vet diagnosis/intuition

["Janet Benke" <qhjanet@hotmail.com>]

Bob Morris raises thoughtful questions about the type of diagnoses vets 
provide, and as a corollary, the questiosn we as owners raise about the 
cause of an injury to our hourses.  It has been, and for the most part, 
always will be, my opinion that treatment, whether human or equine, is for 
symptoms, not for cause.

The industry in which I am employed is very dangerous.  However, this 
facility has an injury rate BELOW the national average.  One reason is that 
the Director of Safety "demands" and investigation of an inuyrt causing 
accident to find the root cause.  (There is a web site on TAPROOT, perhaps 
you can explore on yur own; or, email me privately for more on this at 
qhjanet@hotmail.com.)

The point is, as Morris is suggesting, that a trip on the trail may be the 
immediate cause of an injury, but in order to PREVENT trips in the future, 
you want to be sure that the horse, or the rider, is not affected by some 
underlying cause (e.g., sore muscle, stone bruise, pinched nerve).  It is 
subtle, it is complex, and it demands persistence.  But, for those of you 
have have shaken off the first vet's (or doctor's) opinion and gone on 
because your intuition tells you there is more to it, satisfaction is 
finally finding the root cause, and treating THAT.

Janetb
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