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> (Whoops--I omitted the subject heading in my previous post --here's 
> another try:)
>
> Bruiser, my big, slow, sweet Andalusian has four or five inch lumps on 
> either side of his hindquarters.  The lump on his right side seems a 
> bit bigger and more solid than the one on the left.  I thought they 
> were exercise-induced muscle spasms until I discovered that they don't 
> disappear with rest.  He doesn't seem to be in pain, though I had 
> thought initially that he was reluctant to go down steep hills because 
> he'd cramped up there.  Now it seems to me that his reluctance to go 
> down steep hills is directly related to the fact that he's being asked 
> to do any work at all after four or five years of hanging out in the 
> pasture.   Now I'm  just curious and worried--can Lipomas be this big? 
>  Whatever they are, they seem to be located just where the muscle 
> sweeps down from the hip and meets with the muscle that sweeps over 
> from the back of the hind leg.  I watched a video called "the Visible 
> Horse" and realized that his lumps occur just where the two big muscle 
> groups come together.  (Great video by the way if anyone out there 
> hasn't seen it--unbelievable art-work.  Very informative for us visual 
> learners....)   Anyone out there have any ideas?
>
> Mary K.


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