Roisiny
Active Member
Hi there,
My horse injured her right fore out hunting at the start of November and has been on boxed rest with limited turnout in the arena up to half an hour and hand walking for up to 15min since then. She's had XRays which came up completely clear, and nerve blocks which pinpointed it to her hoof. Vet believes there's damage to the DDFT near her coffin bone. In the beginning she resembled a tripod but has gradually gotten better and is now completely even trotting down the rode straight, no lameness on the right rein on lunge/undersaddle, mostly no lameness on left on lunge circle and slight lameness undersaddle\on smaller lunge circle (I rode her 2 weekends ago as she had come up sound up to then but have since not)
Since she is not insured am looking for more 'home remedies', have seen a lot about ARC Equestrian but it is out of budget. However I remember reading a post on an FB forum about microcurrent therapy using a human devise which lasted a number of times.
Can't remember the name of the one this person suggested, but have also found "Recovery RX" and "Henley Medical" do them, just wondering how these work, are there any downsides/safety precautions. Have also seen snippets of information about the use of magnets, as well as ice boots (however there has never been any heat in her legs, so not sure would this be beneficial) so if any one has any success stories on these that would be great.
Have also seen turmeric and aloe vera being suggested. I know both of these have a bad reputation for being a bit "hippyish", but did get me thinking about if there are supplements to help with tendon repair or indeed if either of these work.
Ultimately neither our normal vet, who has seen her 4 times now, or the vet that did Xrays seem particularly concerned with where she is atm but want to help her out as much as we can.
Thanks in anticipation,
Roisin
My horse injured her right fore out hunting at the start of November and has been on boxed rest with limited turnout in the arena up to half an hour and hand walking for up to 15min since then. She's had XRays which came up completely clear, and nerve blocks which pinpointed it to her hoof. Vet believes there's damage to the DDFT near her coffin bone. In the beginning she resembled a tripod but has gradually gotten better and is now completely even trotting down the rode straight, no lameness on the right rein on lunge/undersaddle, mostly no lameness on left on lunge circle and slight lameness undersaddle\on smaller lunge circle (I rode her 2 weekends ago as she had come up sound up to then but have since not)
Since she is not insured am looking for more 'home remedies', have seen a lot about ARC Equestrian but it is out of budget. However I remember reading a post on an FB forum about microcurrent therapy using a human devise which lasted a number of times.
Can't remember the name of the one this person suggested, but have also found "Recovery RX" and "Henley Medical" do them, just wondering how these work, are there any downsides/safety precautions. Have also seen snippets of information about the use of magnets, as well as ice boots (however there has never been any heat in her legs, so not sure would this be beneficial) so if any one has any success stories on these that would be great.
Have also seen turmeric and aloe vera being suggested. I know both of these have a bad reputation for being a bit "hippyish", but did get me thinking about if there are supplements to help with tendon repair or indeed if either of these work.
Ultimately neither our normal vet, who has seen her 4 times now, or the vet that did Xrays seem particularly concerned with where she is atm but want to help her out as much as we can.
Thanks in anticipation,
Roisin