Kris I am addressing the sore back to ridecamp
because I had a horse who had a sore back for years and thousands of
miles. I went through many vets, acupuncture, massage and chiro, gads of
saddles, took riding lessons and tried to face the guilt that I was doing
something wrong.
It was at the ROC in Utah when a vet approached me
and asked if I had a history of back problems. She could tell that my
horses jaw was out of alignment. When she
showed me how his upper and lower jaw did not meet properly. This put
pressure on the junction of the joint where his mandible, temporal and zygomatic
bones meet. She stated that any "treatment"
would provide only temporary relief, lasting for a few months. I needed a
orthodontic to realign his jaw.
Within a month of treatment the sore back was gone
and I never had the pr0oblem again. Just take a minute and open his
lips. See if his teeth are in alignment. Place your fingers at
the TMZ junction and see if he is sore in the area. It is so easy to notice once
you look for it. Wish you the best. Pat