> -----------------Long story, nutshell version is that he had a hard > lump on one side, just behind his wither about 6 months ago. We > highly suspected ill-saddle fit and gave him a few months off, lots > of massage work, lots of chiro, and vet visits.
How old? How long being ridden? >> Do you happen to know if he wears one side of the foot more than > the other? (lateral or medial) > > -----------------Not that we can see. His hooves look very even and > level. No undue wear in any one place. If you take a video, and watch it in slo-mo, is the flight of his legs straight? wing in or out? how does the foot land? (If you can get a video, take it with the horse walking, trotting, straight to you; focus on the legs with closeup.) If you want, you can send it to me to do slo-mo and grab stills.) It's a shot in the dark, but if he has a chronic problem, maybe it starts lower in the leg. On another note, two things, I think sometimes that once there is an injury, it can come back more easily; and sometimes it requires a long lay-off (sometimes a year or two). Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com
