Albus15
Active Member
Hello all,
My horse completed just over 3 months of box rest for a check ligament tear. Vet re-scanned at the start of January, and was really happy with how it healed.
Our rehab plan involves walking out under saddle in January, building up to an hour of walking by the end of the month, and starting to introduce trot about half way/towards the end of the month. Then, if all is looking well, introduce some canter during week 6-8.
I've read every single thread available on here and I believe every possible article on the internet over the past three months! I've found that nowhere really details the rehab they had, how it looked etc.
I started walking him out in hand for 5/10/15/20 minutes at a time, sporadically, through December, in an attempt to occupy his brain a little bit and help with his back legs filling up. I'm now finding that after 6 days work, the ligament is slightly heating up at the end of the sessions. I'm massaging and cold hosing after riding and this seems to help a lot.
Equally, there is still a thickening to his check ligament. The vet said this might reduce over time, but chances are it will always be there. I was panicking throughout the box rest as even though the heat and inflammation went down, it never really reduced in size until the last 2/3 weeks before re-scan. Again, this is 'the norm', and information I never found across the other threads.
I thought it would be good to do a thread on advice/past experiences/success stories where we can go into some detail. Somewhat for people to look back on but because I really need to talk to someone about it (it's definitely taken over my life!) and the people around me are probably sick of hearing it!
My horse completed just over 3 months of box rest for a check ligament tear. Vet re-scanned at the start of January, and was really happy with how it healed.
Our rehab plan involves walking out under saddle in January, building up to an hour of walking by the end of the month, and starting to introduce trot about half way/towards the end of the month. Then, if all is looking well, introduce some canter during week 6-8.
I've read every single thread available on here and I believe every possible article on the internet over the past three months! I've found that nowhere really details the rehab they had, how it looked etc.
I started walking him out in hand for 5/10/15/20 minutes at a time, sporadically, through December, in an attempt to occupy his brain a little bit and help with his back legs filling up. I'm now finding that after 6 days work, the ligament is slightly heating up at the end of the sessions. I'm massaging and cold hosing after riding and this seems to help a lot.
Equally, there is still a thickening to his check ligament. The vet said this might reduce over time, but chances are it will always be there. I was panicking throughout the box rest as even though the heat and inflammation went down, it never really reduced in size until the last 2/3 weeks before re-scan. Again, this is 'the norm', and information I never found across the other threads.
I thought it would be good to do a thread on advice/past experiences/success stories where we can go into some detail. Somewhat for people to look back on but because I really need to talk to someone about it (it's definitely taken over my life!) and the people around me are probably sick of hearing it!
