I was told in December to do in hand work to strengthen her back as she was probably struggling to hold herself never mind a rider, but with the abscess, all that work was put on hold, then I put off working her once diagnosed to wait till the danilon was in her system and she was comfortable...
I currently have a 11 year old TB mare who in April has been diagnosed with Bone Spavin in one of her hocks. Before this she spent 6-8 weeks in with an abscess the foot of the spavin leg and before that was out of work/in very light work (not ridden, all in hand) from December as we were working...