Re: Discombubulated hind end!

[Truman Prevatt <truman.prevatt@netsrq.com>]

I think this is quite common.  When I have anything like this done, I give the
horse some rest to just run around in the pasture to get used to it.  When I do
ride him and he can't seem to find his feet, I don't ride him very hard until he
finds his feet.  It usually takes a few days for this to happen.

Jude Hall wrote:

> LynOlds@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Recently I had a chiroparator out to look at my half-arab. He seems to be
> > dragging his hind feet a little bit and doesn't have much impulsion (so I'm
> > told at rides). The doctor said that he needed adjustment and that his right
> > side is weaker than his left (which explains why he won't bend to the left and
> > throws his head to the right.) Anyway she adjusted him and now he is all
> > discombubulated (sp?) in the hind end, esp. in the downward transition to the
> > walk. Sometimes it looks like he is going to fall down (he seems to trip or
> > something.) I can see this best when he is on the longe line.
>
> Wow, Lynn, I was going to write and ask a similar question.  I had my
> gelding worked on by a DVM accupuncture/chiro.  He actually had been
> going well, but it looked to me that one of his vertebrae looked "out".
>
> Now when riding him, the best I can describe is that I feel like I'm
> riding the front half of one horse and the back half of another.  He
> feels very discombubulated!  However, he *looks* normal going, just
> feels really weird.  I particularly notice that I feel a lack of
> impulsion and that his rear just kind of comes along (once again,
> this doesn't look like what I'm describing).  He doesn't feel
> as if he is really using his hindquarters going down hills.
>
> About 4 years ago we had the horse worked on by the same person, and
> she told me that it often takes a couple of weeks for everything to
> kind of settle in and jell again. Sure enough after a couple of weeks,
> he felt really together again.  So, I'm surely hopeing the same is
> true now.
>
> In the meantime, although he acts normal and is running and playing
> prancing, spinning, etc., when I'm riding him, he is so rough (he
> is a racking horse) I can hardly stand it.
>
> I'm interested to hear other opinions.
>
> Jude Hall
> & Kentucky Redbud
>  However, when I
> > am riding I can feel it. The doctor gave me excercises to help strengthen him,
> > but now I am afraid to do anything with him for fear I will hurt him. Since
> > there was talk about the "roach back" and "hunters bump" on this board I
> > thought maybe everyone could elaborate further and help me with my problem. He
> > does seem to have a slight roach.
> > Should I call the vet or should I have the chiroprator out again? Does anyone
> > else have this problem. Any advice would be appreciated.


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