Tag: sacro illiac

Sacro-illiac Issues Resolved

17 March, 2021

Zoe’s horse Alfie had Sacro-illiac Issues – he was disuniting……  ‘Alfie’ suddenly began disuniting at the canter, but only on the right lead. He had never done this before, and it had only started in the last couple of weeks. He appears normal at the walk, a little stiff but not too bad at the trot and disunites within the first few strides of canter on the right lead (he is perfectly fine on the left). He warms up out of it after about 20 minutes. He is currently being fed beet as well as oaten chaff etc. In terms…

Sacro-illiac and Saddle-fit Problems

24 September, 2015

These are so common and more often than not are NOT the result of an injury. They can easily be just another manifestation of a serious mineral imbalance, that of excess potassium relative to sodium, chloride, calcium and magnesium! Often this goes along with the other symptoms of being touchy, not wanting to be groomed, saddled etc. If you put your horse on the lunge, at the walk they may appear normal, the trot may be normal or they may appear stiff or tight behind, not tracking up. Where it really shows up is at the canter especially the first few…