Ktgslng
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Hi everyone,
I am new to the forum and was hoping to find some success stories of anyone who has a horse with an old fracture to their tuber coxae (point of hip). It is a very common injury with hitting hip on door going in/out of stable.
I bought my 5yr (rising 6) 15.3 WB mare almost a year ago. I had full 5 stage vetting done with bloods (which have expired!!) which she passed with flying colours. She had been backed as 3yr old and turned away for year - she had just started back in work and could wallk, trot and canter happily.
Within a few weeks of owning her she seemed very stiff when schooling on one rein. I didnt think much of it at the time as she was youg so i just put this down to lack of training.
Her schooling progressivly became worse over the next month or so, so i had vet come out who said she was a bit saddle sore and, although the saddle fitted pretty well, suggested i try another type.... this took some time and she had some time off, physio and new saddle eventually fitted.
She was slowly brought back into work and appeared to be even worse than before, very reluctant to go forwards and now was bucking severly at every upwards tranistion. She felt even more wonky by this point.
I had the vet out another 2 times before he diagnosed her with an asymetric pelvis, possibly caused by fracture. My heart sank.
This was later diagnosed via an ultrasound scan and i was advised to start a rehab programme of intensive lunging in pessoa, over raised trot poles, grid work for 6-8 weeks.
This was extremely tough on both of us and unfortunalty did not make any difference to her way of going.
Following this she has now had an ASID injection in her L5/S1 (sacro/lumbar junction) as it appears her wonkyness is causing her to have issues with flexing through her back and engaging her hind quarters.
Unfortunatly we are 4 weeks in after injection and i still see no improvement. After talking with the vet his view is i need to ride her through it/condition her to use herself properly and build up the correct muscles again.
I am really looking for any advice / stories of success / anything i could try to help get her back to functionaing properly.
My only positive thought is that if it is an 'old injury' - which the vet has said it is.... she was at least conditioned well enough at one stage to pass a 5 stage vetting....
I am currently working on walk-trot-walk transitions but am taking my life in my hands every time i ride.
The vet has recommended i ride now rather than lunge as it was clear she was not engaging properly and straight under lunge - she was managing to evade using herself properly...
Any advice, success stories from similar problems, much appreciated!!
I am new to the forum and was hoping to find some success stories of anyone who has a horse with an old fracture to their tuber coxae (point of hip). It is a very common injury with hitting hip on door going in/out of stable.
I bought my 5yr (rising 6) 15.3 WB mare almost a year ago. I had full 5 stage vetting done with bloods (which have expired!!) which she passed with flying colours. She had been backed as 3yr old and turned away for year - she had just started back in work and could wallk, trot and canter happily.
Within a few weeks of owning her she seemed very stiff when schooling on one rein. I didnt think much of it at the time as she was youg so i just put this down to lack of training.
Her schooling progressivly became worse over the next month or so, so i had vet come out who said she was a bit saddle sore and, although the saddle fitted pretty well, suggested i try another type.... this took some time and she had some time off, physio and new saddle eventually fitted.
She was slowly brought back into work and appeared to be even worse than before, very reluctant to go forwards and now was bucking severly at every upwards tranistion. She felt even more wonky by this point.
I had the vet out another 2 times before he diagnosed her with an asymetric pelvis, possibly caused by fracture. My heart sank.
This was later diagnosed via an ultrasound scan and i was advised to start a rehab programme of intensive lunging in pessoa, over raised trot poles, grid work for 6-8 weeks.
This was extremely tough on both of us and unfortunalty did not make any difference to her way of going.
Following this she has now had an ASID injection in her L5/S1 (sacro/lumbar junction) as it appears her wonkyness is causing her to have issues with flexing through her back and engaging her hind quarters.
Unfortunatly we are 4 weeks in after injection and i still see no improvement. After talking with the vet his view is i need to ride her through it/condition her to use herself properly and build up the correct muscles again.
I am really looking for any advice / stories of success / anything i could try to help get her back to functionaing properly.
My only positive thought is that if it is an 'old injury' - which the vet has said it is.... she was at least conditioned well enough at one stage to pass a 5 stage vetting....
I am currently working on walk-trot-walk transitions but am taking my life in my hands every time i ride.
The vet has recommended i ride now rather than lunge as it was clear she was not engaging properly and straight under lunge - she was managing to evade using herself properly...
Any advice, success stories from similar problems, much appreciated!!
