When To Seek Treatment

Indications in animals vary and most owners will recognise when their horse is in pain, or showing signs of distress. As a guide owners should consider seeking treatment if their horse displays any of the following signs:

• Unlevelness, especially behind
• Uneven wear of shoes
• Sore or cold backs, uneven pressure from saddles or the saddle slipping to one side
• Unexplained deterioration in usual performance
• Asymmetry, such as stiffness on one rein, or a disunited canter
• Unexplained resistances, such as napping, rearing, refusing, bucking, etc.
• Uneven muscle development or atrophy
• Lameness that has not been resolved through veterinary treatment
• Rehabilitation after acute trauma or operation