colateral ligament of elbow

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Does anyone have experience of injury to this? Horse not human of course. I have a mare who last year injured her check ligament and had restricted turnout and stemcell to heal the injury. She somehow managed to damage herself in the field. We think she got caught up in her fence because it was pushed in towards her area of the field and no other horses were in the field to do it. What we think likely happened is she went over it to get to the grass and somehow got caught and panicked pulling back. She did a seriously good job and had injured the colateral ligament removing bits of bone and damaging muscle at the same time. 5 months on we are almost healed but not quite. The vet thinks the hole in the ligament that hasn't yet healed is likely the worst of the damage. The bone has remodelled and absorbed chip and the ligament is healing nicely either end. The muscles healed too. The plan is stem cell and arthramid into the joint itself as there is some mild arthritis. She has already had osphos and shockwave therapy but we're hoping this will get her comfortable. The vet thinks she will heal and come back into work as long as I have no plans to event, showjumping etc which i don't. I just want to hack and maybe low level dressage if we can get her there.
 
It's a tough injury but not a death sentence for light work. Your vet's plan makes sense. Arthramid can really help with the arthritis pain. The key is patience these ligaments are slow. Stick to the rehab schedule religiously. For hacking and low-level dressage, the prognosis you've been given sounds realistic. It's a long road, but doable for the job you want.
 
Alexanderevan145 said:
It's a tough injury but not a death sentence for light work. Your vet's plan makes sense. Arthramid can really help with the arthritis pain. The key is patience these ligaments are slow. Stick to the rehab schedule religiously. For hacking and low-level dressage, the prognosis you've been given sounds realistic. It's a long road, but doable for the job you want.
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My vets said it's a pretty rare injury and one that can take 6 to 12 mths upwards to mend. We've just started to walk her in hand now just 5 mins so far but I plan to increase it slowly 2 minutes every 4 days or so and see how we go with that. There's no rush for her to have to return to work as I do have another to ride but I really do hope I can get her right. She's had such a tough life before coming to me and I have a lovely bond with her
 
spike123 said:
My vets said it's a pretty rare injury and one that can take 6 to 12 mths upwards to mend. We've just started to walk her in hand now just 5 mins so far but I plan to increase it slowly 2 minutes every 4 days or so and see how we go with that. There's no rush for her to have to return to work as I do have another to ride but I really do hope I can get her right. She's had such a tough life before coming to me and I have a lovely bond with her
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That's a long road, but you're doing it right with such slow increases. Your patience and that strong bond are the best medicine for her. Wishing her steady healing.
 
her physio said to me recently we are literally getting to know horse anatomy so well with her and past horses life experiences of injuries. Its always been the best way to go slow and steady whatever the injury You hear so many go backwards as they've rehabbed far too quickly.,
 
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