bone spur on coffin bone

N

newsgirl

New User
Joined
29 April 2009
Messages
6
Visit site
Hi I am new to this forum but desperately need advice. I have an eight your old heavyweight who went lame last year. He had xrays and was diagnosed with a spur on coffin bone vet said it was active ?? and should respond well to treatment. He received an injection in coffin joint i cant remember the mix but someting like Haacid and something else. Although he isnt as lame as was he does still show a short step on a tight turn.
I am keen to try and help him and have asked the vet for a copy of xray and more details on what he was treated with.
I am keen to try a more natural approach and was windering has anyone experience and success
 
My gelding who is now 12 was diagnosed with this when he was about 8. He started going 2/10th lame from walk to trot to walk transitions. I noticed the lameness appeared over the course of a few days, but was never really severe. Interestingly he also had an active splint at the time so i wasn't convinced it wasn't that. Anyway he went in for a lameness workup and they did nerve blocks and xrays and concluded that he had a bony spur on his n/s coffin joint. He was injected with what I recall was HA (Hylauronic Acid) in a downwards position through his coronet band. He hasn't looked back since, but as I say I can't really be sure it was the bony spur and not the active splint, which would have stopped hurting after a few days anyway once it had calcified. The vet did think the splint was just a misnomer.

The following info is off a website:
A popular homeopathic treatment for ringbone is a combination of Calc fluor, Symphytum and Hecia Lava - these 3 remedies are believed to work synergistically to settle the inflammatory process that is encouraging the bony change.
These equine homeopathic remedies are also believed to assist calcium mobilisation to shrink and stabilize the lesion - given over long periods this can be a great benefit.
The symptoms of lameness can be treated as for arthritis - but the best advice is to avoid mixing too many other homeopathic medicines.
Acupuncture can be used to give pain relief to your horse or pony - laser acupuncture can work better than needles and treatments are needed less frequently.
If the ringbone is a simple variety affecting only the outer area of the joint, your horse won't really benefit from a joint supplement-but there are other supplements available to help reduce the amount of Bute you need to give.
The most effective of these may contain ginger and frankincense. Herbal formulas containing comfrey may be useful as well as homeopathic preparations containing Rhus Tox Rutal and Arnica.
You can also try comfrey which is a herb.

These websites may be of interest to you.

http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=10304
http://www.aahec.com/articles.html
http://www.horse-previews.com/1100articles/vetcorner1100.html

Cookies and cream if you got this far and good luck. PM me if you want more info but my memory is a bit sketchy as it was over 4 years ago. x
 
Thank you so much for all that information. i did a bit of research and did have him on hecla lava last year when it happened. sometimes getting these remedies is difficult. The mix you suggested of hecla lava,calc flour etc how much would you suggest and for what period of time?
I will look at the other sites you suggested.
I want also to look again at the xrays I didnt pay enough attention at the time I want to see exactly were the spur is as the horse shows no lameness on a straight line.
Thanks once again
 
Sorry mate I didn't suggest the mix. If you read the post you will see I explained this and I quote

"The following info is off a website:".

Trouble is newsgirl I can't now remember which one. If you google bony spur on coffin joint and homeopathic treatment I think you should find it somewhere. Sorry to be so useless. My horses spur was right at the extreme distal-palmar portion of the bone P3 right under P2 (second phalanx).
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top