Tuffy a 34 yr old Quarter horse / retired broodmare.
Tuffy has arthritis in both front legs and also a past injury on her left front.
She has synovial filling in her knees and its been given anti inflammatory.
When I was working on her she was very stiff and could not bend her knees due to development of calcification in the knee joints.
She also carries way more weight in the front than in then hind end which tells me that there is misalignment, especially when horses shift weight to move away from discomfort.
Her Pelvis was rotated to the left and pronated to the right side. Her left shoulder was sitting outwards and she had a lot misalignment through the spinous process. (three Wither, three Ribs and four Lumbar were misaligned) Furthermore I adjusted two misaligned cervical.
After the chiropractic treatment I did acupressure massage and worked on tight Stress Points.
Her response was great. She was licking and chewing, lowered her head which was very difficult for her before the treatment and she move out better.
I am glad that I got to work on her. At this stage it’s about making her as comfortable as possible and helping her in taking discomfort away. It was her first treatment in over 30 years.