In December of 2005 I met Breeze. She was an 8 year old Morgan mare who was part of a string of horses used for taking tourists on trail rides here in the Coronado National Forest. She had been diagnosed with severe impaction almost 2 months before and was having to be flushed manually every day with water and given laxatives in order for her to pass manure. Her owner were about to put her down when we met.
What 3 vets had failed to notice was that Breeze’s tail could be lifted up and laid along her spine and her anus was completely flaccid. Her sacrum was twisted and one hip was locked at least 2 inches above and in front of the other. Subsequent vet inspection (by a different vet) showed that Breeze had somehow broken her sacral spine in two to three places and stretched or torn the sacral ligaments. She couldn’t poop because she had damaged the nerves that controlled peristalsis.
This was a very intelligent mare; Breeze had figured out how to move the fecal bundle through her body by stretching as if urinating to move it past the diaphragmatic flexure in the chest. She would then lay down and roll to move it past the pelvic flexure. A little while later the manure would simple fall out. This process had undoubtedly kept her alive in the months since she had been hurt.
In addition to repeated chiropractic treatments to balance the hips we BioScanned Breeze and began daily sessions with the spinal pad. On her first day she was able to pass manure! We continued daily spinal pad sessions along with herbal anti-inflammatories along the spine and in her feed. She also got blue-green algae to stimulate stem cell production to help regrow the nerves in the spinal cord.
Within weeks she was pooping regularly without having to lay down. By spring she was able to swish her tail! She was back on pasture and being a horse. Breeze was a true trooper and really showed us the value of the spinal pad.
Kay Aubrey-Chimene, RMT
BioNutritional Consultant
Grand Adventure Ranch
Equine Wellness Center
http://www.grandadventuresranch.com