Kissing spines

[Holidays_are_coming]

Hi really worried about my boy, the last couple of weeks he hasnt been write had a chiro out 3 weeks ago and she treated his wither but everything else was fine, he was a prat the day after and pulled back and damaged his wither again, then fell over with me on him, chiro came out again and sorted the problem. He seemed ok after that but not quite himself a bit hesitant, not wanting to be caught by me as I mean work but a week after I took him for a amazing lesson, and I even got a outline in canter and he was holding it through transittions, which I was so pleased with but since then he has been throwing his head up and seemed to be in pain got chiro out again today and she cant find anything but some soreness at T14 and she thinks it may be a kissing spine- anyone in the know is that likely???? Really worried getting the vet out asap!!

 

[ChristineCorp]

Have you tried some herbal anti inflammatories? I use both devil's claw and horse tails. The two together are very effective. Also I would try reducing his work load to walk and trot for a bit. Does he lunge? That's good for keeping them working without the strain of any weight on their backs.

Obviously you must have the vet . I'd reduce his work as well. If he was good one day and sore a day or two later the work may just have been too much too soon.

 

[Dressagebabe]

Just call out your Vet before you get injured, hope you realise your insurance is void if you had a Chiro out to treat before your Vet diagnosed the problem. It is illegal for any back person, witch Doctor, long distant nutter to diagnose or treat without the permission and diagnosis from a qualified Veterinary Surgeon first.

 

[appennea]

Since when was it illegal!?! My understanding is that a physio or simiara normally requests that you call your vets before hand just to say that you are getting out physio and do you have their approval - more corteousy than anything. Most people would have their horses backs treated routinely every six months - you don't need a diagnosis before hand.

 

[debradley]

Don't mean to detract from this post, but I agree it was my physio (very highly qualified) that discovered Honey's KS and asked the vet to come back out to further investigate; he didn't diagnose her just knew that there was something underlying as there was no improvement from week to week. Your chiro has done the right thing in telling you - at least you know to get the vet back out know. Don't panic too much (I know that's easy for me to say). My girl was diagnosed with KS early last year and has now had her op to correct it and she is wonderful now. Some horses donot even need to go down the op route. Your vet may put your horse onto bute for three weeks and ask that you work him for three weeks from the ground, preferrably in a pessoa so that he works in a correct outline. This helps to fitten the horse so that they are able to carry themselves correctly, and sometimes that is enough. However, you will have to keep your horse very fit from now on. Do let us know how you get on and if you have any questions please drop me a pm.