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RE: [RC] gait anomoly noticed any ideas? - Kitley, Carrie E Civ USAF AFSPC 30 MDSS/SGSLFBarbara, my mare also does that little twist of the right hind before lifting and the vet at the Quicksilver Classic said that there are some horses that just walk this way and it's not really a big issue. However, he did say, if your farrier can make a shoe for that foot which has a little longer heel shank on the inside, it can help to correct this and retrain her to walk w/o the twist. There may be more to this, but as I'm sure you can guess, we didn't have much time to go over it during a ride. Carrie Kitley 30th Medical Group, Vandenberg AFB DMLSS?Database Sustainment Specialist (DSS) CACI?International Inc? www.caci.com dsn?276-1077, Comm (805) 606-1077 fax dsn?276-1179 <\_~ // \\ carrie.kitley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx? -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barbara Moulton Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 7:00 AM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] gait anomoly noticed any ideas? Last week Joy had her first chiro exam. She was found to have lower neck and some mis alignment to the left. Her lameness check was inconclusive at the vets- He thought he could see "something" trotting her out on big sharp rocks barefoot in the parking lot ( wow was I proud of how far she has come in 2005 we couldn't have walked across that) but it wasn't consistant enough for him to pinpoint it exactly but her right inner hock was reactive and the Dr thought that could be referred pain maybe. After her treatment/ajustment I noticed a quicker walk, better attitude and she can flex fully to the left now- I made the appointment to go in when she REFUSED to flex at all to the left and was worried. I watcher her being ridden yesterday in the very soft arena and noticed that she sometimes at the walk about every 8 to 20th step twists her right hind hoof 1/4 turn under her her before she pushes off and lifts it. I did not see this at the trot. The vet suggested maintianing her exercise as he didn't see enough of anything at the clinic to suggest that rest or other treatment was called for. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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