Hamstring Soreness

[nagseastsussex]

Can anyone give me any reason/advice as why our mare keeps getting sore in her off side hamstring? She sees the physio regularly but it seems to happen once or twice a year where her hamstring gets very tight and she tracks up short. She is used for show jumping mainly. she is always warmed up well and never jumped cold. I've been told to try her on Selenium by our local saddler but not sure this will work? Any advice would be grateful appreciated. Many thanks

 

[Queenbee]

From the sounds of it this is a common thing with performance horses, remember we can cool a horse down but we rarely actually stretch them out properly after work. Your physio can give you some specific after work stretches for the back legs to deal with this as my sports massage therapist did.