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Grace has been lame for just over a week, but the last few nights she has ridden sound (I have been told to ride her by the vets). It is believed that she had a bruised sole which was causing the lameness, but when the vet came out to check her he also felt some tension and sore spots in her back near to her spine.
When the physio came out this morning she started treating her and confirmed that the main areas of discomfort were quite far back and predominantly on the left hand side (the side she was lame on!)
She said one of her vertebraes in the lumbar area was quite stuck and required manipulation and that there were some other areas which needed treatment (I cannot remember all the ones she named...)
However, she does not think that the issues that arose in her back were causing the lameness. She said they would create discomfort under the saddle, but not unlevel strides when trotted up on a hard surface.
Grace was most lame last Thursday, and has gradually improved to the point where the vet could barely notice it when he came out again on Tuesday. He said it was very slight and could still be the bruised sole healing but wanted to rule out her back before anything else.
She has to have three days off work (including today) and then be ridden in walk and trot on Monday to see whether she feel right. If she does, then she has to be brought straight back into work again (please keep your fingers crossed) but if she is still feeling slightly unlevel then the vet will be coming back out on Tuesday and we will look further into what could be causing it. She has already had flexion tests on both back legs which showed nothing at all (I was so relieved) and she seems to be trotting up sound to me.
It is quite hard because when you have had some lameness, I think you look so hard for it that you almost imagine it is still there... does anyone else do this?
When the physio came out this morning she started treating her and confirmed that the main areas of discomfort were quite far back and predominantly on the left hand side (the side she was lame on!)
She said one of her vertebraes in the lumbar area was quite stuck and required manipulation and that there were some other areas which needed treatment (I cannot remember all the ones she named...)
However, she does not think that the issues that arose in her back were causing the lameness. She said they would create discomfort under the saddle, but not unlevel strides when trotted up on a hard surface.
Grace was most lame last Thursday, and has gradually improved to the point where the vet could barely notice it when he came out again on Tuesday. He said it was very slight and could still be the bruised sole healing but wanted to rule out her back before anything else.
She has to have three days off work (including today) and then be ridden in walk and trot on Monday to see whether she feel right. If she does, then she has to be brought straight back into work again (please keep your fingers crossed) but if she is still feeling slightly unlevel then the vet will be coming back out on Tuesday and we will look further into what could be causing it. She has already had flexion tests on both back legs which showed nothing at all (I was so relieved) and she seems to be trotting up sound to me.
It is quite hard because when you have had some lameness, I think you look so hard for it that you almost imagine it is still there... does anyone else do this?
o) is that the vertebrae in question was not moving as it should. For example, when the horse bends correctly to the inside say, its whole spine should also curve, not just its neck. Basically, this one vertebrae has no flexibility and was therefore not allowing her to bend around the leg as it was uncomfortable. This, in turn, was affecting the muscles directly in contact with the vertebrae as it would in a human.