SI dysfuction

[Regandal]

This is very interesting, came up on my feed as I'm on a fb group for horses with PSD. Of course, I've now convinced myself that both of mine have ALL the symptoms. Sigh.

http://www.thehorse.com/articles/35554/six-signs-of-sacroiliac-disease-in-horses

 

[PorkChop]

For me, in isolation, the symptoms listed are pretty vague and could be attributed to many other conditions. Whilst I accept there are horses that SI problems, all the Vets that I use (!) believe that there is always something else going on if a horse is showing problems in the SI area and can often be resolved once those other areas are treated.

Sometimes google is not your friend!

 

[ycbm]

For me, in isolation, the symptoms listed are pretty vague and could be attributed to many other conditions. Whilst I accept there are horses that SI problems, all the Vets that I use (!) believe that there is always something else going on if a horse is showing problems in the SI area and can often be resolved once those other areas are treated.

Sometimes google is not your friend!

Always?


I'm not sure your vet is right. I had a horse sit down in the road and damage his. He carried one hip higher than the other and his tail off to one side, though he was still scoring well in dressage tests until he went intermittently lame in front because of it and we worked out what was going on. At the time I remember reading that the injury is often caused by sitting down. I think there are probably quite a few horses who do that out in the field messing around on a skiddy day.

So I doubt if your vets are right about SI dysfunction always being because of some other problem.

 

[Regandal]

Yes, symptoms are vague, but they are not taken in isolation. Study was done by a specialist vet, who spends his life looking at broken horses. I found it interesting as there is a theory that PSD is secondary to a different injury/condition.

 

[be positive]

Always?


I'm not sure your vet is right. I had a horse sit down in the road and damage his. He carried one hip higher than the other and his tail off to one side, though he was still scoring well in dressage tests until he went intermittently lame in front because of it and we worked out what was going on. At the time I remember reading that the injury is often caused by sitting down. I think there are probably quite a few horses who do that out in the field messing around on a skiddy day.

So I doubt if your vets are right about SI dysfunction always being because of some other problem.

My horse certainly had a SI injury, he was declared sound by my vet at the time as well as the hospital he went to who completely failed to look above the hocks/ suspensories as they were convinced that was where the issue was, my new vet picked up the issue immediately with no more than his eyes, he was scanned and injected a week later and has been fine ever since, so to me it can be unrelated to other problems, it can be a direct injury rather than wear and tear just like many things.

 

[Goldenstar]

Horse can certainly injure their SI's in falls jumping slips on yards that sort of thing.
It's not always a compensation thing .