These sounds are more common in older horses (and older people too). Some are related to defects in skeletal structure, while others are caused by strain or overuse. See her results with one horse below! Subject: RE: BS: Folk Songs / Horses. hey- my new nag also has clicky joints. It is not always easy to locate or diagnose the source of lameness in a horse, or sometimes to decide exactly which leg it is lame on. She aIso falls out with her hindleg (a sliping action) which is also related to the stifle ligament. Some are related to defects in skeletal structure, while others are caused by strain or overuse. A comprehensive holistic home-care program will keep your arthritic horse … Massage is not a cure for arthritis, but it can slow down the degenerative process and offer pain relief. Exercises in hand with straight walks. This includes tears in the joint capsule, the ligaments supporting the sides of the joints, small ligaments between bones in the hock or knee joint, and damage to the menisci or the "X" shaped internal stabilizing cruciate ligaments in the stifle. The skull. A locking stifle is different to a 'sticky' stifle and OP said horse was 4.5yrs.

The trainer is right that it is not normal but if it is just clicky joints and she is not lame that might be all it is. Hi everyone, been offline for a while, hope you and your four legged friends are happy and healthy :) My 6 year old gelding has always been a bit 'clicky' in his hocks. It is fairly common in young horses, most grow out of it, some breeds are predisposed to the condition ie Fells.

I was just advising OP of my mares treatment as she was 5 when it happend and wish I had xrayed her feet sooner. Horses with structural instability in the joint.

The different roles of the mouth of the horse . Reasons Your Knees Are Clicking and Ways to Help Clicking knees are often caused by injuries or stress to the knee or leg.

The stifle is the joint lying under the heavy muscle at the top of the back leg where the leg almost meets the belly. One of my horses back legs at the fetlock is clicking and is very stiff when he tries to move it or lift it up i can tell it hurts him because when i try to push him over he wont move it over or he will drag his leg a bit so he wont have to pull it up. If this is the case, there will be recovery with rest and muscle development. Under normal conditions a horse will spend 15 – 18 hours a day foraging. Equine joints can snap and click even when there is nothing wrong with the horse. In older horses it is best managed by work to build up muscle around the joint, lots of hill work etc.

The horse can also get something called slipped stifle but the horse's leg would lock and he or she would not be able to put the foot to the ground as it is stuck part way through a movement or drags it as if paralysed.

Clicking or Snapping of Hind Limbs at Walk. This can be done with a targeted exercise programme or, if the condition is severely affecting your horse’s quality of life, with surgery (see more on this below). I agree that a locking stifle needs consistent work.

Who said it? Summary. The mouth of the horse is developed for effective intake, sorting and chewing of grass. 24, 2013, 06:31 PM My horse, the same one with all the ditch issues, who by the way is getting significantly better with some of the feedback I got, has always had a really weak back end.

Horses typically need at least four treatments to recover or get on the road to recovery, says Harman.

Horses with structural instability in the joint.

Testing For Shoulder Lameness in a Horse or Pony. She had a very clicky hind leg which at times looked pretty stiff.

Whether or not this condition requires treatment will depend on the damage caused. That does sound a bit ridiculous, since all the horses online that I've read about have been a wide variety, and not one was a Morgan. I am if you read the original post, and the one above yours. Bog spavin, bone spavin, curb, thoroughpin, capped hock…a host of problems can occur in this important joint in a horse’s hind leg. No hard training work until the stifle locking disappears. She was given… There are several ligaments that control how the stifle moves and these are attached to some very strong muscles that run upward along the horse's femur and downwards along the tibia.