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Camptocormia (bent spine syndrome or BSS): Looking for others
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@laurie386 Have you tried any physical therapy? It sounds like a back muscle weakness from your description. I am a horse owner and nothing works back muscles like riding at a walk because you compensate for all the movement of the horse. It would likely cause a lot of fatigue and soreness at first, but then strengthening if you do it right with good posture. There is equine assisted physical therapy. It might be something to discuss with your doctor.
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Jennifer, thanks for your comment. I hadn't thought about an equine assisted physical therapy. I do ride (not lately, though). An earlier respondent to another person did state that she was using riding her horse at a walk to help build those tricky back muscles. To be clear, my back muscle weakness is from para-spinal muscle atrophy. I have been told by my first neuromuscular physician that those muscles can't be built back to what they were, but can achieve some strength. I will investigate the equine therapy direction. We do have a couple of those businesses in my area. Thanks again!!!