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My horse has been lame for the last couple years without a definite prognosis (suspensory ligaments issue), he was in a small field and he improved lots. Anyway he moved Into a larger field in may, he started to go stiff again after a few weeks, hes now back In a smaller field. The last...

Hello there, I have had to retire my 18 yo gelding due to vets not knowing why he is lame. They are coming in for winter soon and I'll be giving him a small amount of cool mix just as a evening feed. I was looking at supplements just to help his joints and I was advised to mix some...

My 17yo horse has spent 5 months on box rest, after numerous tests, bone scan, xrays etc and eventually a CT scan which showed small tears to the suspensory ligaments in his hind leg. After the diagnosis he had 3 lots of shockwave treatment and 3 months box rest. The vet came out for the...

Thank you, I will check out those links and I'll look for other posts. I spoke to the vet last night who said to turn him out and monitor him for a month and they'll have another look when they come out to do vaccinations. A couple of people have suggested getting the back man/physiotherapist...

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Hello there, I'm new to the forum and I was wondering if anyone has had any of this with their horse.. Back in September the vet came out as my horse was lame, he was given 2 weeks box rest on bute. He then went to the vets for nerve blocks and he didnt block to anything, so another 2...