Poor Saddle Fitting
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This horse was a 10 year old eventer that has competed to a high level. His owner felt that his neck was slightly stiff on the right hand side and seems slightly uncomfortable during training. There was no obvious signs of a poor saddle fit and his owners needed to move forward with a treatment plan.
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There was inflammation on the left side of wither which correlates with thermal asymmetry on saddle after saddle fit testing. The right side neck stiffness may be related to saddle fit.
We suggested refit and re-test
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This thermogram shows the changes post exercise.
Summary: Saddler took report into evaluation when relocking the above saddle and symptoms quickly improved.
This horse was a 10 year old eventer that has competed to a high level. His owner felt that his neck was slightly stiff on the right hand side and seems slightly uncomfortable during training. There was no obvious signs of a poor saddle fit and his owners needed to move forward with a treatment plan.
