L&M
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Any opinions?
My cob came in from the field around 3/10th's lame in early may, initially I had my farrier look as had been recently shod, but he couldn't identify anything. I then called the vet, and although the lameness was apparent on the near fore, he diagnosed neck/chest pain. Admittedly my horse did react to being manipulated on his neck and down to the chest area, so went with the diagnosis, but am now wondering if a bit of a red herring.
We were advised 2 weeks field rest and bute, then a gradual return to work. In the meantime we also had our equine physio out who did some work on his neck and seemed to agree with the diagnosis, and also gave me some stretches to do both in hand and under saddle. She told me to work him through it and not be too concerned if he didn't feel initially level, and should improve with work and the prescribed exercises.
By the beginning of June we put him back in walk work and initially seemed sound, so still following advice from the vet and physio, started to increase his work load. Again he seemed sound in trot but a couple of days ago I felt him going a little short trotting around a sharp bend. I though I was being paranoid so popped him on the lunge, and quite obviously lame on the near fore again.
He is booked in for a full lameness work up next thursday, and will be on field rest until then (he won't 'do' box rest).
I am now increasingly concerned as this has been grumbling on for 2 mnths, but does seem to improve when rested, so am now leaning towards tendon/ligament injury.
Any thoughts/ideas/crystal balls?!
Thanks
My cob came in from the field around 3/10th's lame in early may, initially I had my farrier look as had been recently shod, but he couldn't identify anything. I then called the vet, and although the lameness was apparent on the near fore, he diagnosed neck/chest pain. Admittedly my horse did react to being manipulated on his neck and down to the chest area, so went with the diagnosis, but am now wondering if a bit of a red herring.
We were advised 2 weeks field rest and bute, then a gradual return to work. In the meantime we also had our equine physio out who did some work on his neck and seemed to agree with the diagnosis, and also gave me some stretches to do both in hand and under saddle. She told me to work him through it and not be too concerned if he didn't feel initially level, and should improve with work and the prescribed exercises.
By the beginning of June we put him back in walk work and initially seemed sound, so still following advice from the vet and physio, started to increase his work load. Again he seemed sound in trot but a couple of days ago I felt him going a little short trotting around a sharp bend. I though I was being paranoid so popped him on the lunge, and quite obviously lame on the near fore again.
He is booked in for a full lameness work up next thursday, and will be on field rest until then (he won't 'do' box rest).
I am now increasingly concerned as this has been grumbling on for 2 mnths, but does seem to improve when rested, so am now leaning towards tendon/ligament injury.
Any thoughts/ideas/crystal balls?!
Thanks
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