both hind suspensory!!

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my horse did both his hind suspensory's last year, he has had 11 months off and has been sound for at least 5 months now. Who has expericenced this and what are his chances of jumping/ hunting again??
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I had an ex racer who had pulled his off the sesamoid attachment and came sound to do cross country with no problems
 
Was wondering if you had your horse treated medically or if not what did you do to help him. My horse has just been diagonsed with hind supensory problems and i have just had cortisone injected but nothing else. He's only 11 and not insured. He hunts, TC and events and would love for him to return to some sort of work but the vets only say 45% chance of this happening. Any thoughts?
 
he was x-rayed whiched showed the results, took a long time to discovery what it was, mistaken for a bad back!! I was told to turn him away till he was sound and then start work very slowly, 6-8 weeks walking, no schooling, circles etc
but they also showed he has arthritus starting on both hinds but vets said not bad case yet?
So will prob need to cortisone at some point but have decided if he cannot jump/hunt if will retire him, he is 12 and not insured, and would not cope as a light hack!!
At the moment we have just started walking and he is desperate to do more, keeps jumping electric fencing in his field for fun, so feels well??
 
Mine did both hinds (one worse that other) mid 2005. Operated on Dec 05 (fasciotomy? and neurectomy). She came back sound and has competed beyond the level she did pre op so in my book it was a success. We event/dressage/ SJ. The rehab was hard tho - esp. as she is a bit of a loon and I kept convincing myself she wasn't right but I was proved wrong! I was lucky in that she was insured and the NFU paid out fairly promptly.
My vet told me that PSD (ie its technical term!) is often difficult to diagnose hence often the injuries are fairly established by the time its pinpointed and therefore not suitable for many other treatments which he said worked best on fresh injuries (ie the shockwave therapy).
There is lots of info on this site however and lots of success stories (unlike generally when I searched the net when mine had it and found there was lots of older info giving this a very poor prognosis!). Its a much more common injury now (or more common to diagnose?!), so I am sure thats lead to better outcomes.
Good luck with your horse.
 
Mine did his last summer. Four shockwave treatments, a course of adequan, 13 weeks box rest in total but in hand walking throughout. Full recovery (so far!) and vet thinks no reason why he won't be back doing everything he was before, so for a 16 year old horse, not too bad at all!
 
i think it depends how badly he hurt the ligaments. Like an earlier post says, there is lots of info on suspensory ligament damage on this site which i have consulted and which gave me hope. My horse did his off fore (never knew how) 2 years ago and has been hunting since, but the leg does still sometimes get hot and swell up. He had cortizone injection after a scan and a lot of rest initially. He sometimes has bute but at the moment is not on anything and I am seeing how it goes. Each case is probably different, your vet is the best person to advise you. I think if you take it slowly (lots of walking) then the prognosis is good for hunting.
Good luck.
 
My advanced endurance horse did his off hind lower suspensory ligament last October. He was given shock wave treatment kept in a very small corral (Does not do stabling)

We were told he may not come back into work, but 5 months down the line he is back working. We are building up his trot work and he is fine.

He will not come back into competition and I will pick which ones I do until mid summer.

They can come back and do normal things.

I have also got an Arab mare that did a front suspensory when she was 10 yrs and she is 20 now. Has had her best season last year winning 2 endurance races and the Veteran marathon including taking best condition.

Look on the bright side and the season ahead.
 
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