Those who have done a KS rehab - either just the conservative route or surgery, what did your rehab routine look like?
Long story as short as possible here - pony has been out of work due to moving back and forth across the country, work schedule, and lack of saddle. Had some concerns about his feet and am currently chasing fixing them with the new farrier (we JUST suddenly moved back to the south so everything is still in the early phases). I also have some concerns about his back besides general weakness, he’s got these two “bumps” on his spine as well as nonspecific back soreness. I want to start getting him back into shape to see what is simple weakness vs something more, but I want to do it right.
Thing is, I’m a bit short on diagnostic cash at the moment - I ultimately want X-rays of his feet and back but with moving and higher board the spare change just isn’t here yet. So, I’ve been researching the “back to work” protocol for a suspected kissing spine diagnosis. I figure that even with a dx, cash for the surgery will be a while coming so I’d be trying the conservative approach in the meantime anyways. All I’m finding is “lots of long and low to build topline” but nothing specific otherwise. This is a horse coming out of the pasture with zero fitness.
I’d love to hear what y’all did!