Traveling backwards hock arthritis

[bouncing_ball]

Is there any connection between traveling facing backwards and being uncomfortable for a horse with low level hock arthritis?

 

[C1airey]

My old cob actively preferred it. He had arthritis in both hocks. Face-first he’d arrive sweated up and travelled side-on/herringbone, he’d be a jittering, sweating mess. Arse-first he always walked off the ramp as fresh as a daisy.