The Problem Of Kissing Spine Syndrome
The Problem Of Kissing Spine Syndrome (KSS, also called dorsal spinous process impingement (DSPI) is the discomfort caused mostly by an inflammatory response of the periosteum, the thin soft tissue layer covering the bone. When periosteum gets irritated, proportionate swelling will occur which makes it easier for the processi (see header picture) to touch one another. The formation of osteophytes (see header picture) narrows the gaps even more. That is why steroid injections are administered, however, there are many more things you and your vet can consider. If contact between spinous processes becomes bone-to-bone then of course there is no alternative to surgery e.g. gap widening or height reduction of alternative processes.
In the very early stages of her sponsored ridership, Three Day Eventer Victoria Bax owned a horse with KSS which had to be injected regularly be her vet. Then the horse went on the Aloeride… When the vet was invited for a further injection, he said something along the lines of “gosh that last injection worked really well because I haven’t been for ages”. That is when the penny dropped for Victoria and Jason, the only change in the horse’s routine had been the addition of Aloeride. So a little conflab with us was had and this went along the lines of “did you know that Aloeride could do this”… We did, happy days!The stability of any joint is determined by a) joint shape, b) ligaments/joint capsule and c) muscles. So it comes as no surprise that improving the top line (the erector spinae muscle group) is a very sensible thing to do. That starts with building top line muscle by way of feeding broad spectrum amino acids and other related nutrients. Beyond exercise including stretches, you keep this muscle group flexible by reducing cross-fibre linkage by way of transverse frictions (a particular form of massage), this is far more specific than Cyclomassage, not least because the latter doesn’t provide any feedback. Try to reduce reactive spasm by sustained well-tolerated pressure on myofascial points or with professional laser equipment. The benefits of electro-therapy is long established within physiotherapy and devices such as Arcequine or Vet H-Wave may help in addition to manual therapy but not instead of it. Also ours is a specialist feed supplement that can modulate the natural inflammatory response. Beyond a raft of other nutrients, Aloeride aloe vera’s plant steroids, plant sterols and plant beta-linked polysaccharides can contribute hugely to keeping soft tissue cool. Reactive spasm comes secondary to an inflammatory response, so it would be no use to manually address the former without doing something about the latter. You shall want to improve the local perfusion, in the blood are the molecules that deal with inflammation, so the more blood flows to the affected area, the greater the chance of reducing inflammation. Local circulation can be helped by normal infrared (warm water bottle), deep infrared, high output ultrasound, laser or electro-magnetic fields (shortwave diathermy). Needless to state that circulation is improved by (slowly warming up) exercise assuming this doesn’t trigger the KSS. A professional review of the biomechanics with a view to loading and mobility around the Kissing Spine Syndrome level should be part of your approach.
Here is your introductory Aloeride Offer!
Give your horse 12 litres of Soil Association Organic Aloe Vera Barbadensis Miller in 30 palatable powder servings. One supplement with many benefits to your horse (and you)..