Cortisone injections in SI joints - what a difference!

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My boy had his steroid injection in his SI joints done at Rossdales on Thursday. I was in and out in just over an hour - so didnt even have time to meet Jesstingle who kindly volunteered to keep me company.

What a difference they seem to have made already - today after a couple of days box rest he went out. Now due to various things he has had several short and one not so short spells of box rest since I got him. He has always gone out good as gold, maybe trotted over to the others and then got down to eating quietly.

Today he was striding out on the way to the field and I had to hold him back - that doesnt usually happen. Then once turned out he rolled in 4 different places and went right over twice which I have never seen before. Then I am sorry to say he went off looning around the field, doing the biggest bucks and fly kicks I have ever seen. He took on several other horses, teasing them to come chase him and even tugged at the rug of Boss horse. In the end Boss horse sent him into the corner to have a good think about what he had done and he came out a bit quieter!

He obviously felt so good it made me well up. I was scared in case he or the others came to grief, and it did the field no good at all - but he was feeling great and that was such a relief.

He had his neck injected 6 weeks ago but that didnt seem to make any difference to him - this is what he had been waiting for. 2 more weeks of walking then we can start trot work - hooray. I just wonder what he is going to be like to ride now!
 
My lad had steroids in his SI (along with tildren, also at Rossdales) and he's been better than ever!

It's a great feeling to see them turnaround isn't it :D
 
We don't actively compete and are still in the stage of seeing how much I can get from him but so far he's coped with all I've asked. He had a guarded prognosis (has bone scan/ultrasound at rossdales) but has recently started jumping again and touch wood, all seems ok.

What was your horse's problem?
 
I get cortisone injected in my shoulder, I go from 10/10 pain to 0/10 pain in minutes, lasts about 5 months. It's amazing.

BUT, remember, it doesn't get rid of the injury, it masks the pain. Be careful
 
Thanks guido16, good point. I mustn't get carried away, it will start to hurt again, but by getting him working properly and building muscle in the right way I can help him. Still saving up for my ARC Equine unit.

xRobyn. He has osteoarthritis in his neck and SI. The main symptoms were sore back, under developed quarters, pain/ stiffness/ reluctance to go down hill. He was Novice level eventer before I got him and I want to go to BE90 at the most - hope we make it!
 
I wish i could say ive had the same result from Delicia who isnt responding to treatment :( However, hers is trauma related so i am wondering if thats a reason why?

Fab news though, and really pleased your boy is feeling better :)
 
Horse has just had his first session with Donna Blinman. Very interesting and although its a change of tack (no pun intended) I am happy to take it on. Having seen his back and felt his loins, back and moved his hind legs around etc etc.
She has explained that his SI joints are quite fixed and until she can free it up the muscle wont start to be built in the right paces and his spine cant get to the right shape. He has a very dippy spine - in all the wrong places. Being 17. 2hh means his bones are very long giving very strong lever effect on the joints - making life harder for us.

So plan is to stop the riding (even the short sessions I was doing) and start long reining (got to learn how to do it properly now!) to keep him moving. No weight to go on his back at all to help it take the right shape.

She also agrees that taking his shoes off will help as his body changes the angles of the joints his feet can change as well. Thats going to happen in 3 or 4 weeks time,

She only did light work tonight - I didn't want much done so soon after the injections last week and she agreed - slowly is better. She also said it was good he had had them since now she can work on him without him being so tense and his muscles so tight.

Unsure what the long term prognosis is - but although he is in some trouble there is hope.
 
Had a bad couple of days with him being very grumpy. There has been a new horse with him and there was some excitement and more cantering around which made him sore.
Today we did some long reining and he was really anxious as I put the roller on - making funny mouthing actions with his head tipped on one side. However when he realised it wasnt going to hurt he relaxed and we had a good 15 mins walk.

Also to get him thinking I am starting to acclimatise him to the clippers - leaving them running, offering him carrots if he sniffs them calmly etc. Aim is to avoid sedation when the time comes to clip (next year I imagine!)
 
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