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Had the vet out today to see my mare. She has been lame for a while. Firstly thought it was bruised sole but that seems to have gone now but she is still lame. Its her near fore that she is lame on and was more apparent when we asked her to work on a hard surface.
There is no swelling, heat or any obvious signs to point us in the right direction of where the problem is.
The vet has advised to continue riding her just for 15-20 mins a time to see if the lameness gets worse or improves. She has said i can school her or hack out but obviously taking it easy. Then to report to her with the effects the work has had on the lameness.
I have never had to do this before as the lameness ive previously had (not with her) has been obvious ie abcesses etc.
Can anyone give me some feedback if they have done this. Did it make the lameness go or get worse? Im going to feel a bit awkward asking her to work when she is nodding but i totally trust the vet as she bred the mare and has known her all of her life. Plus the looks i will get
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Please give me your fabulous opinions.. Thanks
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yes i have to do this with one of mine. she is lame on her front near fore and we always ride her first in the school and just let her walk around then slowly ask her to be abit more active. change the rein several times but keep everything large, loose and easy normaly after 20 mins or so she seems to get better than you can do a bit more or hack on the road. i avoid lunging as this is a tight circle and it makes things worse. we had no swelling or heat or anything vet thinks she may have some sort of shortening to her tendon which with gentle work streches .
my advise would be go slowly and keep things loose.the mare is now 18 and whilst we still have to do this she can still hack.
hope that helps and good luck.
 
Last summer my mare was lame. It was much more noticeable when ridden and it was particularly obvious when trotting on one diagonal. There was no heat, swelling and flexion tests made no difference. Feet didnt respond to pincer thngs.

Vet suggested riding to make her worse and so find the problem, but I have to confess I got the physio instead. She found the problem high up in the shoulder and it seemed the mare might have been kicked or something in the field. After 2 visits she was totally sound.

Not saying that this is the problem with yours obviously, but lameness doesn't have to be caused by a leg.
I would personally get the physio before doing anything else, but that's just me - pay for advise and then ignore it!
 
How long has your horse actually been lame for, and has there been any improvement/deteriation or does it remain the same?
 
She has been lame since late Dec, i got the farrier out to have a look as i thought she was footsore at first. He diagnosed bruised sole and put a set of front shoes on her and she trotted up ok next day. I gave her 6 weeks off then i tried her last week to see how she was..still lame. Its not any worse to be honest but not any better either.
 
How old is she?
Have you had any nerve blocks or anything?
What is the plan if she gets worse?
TBH if she is obviously nodding when ridden I think I would talk to the vet again as if she is obviously lame then she needs proper investigation.
 
Sorry I can't remember exactly how long she was lame. Its my older mare who doesn't get ridden that often and she wasn't noticeably lame toddling around the Paddock.

I think I rode her one weekend and found she was lame so gave her a couple of weeks off, then rode her again and she was still lame, got the vet and then probably waited for the physio for another week or so. So probably it had been about a month or 5 weeks before the physio saw her. Then another 2 weeks before I rode her again and she was sound
 
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