Can you relate?
Case study information:
๐ดHorse: Cob x TB
๐ดAge: 9 years old
๐ดWork level: Medium work. 4-5 days per week. Hacking, schooling and jumping (1m)
๐คทโโ๏ธ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ?
๐ Rider noticed that the horse is lacking power into the jumps
๐ Difference in canter left to right
๐ When being groomed, the horse is showing changes in behaviour over the hindquarters
๐ Falling through the downwards transitions
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 a ๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ก๐ช๐ข๐๐๐ง - ๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ซ๐๐ 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 to ensure that the gelding had optimum support behind.
โค๏ธRemember that the ๐๐ค๐๐ฎ is always trying to ๐จ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ก.
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