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Discussion on Wobbles or just needs ajustment
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New Member:
rex600
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Posted on Monday, May 7, 2012 - 7:40 pm:
I just got a awesome 3yr Tb gelding, just been "cowboy geld". Tied up thrown down, legs tore up, gentiles swollen and infected. Had 6 rides on him and was loping on 3 legs.Realy favored his right hind and sore in front,barefoot. Got him home, put shoes (feet were a mess)went a little better, all healed up from gelding, but not right. hard time getting up, sometime falls behind trotting but mostly loping, stumbles, failed tail pull standing and walking, crosses behind while walking but no heal damage. I red in a post Dr. O says do not adjust a spinal injury. Is It posable his vertebrae is just out?
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stek
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Posted on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 12:22 pm:
Susie has this horse been seen by a vet? That's where I'd start.
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New Member:
rex600
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Posted on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 1:39 pm:
Hi Shannon, not yet. I have scheduled him for an adjustment. This person comes highly recommended and will do a comprehensive eval before any adjusting takes place. I feel a vet wont really tell me anything I dont already expect or know (with input from educated horse friends) with out costly tests. I have a bad back and being adjusted is what has saved me, just hope it does the same for this horse. Was wondering if anyone had a horse with this much going on and a adjustment fixed it?
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lbrnm
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Posted on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 4:43 pm:
Would definitely start with an examination by a vet. How long ago was this "cowboy gelding" performed? If he was "tied up and thrown down", there may have some damage done to his legs and/or hips and/or back.
Were the 6 rides and 3-legged loping done before or after he was gelded?
How long ago were the shoes put on him? His feet should be checked for balance. Was he having stumbling/falling problems before the shoes were put on?
I'd definitely follow DrO's advice of not adjusting if there is possibility of a spinal injury, which just from your description, could be a possibility.
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DrO
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Posted on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 7:41 pm:
Welcome SUSIE,
There is no medical definition for a vertebrae being "out" so I am uncertain what you might mean by this. As to whether a chiropracter can help you or not I do not know. My experience leads me to believe a veterinary evaluation by an experienced equine veterinarian will be more reliable than one by a nonveterinarian.
DrO
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New Member:
rex600
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Posted on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 4:32 pm:
Nicole, first saw horse about 8 days after geld, was lame then, thought do to leg abrasions, swelling and needing shoes, made sense. I have a great shoer and now that he is healed from the geld issue and leg abrasions, has shoes and should be sound the obvious is he was injured during the gelding. However, not necessarily or maybe a combination of factors. Im piecing it all together and am proceeding with the eval from the adjuster, at which time he may or may not get an adjustment. I may end up with the help of a vet if adjusting is not appropriate, but if it is a "misalignment" of the vertebrae do to trauma, a adjustment is necessary. I am hopping it will be that simple, but realise it may not. Thanks for your input.
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