Sacro iliac pain, PSD (and barefoot)...

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My horse has a history of SI discomfort and bilateral hind suspensory damage and the more homework I do the more I think these are related. Before I go on, he's under the care of a great vet (now), a chiropractor and top farrier, and I'll be discussing my concerns with all 3 shortly, but I get so much more food for thought from this forum that I hope you won't mind me sounding you guys out too. (I can't tell you how worried I am.)

He has been barefoot for a few years but has largely been a bit footy on hard surfaces. I think we're on the right road now with diet etc (again, thanks to hho), but i feel awfully guilty that maybe previous hoof discomfort could have contributed also?

So this is very 'chicken and egg' but can anyone point me towards any info that might better explain links (or lack of them) between the above issues?

Many thanks for reading. Suse.
 
Ive been doing a lot of reading recently into grass, and there are a lot of folks who when they eliminate grass from the horses diet no longer have issues with a wide range of problems.

Its to do with the imbalances in minerals of grass - our horses are always eating regrowth grass as they cant range hundreds of miles per day. So the regulators in their body which should be able to pee out the excess become messed up and stop functioning. A lot seem to think its down to the high potassium in short regrowth grass.

Anyway sweetitch is mentioned in this reading somewhere, as is LGL (low grade laminitis) which it almost sounds like yours has.

http://www.calmhealthyhorses.co.nz/grass.htm
 
OP my horse has chronic SI dysfunction and he has been rehabilitated via a physio and a holistic vet and osteopath (Donna Blinman in Higham Nr Newmarket). My boy will never be 100% perfect again due to a chronic injury and ligament damage left untreated for years.\
I changed my boys diet (he had mild ulcers caused by the chronic pain) to a sugar and cereal free diet - he is bf and lives out 24/7 at the moment. He was left unrugged last winter -quite a big thing for such a fine WB, but temperament wise and pain wise I couldn't rug him. I hope he may be stabled this winter as he has improved in fitness and temperament tremendously.
I have just bought him a Back on Track rug to use prior to work as the cold weather really affects his SI. He will be back on MSM and turmeric over the winter too.

I have researched loads on SI injuries/dysfunction and the suspensory / SI link is common. You need a holistic vet really to get to the root cause - ie. was the suspensory first and this has caused the SI or the other way around? Too many vets merely treat the symptoms, hence why so many lamenesses recur time over. Good luck.
 
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Thanks all. At the moment I'm thinking low grade laminitis triggering SI pain resulting in repetitive strain type injuries to ligaments...but maybe I'm putting 2 and 2 together and getting 5. I'll be reading the links you've sent me - many thanks.
 
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