Another Bone Spavin post...

[tasel]

So after the 2nd round of cortison, horse is still a bit lame (tip-toeing, transition trot to walk really not sound), albeit improved. Is the lameness supposed to be totally gone after cortison injections? Horse is also on Bute... so I really don't know what the problem is.

Looking into physio/chiro now to see whether her back is making her lame due to the way she's carrying herself b/c of her hocks...

 

[china]

i would get mctimmoney/chiro out, she may have been over compensating with certain parts of her body because of her hocks and thats the way she know to go now.

 

[arwenplusone]

Sometimes, on some horses, the cortisone is not enough to stop the lameness. In these horses, usually the bone needs to fuse before they come sound again.

 

[tasel]

Thanks for the answers... will get physio/chiro out.

Yes, I have started thinking that I will just have to wait for her bones to fuse... which seems to take an awful lot of time. She first went lame about 10 months ago now.