Re: RC: Sore back

[JPascu@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/5/01 2:25:47 PM Central Daylight Time, LynOlds@aol.com 
writes:


> Anyway, now my horse's back is sore and I am wondering if maybe he pulled 
> something. I have called the chiropractor who said he would come out to 
> adjust him as soon as the soreness was gone.


I would hope that the Chiro suggested ways to help the soreness. 
If this were my horse. I would suspect a couple of things went wrong. 
Assuming he had his rear leg caught forward and was trying to re-tract it 
back, he may have strained his hamstrings, gluteals and erector group along 
the spine. The CTR Vet should have noticed if he was lame, and if he was sore 
on both sides of the back or only on one side. I would suspect he would be 
sore on both sides given the incident you mentioned and the riding with an 
need to compensate. The other suspect is you are riding off to one side. Look 
at how he stands. If he's rotated an illia on the side that got stuck he'll 
with that leg forward, the point of the butt on that side will be lower. 
(using the hamstrings to pull the leg back with the foot stuck forces all of 
the movement to the illia and sacrum. A hamstring pull would show up as 
lameness.). 
Anyway, if it were my horse I'd want to get the heat out of the back, ice, 
ice towels... and gentle compressions to get the blood moving.
A call to a DVM if the Chiro isn't one, is really in order here. 
regards

Jim Pascucci
Advanced Certified Rolfer
www.equinesi.com