Bruised sole?

[dwi]

Apologies for the double posting but I know alot of people don't go in vets.

D went suddenly lame yesterday while cantering out on a hack along a bridle path . I pulled up thinking she had a stone in her shoe but there was none to be seen. She was almost comletely sound within a minute or two as I led her back to the yard apart from hopping occasionally on rough ground.

There was no heat or swelling so i cold hosed her and then turned her out because she is in a tiny little field on her own so not much chance to run about anyway. She was merrily trotting round the field saying hello to friends over the fence with no sign of lameness so I felt okay last night.

When i went to check on her this morning I decided to bring her in for a cold hosing to be on the safe side and again we had a few hopping lame strides on stony ground.

There is still no heat or swelling but I've left her in for the day on the safe side because I couldn't bring myself to lead her back out again on the stony path.

Would a bruised sole be the most likely? What else would cause occassional severe lameness in a horse that is fine the rest of the time?

How would you treat it?

Thanks

A worried becky

 

[wildpoppywild]

this is exactly what my TB's doing just now! she can gallop about like a looney on grass but sore on hard stoney ground

 

[Sprout]

One of mine quite often gets a bruised sole - he had one recently and I had to rest him for a couple of weeks before he was fully sound again. On my vets and farriers suggeston I have put him on Biotin and am using a sole hardener to try to avoid it happening too often.

 

[dwi]

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One of mine quite often gets a bruised sole - he had one recently and I had to rest him for a couple of weeks before he was fully sound again. On my vets and farriers suggeston I have put him on Biotin and am using a sole hardener to try to avoid it happening too often.

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Can I ask what the symptoms are? D has only ever been lame once before and that was a tendon injury so I'm not sure what this is. Does it sound like a bruised sole to you? I'm wondering if I ought to call my farrier to have a look?

 

[TheFarrier]

It could easily be a bruised sole and once bruised then it easy for anything that touches it to cause additional pain which is why you see on and off lameness.

I would suggest calling the farrier just incase as it will be easy to pin point a bruise if this is what is causing the lameness

 

[saddlesore]

DO you have hoof testers? they normally react quite strongly to them is they have bruised their foot. If it is a bruise i would keep in for 10 days of so (bruises take ages to heal) and would tub with epsom salts/soda crystals twice a day and poultice for a couple of days. I would also give arnica tabs. My friends horse has bruised soles at the mo and the farrier says he has treated an abundance of bruises this year because of the weather

 

[PeterNatt]

I would get your vet to check her out as there could be an abcess forming.

 

[Slinkyunicorn]

Would get your farrier to check for an abcess but it sounds like it is probably just bruised - get arnica down her for the next week or two to help it heal as quickly as possible.

Naughty Daisy - being a holligan!!

 

[Sprout]

Mine just looked "wrong" grazing in the field, so brought him in and trotted him up - he was obviously lame on slightly stoney ground and when turning a circle.
I spoke to my farrier who thought it sounded like an abscess, but when he took a look, it was obviously not that, and he was fairly sure it was bruising, but advised me to get the vet out, which I did, and she confirmed bruising, as she located a sore spot, but digging about didnt reveal and abscess, and he was more sore with his shoe off, and there was a slight indentation probably caused by a stone.

He does have thin soles, so we are trying to harden them up a bit.

 

[kellyeaton]

the best think for bruised soles is eucolyptus oil blastered over sole to harden it up and arnica tablets o draw the brusing out and rest for a few days on soft ground!