atropa
Well-Known Member
Has anyone had any experience of pectoral tears causing lameness?
My mare has been out of work for a couple of months while I investigated unusual behaviour for her, which I believed to be related to pain. Whilst a vet didn't find anything after two physical examinations, a physio seen her and told me that she had at some point had a tear in her right pectoral muscle. The physio said that this had now healed without any scar tissue, but the mare still seemed to be reactive in the area so was probably experiencing some remembered pain.
I have been shown a massage/stretch routine to try and help her and have decided to start bringing her gently back into work. Last night I did a bit of lungeing with her, and she looked sound in walk and trot on the right rein, but there was a visible lameness around the right shoulder area when trotting on the left rein.
Do we think that left rein lameness in trot could correlate to pain/tightness in the right pec muscle, or is this likely to be another issues altogether?
My mare has been out of work for a couple of months while I investigated unusual behaviour for her, which I believed to be related to pain. Whilst a vet didn't find anything after two physical examinations, a physio seen her and told me that she had at some point had a tear in her right pectoral muscle. The physio said that this had now healed without any scar tissue, but the mare still seemed to be reactive in the area so was probably experiencing some remembered pain.
I have been shown a massage/stretch routine to try and help her and have decided to start bringing her gently back into work. Last night I did a bit of lungeing with her, and she looked sound in walk and trot on the right rein, but there was a visible lameness around the right shoulder area when trotting on the left rein.
Do we think that left rein lameness in trot could correlate to pain/tightness in the right pec muscle, or is this likely to be another issues altogether?