Re: Discombubulated hind end!

[Jude Hall <hall@cc.denison.edu>]

LynOlds@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Recently I had a chiroparator out to look at my half-arab. He seems to be
> dragging his hind feet a little bit and doesn't have much impulsion (so I'm
> told at rides). The doctor said that he needed adjustment and that his right
> side is weaker than his left (which explains why he won't bend to the left and
> throws his head to the right.) Anyway she adjusted him and now he is all
> discombubulated (sp?) in the hind end, esp. in the downward transition to the
> walk. Sometimes it looks like he is going to fall down (he seems to trip or
> something.) I can see this best when he is on the longe line.


Wow, Lynn, I was going to write and ask a similar question.  I had my
gelding worked on by a DVM accupuncture/chiro.  He actually had been
going well, but it looked to me that one of his vertebrae looked "out".

Now when riding him, the best I can describe is that I feel like I'm
riding the front half of one horse and the back half of another.  He
feels very discombubulated!  However, he *looks* normal going, just
feels really weird.  I particularly notice that I feel a lack of 
impulsion and that his rear just kind of comes along (once again,
this doesn't look like what I'm describing).  He doesn't feel
as if he is really using his hindquarters going down hills.

About 4 years ago we had the horse worked on by the same person, and
she told me that it often takes a couple of weeks for everything to
kind of settle in and jell again. Sure enough after a couple of weeks,
he felt really together again.  So, I'm surely hopeing the same is
true now.  

In the meantime, although he acts normal and is running and playing
prancing, spinning, etc., when I'm riding him, he is so rough (he
is a racking horse) I can hardly stand it.

I'm interested to hear other opinions.

Jude Hall 
& Kentucky Redbud
 However, when I
> am riding I can feel it. The doctor gave me excercises to help strengthen him,
> but now I am afraid to do anything with him for fear I will hurt him. Since
> there was talk about the "roach back" and "hunters bump" on this board I
> thought maybe everyone could elaborate further and help me with my problem. He
> does seem to have a slight roach.
> Should I call the vet or should I have the chiroprator out again? Does anyone
> else have this problem. Any advice would be appreciated.