Confirmed Fractured Pelvis

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My gelding has been to newmarket and they have confirmed that he has a fractured pelvis. its not on the joint but there has been a bit of bone come away which they are hoping that scar tissue will hold in place. my vet seems very keen that he will be 100% after march when he has his next scan but iam so worried. this was not his fault but of a sold called international showjumper who i stupidly let ride. has anyone ever heard of a fracture like this and the outcome that the horse has for the future.
 
really sorry to hear this. i'm no expert, but i do know from personal experience that bone heals really well, and completely, given enough time (and a good patient). the prognosis with fractures is much much better than for damage to tendons, ligaments, etc etc.
really hope you manage to keep him being a good patient and it heals 100%. very very best of luck.
 
sorry to hear that
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how did it happen?

as kerilli said, prognosis is usually not too bad.

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the cocky showjumper cracked him in the mouth and stuck her spurs in. he went up and she did not help by leaning forward and he went backwards. she told me when she had got up all top riders pull the horses over. which i know is S**t but my mistake for trusting someone else to ride my gelding iam so worried he wont come right this happened in nov and just started controled walking in hand and he is a diamond.
 
I think it depends on exactly where the fracture is but the dark bay SJ in my sig fractured his pelvis a year or so before that picture was taken and he's come back fine. That was 9years ago and at 18 he's still an active little competition horse. Does get slightly stiff behind in cold weather which the vet thinks is due to him overcompenastion for now being slightly 'squint' but I just have him on a joint supplement and give him time to loosen off and he's fine.
Mine was off for 4months, 99% sound after 3 but gave him a bit more time to be sure. Good luck with your boy. Fingers crossed for a good outcome.
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As kerelli said, straightforward injuries to bone usually heal up quite well and even if they are slightly displaced the body seems good at knitting everything back together. Soft tissue problems are much trickier because proper function relies on elasticity and once something is stretched/scarred it rarely returns completely to it's pre-injury strength, even if it is fully functional.

I am curious if anyone has done any work re: feed supplementation for optimal bone healing. Obviously horses get sufficient calcium and phosphorous in their regular diets but if I was restricting feed for a horse on stall rest I'd want to make sure these levels were staying up.

The other thing, for back/pelvis/neck etc injuries that I suspect doesn't get looked at enough it rehabilitation and the potential for secondary injuries. When your horse is healed sufficiently to be sound I'd suggest getting him fully checked over to make sure there isn't anything else affected from such a catastrophic experience

I rode a horse that had had a severe pelvic fracture (slipped and did the splits on a hard surface!). Initially she was restrained, then on box rest, then turned out. The pelvis healed fine but I have to say she was never 100% and I wonder if she could have been, had more attention been paid to her rehab and addressing any related soft tissue injuries. I stress though, that horse was far more seriously injured than yours seems to have been.

I suspect this isn't as uncommon and injury as one might think, more just one that doesn't get found. I suspect lots of horse come back from similar issues and go on to be just fine.
 
my friends hors fractured his pelvis in the field, vets think by slipping...he had to have 4 months box rest, after which he was sound, started turnout, only for him to do the same thing again. he sadly had to be PTS, as it really was not fair to let him spend another 4 months in. When he did it he ould hardly walk though, 20 minutes to walk 20metres
 
I have started to walk reg now and he got a little excited and bucked but is tracking up in walk lovely. so far so good. ill be gutted if he does not come right. back to newmarket in six weeks
 
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