Tilda
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I have had a very up and down morning and am now confused so hope you guys might be able to help me decide the best course of action!
A few weeks ago I had a chiropractor look at my mare not for any particular reason just that she was coming out and had seemed to do wonders with some of the horses on the yard.
My mare was very tight all over (she is a proper stress head), was sore through her back due to a misfitting saddle and her pelvis needed realigning. She was put on rest for 2 weeks and then the chiropractor came out and she was loads better and I was allowed to start exercising her in walk making sure she was using herself properly. For 2 weeks she was amazing really chilled and working really well. Then she started being really spooky and silly again so I got back lady to look at her a week earlier than originally planned and pelvis was bad again to the point that she was lame in her right hind.
Had some treatment put her on a weeks rest and chiropractor came again today and whilst her left side was less sore she was coming up slightly lame on the right and when pressure was put on point of her right hip she was pulling her lumbers up obviously uncomfortable. And also when pressure was put on the middle of her rump she was obviously sore. Vet was coming to do jabs so chiro recommended I get her looked at as could possibly be a problem with the SI joint and said to explain what she'd found.
So vet came I explained problem and she got me to walk and then trot her up. She felt along her back and she was sore just behind withers (wasn't before) and not on rump. She also said she was 1/10 lame in her back left leg and after flexion slightly worse but nothing to overally concern her that it was more than pulling herself in the field. I asked her about the fact that her pelvis was out and that she was tight all over and she said that because she was lame on the left that could explain the pelvis and that as she is a stressy mare she will be tight and to try a calmer. She said SI wouldn't be top of her list of problems but she said try rest and it she doesn't improve then they can do full lameness investigation.
My yard manager who really rates the chiropractor and uses a different vets was present for vet examination and she said she would not be happy with the diagnosis. She said the vet didn't do the flexion properly (i've never seen this before so can't comment) and she said that what the vet said about her lameness leading to pelvis didn't sounds right as she was only 1/10 lame.
The vet has put her on a weeks box rest with danilon and then one of her colleagues is coming out again next week. The chiropractor did say that they would probably recommend box rest for the SI joint to start with so I don't suppose I need to do anything at the moment but I am just confused as to who to believe. The chiropractor has certainly improved her in the treatment she has given but the vets are well respected equine specialists!
Sorry for the essay but I just feel completely overwhelmed not knowing whether it could be serious or not!
A few weeks ago I had a chiropractor look at my mare not for any particular reason just that she was coming out and had seemed to do wonders with some of the horses on the yard.
My mare was very tight all over (she is a proper stress head), was sore through her back due to a misfitting saddle and her pelvis needed realigning. She was put on rest for 2 weeks and then the chiropractor came out and she was loads better and I was allowed to start exercising her in walk making sure she was using herself properly. For 2 weeks she was amazing really chilled and working really well. Then she started being really spooky and silly again so I got back lady to look at her a week earlier than originally planned and pelvis was bad again to the point that she was lame in her right hind.
Had some treatment put her on a weeks rest and chiropractor came again today and whilst her left side was less sore she was coming up slightly lame on the right and when pressure was put on point of her right hip she was pulling her lumbers up obviously uncomfortable. And also when pressure was put on the middle of her rump she was obviously sore. Vet was coming to do jabs so chiro recommended I get her looked at as could possibly be a problem with the SI joint and said to explain what she'd found.
So vet came I explained problem and she got me to walk and then trot her up. She felt along her back and she was sore just behind withers (wasn't before) and not on rump. She also said she was 1/10 lame in her back left leg and after flexion slightly worse but nothing to overally concern her that it was more than pulling herself in the field. I asked her about the fact that her pelvis was out and that she was tight all over and she said that because she was lame on the left that could explain the pelvis and that as she is a stressy mare she will be tight and to try a calmer. She said SI wouldn't be top of her list of problems but she said try rest and it she doesn't improve then they can do full lameness investigation.
My yard manager who really rates the chiropractor and uses a different vets was present for vet examination and she said she would not be happy with the diagnosis. She said the vet didn't do the flexion properly (i've never seen this before so can't comment) and she said that what the vet said about her lameness leading to pelvis didn't sounds right as she was only 1/10 lame.
The vet has put her on a weeks box rest with danilon and then one of her colleagues is coming out again next week. The chiropractor did say that they would probably recommend box rest for the SI joint to start with so I don't suppose I need to do anything at the moment but I am just confused as to who to believe. The chiropractor has certainly improved her in the treatment she has given but the vets are well respected equine specialists!
Sorry for the essay but I just feel completely overwhelmed not knowing whether it could be serious or not!
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