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Case study information:
๐ดHorse: KWPN mare
๐ดAge: 5 years old
๐ดWork level: Light work 3-4 days per week. Inhand walk work and hacking
๐คทโโ๏ธ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ?
๐ Chronic pelvic asymmetry
๐ Difficulty when being shod for the farrier behind
๐ Behaviour changes when tacking up.
๐โโ๏ธ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต?
๐ After listening to the owner
โ Full history was taken
๐Observation of the horse in the stable,
๐ด Assessment of all three paces,
๐ Full body palpation looking for areas of heat, tension and patterns of compensation,
I was drawn to ๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ข๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ.
๐The pictures above show ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ, roughly 45mins apart. A full body treatment was performed with tailored exercises given to help support and body immediately after treatment.
๐Further communication with the vet and farrier was carried out because this mare is only 5 years old. The body is still maturing at this age and I wanted to make sure we were doing the best we could be doing.
โค๏ธRemember that the ๐๐ค๐๐ฎ is always trying to ๐จ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ก.
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