_jetset_
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I trotted Grace up on Monday night and she looked sound. So I took her in the school, walked her around for a bit and then she started having a strop and prancing about on the spot. I asked her to trot on to see how she felt and I could still feel something that was not quite right.
The vet was coming out to another horse on Tuesday morning, so I decided to book Grace in and share tha call out fee. I trotted her up for the vet and he said the lameness was ever so slight, and would not be immediately obvious if he was not looking for it. He ran his hands over her back and she had a tight spot
Until the physio comes on Friday morning, he wants me to get her out as much as possible now the bruised sole has healed and ride her at walk in the school for 30 minutes long and low to get her stretching through her back.
He thinks the lameness being caused by her back is so slight that it could have been there for a while and not noticed (even in a competition scenario). However, because she bruised her sole and came up lame, we then found the tenderness in her back! Hopefully it is her back that is causing the tenderness, otherwise I am flumoxed!
I was slightly concerned because she was not vetted when I bought her (for those who don't know, I had loaned her for five months and rebacked her) so I voiced the concern that maybe there was something flaring up because she was now in full work to the vet... He flexioned both back legs for me, and there was absolutely nothing there, which was such a relief!
The vet was coming out to another horse on Tuesday morning, so I decided to book Grace in and share tha call out fee. I trotted her up for the vet and he said the lameness was ever so slight, and would not be immediately obvious if he was not looking for it. He ran his hands over her back and she had a tight spot
Until the physio comes on Friday morning, he wants me to get her out as much as possible now the bruised sole has healed and ride her at walk in the school for 30 minutes long and low to get her stretching through her back.
He thinks the lameness being caused by her back is so slight that it could have been there for a while and not noticed (even in a competition scenario). However, because she bruised her sole and came up lame, we then found the tenderness in her back! Hopefully it is her back that is causing the tenderness, otherwise I am flumoxed!
I was slightly concerned because she was not vetted when I bought her (for those who don't know, I had loaned her for five months and rebacked her) so I voiced the concern that maybe there was something flaring up because she was now in full work to the vet... He flexioned both back legs for me, and there was absolutely nothing there, which was such a relief!
