EquestrianFairy
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My horse was diagnosed today with hock arthritis.. once xrayed she was nerve blocked we all assumed ‘yes!’ Sorted...
When xrayed, feet were checked for balance, pretty much spot on, navicular bone looked great, nothing seemed unusual.
Suddenly she went lame on her right front after hocks were nerve blocked.
Vet was abit suprised and decided to Nerve blocked only the foot (or as vet called it, the first stage) she came sound.
- his only response for this was to basically inject the hocks, have some physio and see if front lameness was a compensatory issue (ie, pressure on sole or sore heels).
Is this normal? As now I’m just even more upset than I was before we even got to the vets.
When xrayed, feet were checked for balance, pretty much spot on, navicular bone looked great, nothing seemed unusual.
Suddenly she went lame on her right front after hocks were nerve blocked.
Vet was abit suprised and decided to Nerve blocked only the foot (or as vet called it, the first stage) she came sound.
- his only response for this was to basically inject the hocks, have some physio and see if front lameness was a compensatory issue (ie, pressure on sole or sore heels).
Is this normal? As now I’m just even more upset than I was before we even got to the vets.