tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post671647982004567659..comments2024-03-01T06:49:59.106-05:00Comments on Behind the Bit: Can you spot the lameness?Stacey Kimmel-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498926535389535263noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-48488536112500638242012-02-25T15:39:37.984-05:002012-02-25T15:39:37.984-05:00I kind of skimmed the article as it did go into gr...I kind of skimmed the article as it did go into great depths about all the issues and how they were largely corrected. Apparently the horse had an elbow injury that impacted his way of going, which in turn twisted his spine as a largely protective reaction. <br /><br />It looked mostly like a back issue to me, somewhere under the saddle. But switching saddles, etc. had no impact mostly because Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10029423500476995817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-48845718161341641502012-02-25T15:39:37.163-05:002012-02-25T15:39:37.163-05:00My thought was that there was a problem coming fro...My thought was that there was a problem coming from the right elbow. You can see from the very beginning of the video that there just isn't something right there. The article does suggest that the injury originated in that shoulder or elbow, yay me!Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00674033474589261175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-41675456157413091272012-02-25T15:11:11.886-05:002012-02-25T15:11:11.886-05:00There is something off about his right front leg. ...There is something off about his right front leg. The whole leg is rotated so the elbow is seriously pinched. You can see the struggle to get straight when he's asked to trot.<br /><br />I just read through the website, I believe this horse has a dorsal impingement, meaning the dorsal spinal processes, the part of the vertebrae in the horse's back that you can feel when you palpate the Abbie Senesac Lopezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12575657393601843747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-23814203547951210912012-02-25T14:20:37.655-05:002012-02-25T14:20:37.655-05:00Kissing spine?? It says that on the side column o...Kissing spine?? It says that on the side column of the website you posted too.oditheClover Ledge Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03980479474173795906noreply@blogger.com