Equine Symptoms

Common Signs there your horse or pony may have a subluxations

A horse will usually attempt to compensate for their spinal or joint subluxations by changing posture or their way of going. The following signs and symptoms may indicate your horse is in discomfort:

• Reduced Performance - Disobedience when ridden, Bucking, Rearing, Nappying, Laziness, One-Sidedness
• Difficulty Working – Rushing, Stiffness and Shortened Stride, Striking off Canter on Wrong Leg, Cantering Disunited
• Abnormal Posture – Resting the same leg, Hunched or Hollowed Back, altered Head Carriage, Uneven Muscle Build-up or Wastage
• Snapping or Pinning ears back – when Handled, Rugged, Saddled or Mounted, Sensitivity to Touch
• Throwing up head – working with an Uneven Contact, Headshaking, Bridle Lameness, Leaning on the Hand
• Lameness – Particularly Chronic and Undiagnosed, Arthritis
• Stopping at Fences – Running Out, Twisting over Fences, Knocking Poles
• Change in Temperament – Horse becoming Depressed and Introverted, Lively and Naughty, Aggressive and Uncooperative
• Loss of condition - Dull Coat, altered Coat Patches, Itching, isolated Sweat Patches Poor-Doer