Oh Dear.

Anky had a massage yesterday and the upshot is that her pelvis is slightly twisted. It has done this before and the osteo corrected it. It is very slight but it is probable that the osteo will have to come and correct it agan. This time we will work together with the masseuse to make sure that the muscles are also attended to. The muscles on her back are tight and have gone into spasm on one side from the point of hip to the back and going down the stomach. So we have an exercise plan for the next two weeks which is lungeing at walk and trot each day, starting five minutes each rein building up to 10-15 minutes, followed by some specific stretching exercises. She will liaise with the osteo for a second appointment in two weeks.
When she's around season time Anky is gassy and stretches (I mean really stretches) but she's been doing it more often recently nowhere near her season which was part of the reason for making the appointment. I showed her a pic of Anky stretching and described how she gets uncomfortable and gassy, and she said she had seen exactly the same thing in her friends mare who had something called "Leaky Gut", i've never heard of it, but it's a deficiency in the digestive process and she said perhaps I should try some probiotics as it had really helped her friends mare. It would be interesting to see if she improves with the probiotic. I've had a recommendation from the vet as to which I should buy and it's on it's way.
This is Anky stretching.