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Discussion on Short-Strided in Right Hind
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cpaddock
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Posted on Friday, Oct 21, 2011 - 10:43 pm:
Hi Dr. O,
I just bought my 5 year old Thoroughbred gelding 10 weeks ago, and have no history on him prior to August 1, 2011. He went from never being used to being worked every day, so I think this may have something to do with his lameness (he has been doing equitation work). About 6 weeks ago I was lunging him in a round pen and stopped immediately after starting because he was obviously lame, probably in his right hind leg. When I got him home, it turns out he had a stone in his right hind hoof that was causing the lameness. The next day he was fine. But slowly the lameness came back... some days he would be fine, and some days he would be visibly off in the right hind. At first I thought it was because his hind feet were crumbling and in bad need of shoes, but once I had them put on his lameness did not improve. Then I thought perhaps it was a sore sole, so I treated him for thrush, and again no improvement (I have also purchased Durasole and plan on using that on him, just waiting for it to arrive in the mail). His lameness is only apparent at the trot, in both directions. He is significantly short-strided on the right hind in both directions, and visibly moves the right hind leg differently than he moves the left hind. He also DrOps his right hip significantly at the trot in both directions. Today I could not even pick up his left hind leg to pick his hoof because he did not want to bear the weight on his right leg. Any idea what this could be? Is it his stifle? Do I need to get my vet out? If so, what tests should she perform? Or could it be chiropractic in nature?
Thank you for your help!
Carolyn
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babychop
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Posted on Friday, Oct 21, 2011 - 11:34 pm:
Of course Dr O is the authority in this but I had a similar situation with my 5yo OTTB, he was short strided on one side behind and I just couldn't figure it out. Finally had my vet out to x-ray everything, fetlocks, hocks, stifles... Turns out he's got arthritis in his hocks and the 2nd joint up from the bottom is fused on one side & almost fused on the other. Doc injected cortisone and said give it some time and it's improved a great deal since then.
Of course that doesn't mean it's what is wrong with your TB but I waited to have the vet out and DrOve myself crazy trying to figure out what it was... My guy is 17.3 though so he's going to have joint issues due to his size. Might make you feel better to have him take a look though.
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gramsey1
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Posted on Sunday, Oct 23, 2011 - 8:58 pm:
https://www.horseadvice.com/horse/messages/4/5284.html
See the section, where is it in the leg.
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36541
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Posted on Monday, Oct 24, 2011 - 6:57 am:
Hi Carolyn, welcome to HA If your vet will do progressive nerve blocking you could isolate the site of the lameness and go from there. Did the farrier think there was a stone bruise when he came out to shoe? For me, enough time would have passed by now for a formal veterinary lameness exam - you obviously want to use and progress with this horse and the lack of diagnosis won't help that. Best wishes, Stacy
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DrO
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Posted on Monday, Oct 24, 2011 - 8:37 am:
Welcome Carolyn,
Guy has it right above. From your description I am uncertain about which leg is lame (the hip DrOpping as a locator depends on where in the gait cycle this happens) and certainly there seem to be no localizing signs unless the rock created a bruise. The article above discusses picking out which leg then presents a logical method for working up the lameness. This is where I would recommend you start.
DrO
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