redredruby
Well-Known Member
My pony has a very, very sore back and I'm interested in your thoughts as to what could cause it.
He hasn't been ridden since Dec as we've been transitioning to barefoot. He has very thin soles and still needs to wear boots to and from the field but vet and trimmer are happy with progress.
He is completely sound in the school (without boots) and happily goes forward in walk, trot and canter. Physio noted that in canter he is very stiff behind - to the point where there is hardly any bend / flexion in his hind legs.
However, what is confusing me is that when lunging / long reining in walk and trot he is over tracking, stretching over his back with relaxed swinging tail - which I find hard to marry to how sore he seems through his back when he is examined.
Any thoughts / ideas about what might be causing the soreness? He is being treated by physio and if there isn't improvement with inhand work/stretches/massage etc we will get vet but any ideas for investigation would be appreciated!
He hasn't been ridden since Dec as we've been transitioning to barefoot. He has very thin soles and still needs to wear boots to and from the field but vet and trimmer are happy with progress.
He is completely sound in the school (without boots) and happily goes forward in walk, trot and canter. Physio noted that in canter he is very stiff behind - to the point where there is hardly any bend / flexion in his hind legs.
However, what is confusing me is that when lunging / long reining in walk and trot he is over tracking, stretching over his back with relaxed swinging tail - which I find hard to marry to how sore he seems through his back when he is examined.
Any thoughts / ideas about what might be causing the soreness? He is being treated by physio and if there isn't improvement with inhand work/stretches/massage etc we will get vet but any ideas for investigation would be appreciated!