Bounty
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I had geared myself up to say goodbye to Cybele on Thursday, BUT.... now I don't have to!!
Had an osteopath out yesterday and she basically confirmed all my niggling doubts that I had over the last few months, but thought I had no one to back me up.
She reckons (she's a bit "i hate vets, they misdiagnose everything and only care about the money and not the horses", so I've taken certain elements with a pinch of salt) that Cybele has had a number of issues from her past that have just come to the surface because of going from full work to box rest, and that also having hobbled around and stood on three legs for the past 7 months she'll now have a whole range of other issues too.
She identified that Cybele is really sore in her lumbar vertebrae, and has a very painful knot in the brachiocephalic muscle on her right hand side, about a third of the way down. She thinks these may have been caused by a rotational fall at some point.
She also thinks that she is very sore in her right side semitendinosus (possibly semimembranosus too) particularly between her legs. There's a marked visible difference between the left and right sides from where she's rested the right one for so long, and also now stands toe-out with her right hind. To counteract his she recommended pulling the hind legs out to the side, 10reps three times a day.
She also thinks that Cybele should be walked out in hand for short periods each day, and swum once a week. I also have to carry on with the carrot stretches and work on the pain in her back.
I'm still open to the fact that she may still have to be PTS, but am happy to see how she is with a couple of months of hard work from both of us. I'm will NOT get my hopes up, but am so, so grateful for this bit of extra time that I can use constructively.
Will not be so keen to listen to a half-hearted diagnosis from the vet next time.
Thanks to all you kind, wonderful people who have offered your support (and work!) while I've been falling to pieces over this. Cross your fingers that this is just what we need to keep her comfortable enough to mooch in the field for the time being.
Also, if anyone else has any other ideas/exercises etc that would help then please enlighten me! Am off to the college library later to get as many books as they have on massage etc too.
Had an osteopath out yesterday and she basically confirmed all my niggling doubts that I had over the last few months, but thought I had no one to back me up.
She reckons (she's a bit "i hate vets, they misdiagnose everything and only care about the money and not the horses", so I've taken certain elements with a pinch of salt) that Cybele has had a number of issues from her past that have just come to the surface because of going from full work to box rest, and that also having hobbled around and stood on three legs for the past 7 months she'll now have a whole range of other issues too.
She identified that Cybele is really sore in her lumbar vertebrae, and has a very painful knot in the brachiocephalic muscle on her right hand side, about a third of the way down. She thinks these may have been caused by a rotational fall at some point.
She also thinks that she is very sore in her right side semitendinosus (possibly semimembranosus too) particularly between her legs. There's a marked visible difference between the left and right sides from where she's rested the right one for so long, and also now stands toe-out with her right hind. To counteract his she recommended pulling the hind legs out to the side, 10reps three times a day.
She also thinks that Cybele should be walked out in hand for short periods each day, and swum once a week. I also have to carry on with the carrot stretches and work on the pain in her back.
I'm still open to the fact that she may still have to be PTS, but am happy to see how she is with a couple of months of hard work from both of us. I'm will NOT get my hopes up, but am so, so grateful for this bit of extra time that I can use constructively.
Will not be so keen to listen to a half-hearted diagnosis from the vet next time.
Thanks to all you kind, wonderful people who have offered your support (and work!) while I've been falling to pieces over this. Cross your fingers that this is just what we need to keep her comfortable enough to mooch in the field for the time being.
Also, if anyone else has any other ideas/exercises etc that would help then please enlighten me! Am off to the college library later to get as many books as they have on massage etc too.
