Any information on injuries with the Collateral Ligament of the coffin joint

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My old guy has damaged his ligament in his hoof, we diagnosed it last year (January), the vet scanned him which showed slight enlargement of the ligament.
The bugger came back sound and we started to increase the work with intentions to event this year (dropping to 70cm) just for fun. He is 22 yrs old, with a body like a 7 year old and his brain is on fire! He most defo wants to be in work.

The silly bugger had a wonderful time out the field with his buddies, galloped around like he was the Cheltenham winner, and then he become lame again. He is just mildly lame, and he has improved already and only a week has passed, so we are pleased so far. We haven't had a CT as the cost is insane! We did have an xray this time as we wanted to check hoof balance which was good, but we found a boney spur, which the vet believes it could be the ligament has pulled off a bit of bone that has calcified.
Without the CT we can't be very specific, I wish I had that sort of money free to spend atm but he has cost so much already with othe ailments.

Have any of you been through this with your horse? There aren't many case studies etc... online. I can find plenty of information of what we should be doing, but I want to hear peoples experiences.

He is barefoot infront, and his feet are trimmed on a 5 week cycle, he is in a very good diet and looks a million dollars! He does have Cushings, but is medicated and I test frequently to make sure we are on top of it. I really do believe that many of his issues was down to undiagnosed Cushings, but that would be a
whole new thread! The poor lad has been through the mill! That is why I really hoped he might have had a few outings this year, just to have great fun, he lives to go out in the trailer!
We have him on Equinox for anti inflamatory, and I plan to take him down for Shockwave therapy

Thank you for your time! xx
 
I had one with this. He'd been on and off lame with a previous owner, but I had him after a prolonged period of field rest (years not months) after which he seemed 100% sound.

I got him fit very slowly and kept him sound for over a year. He competed successfully in this time at eventing, however, the injury recurred.

After that, I gave him a steroid and rested again, after which he was again sound. However, I decided that he had been so carefully rested then rehabbed in the first place, that it was simply a case that he'd not stand up to proper work, and sold him for £1 to a friend who wanted a happy hacker.

TBF, it was good for him but also not without issues. I would say he was off work for 3 months a year. The lameness was very low grade though so, even when not completely sound, he didn't seem to be in wild pain. It was the sort of lameness where you could ride him sound, and he had no bad behaviour that would indicate he wasn't up for life. He was generally dramatic as a horse too, so wouldn't have been shy to make his feelings known.

He lived a happy life with my friend, with regular time off and happy hacking until he was 25 years old, where he was finished off by something unrelated.

For him, it seemed an annoying niggle, which came sound after a bit of rest. It was just that it recurred.
 
If he had shoes on you'd have a better prognosis because you could take the shoes off. I had one barefoot with this injury. He was fine when I bought him and when I sold him after eventing him at BE90, but the new owners didn't give him consistent work in winter and he went lame. They had him MRI scanned and that showed old damage, from before I bought him, and new damage. He was got right again with a barefoot rehab at Rockley and then kept sound with consistent work, mostly on straight lines.

Has your guy got good heels and a heel first landing where both sides of the heel hit the floor at the same time?
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ycbm said:
If he had shoes on you'd have a better prognosis because you could take the shoes off. I had one barefoot with this injury. He was fine when I bought him and when I sold him after eventing him at BE90, but the new owners didn't give him consistent work in winter and he went lame. They had him MRI scanned and that showed old damage, from before I bought him, and new damage. He was got right again with a barefoot rehab at Rockley and then kept sound with consistent work, mostly on straight lines.

Has your guy got good heels and a heel first landing where both sides of the heel hit the floor at the same time?
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I won't be putting shoes back on him, the pros of him being barefoot outweigh having shoes on. He lands very well, and his feet look very balanced. It was one of the reasons we took xrays last week, I wanted to know what his feet are doing.
They are probably the best they have been in a very long time, which I am so chuffed with
He is relatively sound in a straight line, and ever slightly off on a turn. I've seen horses competing that look lamer than him 🙊
 
Red-1 said:
I had one with this. He'd been on and off lame with a previous owner, but I had him after a prolonged period of field rest (years not months) after which he seemed 100% sound.

I got him fit very slowly and kept him sound for over a year. He competed successfully in this time at eventing, however, the injury recurred.

After that, I gave him a steroid and rested again, after which he was again sound. However, I decided that he had been so carefully rested then rehabbed in the first place, that it was simply a case that he'd not stand up to proper work, and sold him for £1 to a friend who wanted a happy hacker.

TBF, it was good for him but also not without issues. I would say he was off work for 3 months a year. The lameness was very low grade though so, even when not completely sound, he didn't seem to be in wild pain. It was the sort of lameness where you could ride him sound, and he had no bad behaviour that would indicate he wasn't up for life. He was generally dramatic as a horse too, so wouldn't have been shy to make his feelings known.

He lived a happy life with my friend, with regular time off and happy hacking until he was 25 years old, where he was finished off by something unrelated.

For him, it seemed an annoying niggle, which came sound after a bit of rest. It was just that it recurred.
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Omg that's what it is like for this guy. He looks mad when it pains him and does his karate chop 🙊😂
Red-1 said:
I had one with this. He'd been on and off lame with a previous owner, but I had him after a prolonged period of field rest (years not months) after which he seemed 100% sound.

I got him fit very slowly and kept him sound for over a year. He competed successfully in this time at eventing, however, the injury recurred.

After that, I gave him a steroid and rested again, after which he was again sound. However, I decided that he had been so carefully rested then rehabbed in the first place, that it was simply a case that he'd not stand up to proper work, and sold him for £1 to a friend who wanted a happy hacker.

TBF, it was good for him but also not without issues. I would say he was off work for 3 months a year. The lameness was very low grade though so, even when not completely sound, he didn't seem to be in wild pain. It was the sort of lameness where you could ride him sound, and he had no bad behaviour that would indicate he wasn't up for life. He was generally dramatic as a horse too, so wouldn't have been shy to make his feelings known.

He lived a happy life with my friend, with regular time off and happy hacking until he was 25 years old, where he was finished off by something unrelated.

For him, it seemed an annoying niggle, which came sound after a bit of rest. It was just that it recurred.
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That's what my guy sounds like! If he is in pain, he goes quiet and is off immediately! I literally have the vet on standby, all I say is he is off and they now come out straight away 😂
I have owned him since he was 6 months old, so if we can just have the odd bumbling hack then we will be happy but I suppose I'm holding on to the what if I could get out to a ODE! Just dreaming I guess 😫
 
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