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Horse hit the foot - Help?

About three weeks ago my horse kicked back pretty hard and left limping for about 5 minutes. It seemed to go on foot in the country - who arrived in the sound. He worked as normal the rest of the week, including weekends, was jumping without signs of lameness. After about five days after he was limping, especially in trot saw that it was "Encouraging" the leg. veterinarian called and found your pulse (as he suffers with laminitis), were normal, no heat, no etc etc all seemed normal, inflammation, so he said a week off. Vet and blacksmith came Monday this week to review and ran to him - he was sound. Said start working it, so I lightly in the household, which seemed fine. Today Wednesday went stable a-sound, and is resting this stage all the time. Should I insist that x-rays? Could I have missed a bone? Could be an abscess? Any suggestions welcome.

If this has been for a while and has been off and the sound gave me an X-ray. If it was an abscess, your farrier would have found. You can use the handle of a pick and leg press about the exclusive his horse, which will show you if the pain is in the sole. Then it's your call to call veterinarian and have him solve the case of an abscess or chipped bone.