Unfortunate Event Injury for Guy
Finding Guy having an Eventing injury is very depressing. Knowing I had got a young horse Guy was not produced quickly but followed a competition programme which allowed him to progress without putting him under pressure mentally or physically. Unfortuately Guy sustained an injury to his sacroliac joint/lumbar area possibly from a near fall/slip at Frickley Park BE. Such a genuine horse he competed the rest of the season! I feel a very guilty rider! Only at the end of the season did I notice something was not right.
My last blog had Emily Graham treating Guy with Mctimoney Treatment and she recommended getting a vet to have a look at him. Guy was seen at Oakham Vets where he was thoroughly trotted up, lunged on a hard/soft surface and flexion tested nothing really show up although he was better on his right rein. As he was a young eventer we had his near hind suspensory nerve blocked to eliminate this to be a problem-all clear. The vet there advised us to rest Guy for a few weeks. On returning to work I knew he was still sore, Emily advised to get Roger Lee involved of Tower Vets, Grimsthorpe. He xrayed Guy's lumbar and sacroliac and advised on cortisone injections into these areas, the point of these injections were to allow Guy to work pain free and allow his muscles/ligaments to strengthen up hopefully curing his soreness. The injections start working near enough straight away and keep working for approx a month then start wearing off. Guy had a few days off then started work with plenty of walk in the first week, he felt like 'my guy' was back!!! Second and third week introduced trot. Week four started on cantering.
Finding Guy having an Eventing injury is very depressing. Knowing I had got a young horse Guy was not produced quickly but followed a competition programme which allowed him to progress without putting him under pressure mentally or physically. Unfortuately Guy sustained an injury to his sacroliac joint/lumbar area possibly from a near fall/slip at Frickley Park BE. Such a genuine horse he competed the rest of the season! I feel a very guilty rider! Only at the end of the season did I notice something was not right.
My last blog had Emily Graham treating Guy with Mctimoney Treatment and she recommended getting a vet to have a look at him. Guy was seen at Oakham Vets where he was thoroughly trotted up, lunged on a hard/soft surface and flexion tested nothing really show up although he was better on his right rein. As he was a young eventer we had his near hind suspensory nerve blocked to eliminate this to be a problem-all clear. The vet there advised us to rest Guy for a few weeks. On returning to work I knew he was still sore, Emily advised to get Roger Lee involved of Tower Vets, Grimsthorpe. He xrayed Guy's lumbar and sacroliac and advised on cortisone injections into these areas, the point of these injections were to allow Guy to work pain free and allow his muscles/ligaments to strengthen up hopefully curing his soreness. The injections start working near enough straight away and keep working for approx a month then start wearing off. Guy had a few days off then started work with plenty of walk in the first week, he felt like 'my guy' was back!!! Second and third week introduced trot. Week four started on cantering.
Bringing you up-to-date Guy is doing well riding him up to 1hr-1 1/2 hrs a day, working over his back and enjoying being ridden. Mainly doing his rehab work under saddle I will start to introduce lunging with a Equiami with work over raised poles to encourage him to engage his hindquarters.
With his injury in mind he will not be competing at the start of the season. As much as I want to be the reality is he is my only competition horse with plenty more years left in him if I look after him! He will be out and about when he is 110% right, that's only fair to him and myself. Although I may not be on a horse I will still be spectating and volunteering at events!!!!!!
With his injury in mind he will not be competing at the start of the season. As much as I want to be the reality is he is my only competition horse with plenty more years left in him if I look after him! He will be out and about when he is 110% right, that's only fair to him and myself. Although I may not be on a horse I will still be spectating and volunteering at events!!!!!!