Generally, most low back pain caused by a strain or soft-tissue injury resolves in 3 to 6 weeks.
Most likely, the autopsy would have revealed soft-tissue injury, the bullet and possible damage to cartilage, bone.
It's been proven in humans that they lead to soft-tissue injuries.
The body's frontline response to a soft-tissue injury is inflammation.
I would speculate, based on experience, that we're looking at a soft-tissue injury and not a fracture.
Team doctors diagnosed a soft-tissue injury, commonly known as turf toe.
Conditioning on slippery ground increases the risk that the horse will slip and have a soft-tissue injury.
"Unfortunately, soft-tissue injuries generally fall within that category."
Mr. Martin said not all soft-tissue injuries would necessarily be considered minor.
The horse suffered a soft-tissue injury, but did not appear to have sustained serious injury.
