recommended by my vet) she assured me she definatly not lame. Back pain is assumed to be from the saddle following the bald patches behind saddle.

She is still bucking on the lunge, swapping canter leads and tense in transitions, and when you get into canter she easily falls back to trot and becomes unbalanced in canter.

She is due for saddle check 2moro

I have spoken with my vet, as im not happy that she seems in quite a bit of pain still - they have advised to do a weeks trial on bute to rule out behavioural issues...... Deep down I think she has more of a deep seated problem......My list is: bone spavin, kissing spines, bilaterally lame infront or behind......

Im so worried about her.... any advise???? Im not sure if im being a paranoid mummy or if there is something very wrong..... and after having her at the vets back and forth for the best part of last year, I feel like we both need a rest from vets.

Anbody offer any advise to help me with where to go from here and whether to worry or not????
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If she's got those very obvious marks where her saddle is shifting about and rubbing her sore, why not just get that sorted first? A word of warning, badly fitting saddles can cause nerve and muscle pain under the surface rub that could need 6 weeks or so in a properly fitting saddle before they go completely. Even then your girl may remember the pain and need longer to settle down completely and understand the pain has gone. What makes you think of all those probs you list above? It could very very easily all be the saddle.
 
Agree to this, have the saddle checked first but sometimes badly fitting tack can cause other damage too. My girl seems to have been kitted out with bad stuff in the past when she was younger and her back now will always have to be watched and treated by physio regularly. The sooner you know it is the saddle (or not) the better to avoid some serious damage it can cause!
Once saddle is corrected I would get her on some sort of rehab programme first (to remedy the sore back) and stay in close consultation with vets and physios.
 
well a reputable saddler has been out today and there is nothing wrong with her saddle..... near on perfect fit, have been advised to change the numhner as it may be this that is rubbing, but christ knows why she is so sore over her back.... and all over her right side so a numner rub shouldnt be causing these symptoms......

And she was no better 2nite after having 2 sachets of bute, and physio daily.....
 
Is she short in one hind and seems to have more tension on the opposite side of her back? Does she have a funny stance (also known as the wet nappy stance)?

If so, I would ask the vet to consider sacroiliac strain - both my horses have SI injuries and they displayed some of the symptoms you describe (although at different times). A SI injury doesnt rule out KS though - they are often interelated.
 
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