Episode 49: Shoulder Girdle Injuries In Sport Horses: Part 2 Cause and Effect
Dr. DeClue discusses the Cause and the Effect of Shoulder Girdle Injuries in Sport Horse creating Kissing Spine, Back and Pelvic Pain, Chronic Undiagnosed Front Limb Lameness, Suspensory Strains/Injury and Sleep Deprivation and Collapsing Horses.
Dear Dr DeClue,
thank you for these incredibly interesting and useful podcasts. I am a horse owner in the UK trying to learn what I can to help get to the bottom of my horse’s issues, and how they might be interlinked, or which way around the cause and effect actually is. Frankly at this stage my purpose is not even to be able to ride again necessarily, I just want him to be comfortable. It is shocking the amount of damage we can do to our “best friends”. It makes me think we shouldn’t even be riding these beautiful animals. As each issue is discovered with my horse, it is approached discretely, eg kissing spine, advice was to operate; after more research I asked for a neuro exam first and we discovered arthritis in neck compressing the spinal cord (no KS surgery as he is now said to be a wobbler). I’m sure he has pelvic issues somehow, I started to think he had serious postural issues but didn’t really understand what or how. thanks to your podcasts, I now think shoulder girdle issues may be a big part. thank you for being this voice and helping horse owners learn to be able to advocate for their horses as best they can, and pass on this info to our vets to try and get the right help. My other horse is a shiverer so I am looking forward to listening to more of your podcasts on this. I wish you were in the UK!