Experienced PSD?? Please answer if you have x

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If you have had a horse with PSD could you please answer some questions for me? Would be a great help. I know PSD can be acute and it can be really bad, so the answers will all be different.

How severe was it? Acute being 1, severe being 10.

What treatment did you have?

How long box rest did you do?

What was the outcome? i.e, has the horse gone back to the workload he did before?

Has the horse gone lame with PSD again after being 'fixed'?

Thankyou for helping xx
 
I had a nare with it, was a 10, Andy Bathe described as very sever and would only come sound with de-nerving

She had the op

Box rested for several months then turned away

Horse had to be retired as still was not right under saddle after all that!

Have known 3 with PSD - 1 pts, the other 2 retired
 
hi my girl did it when she feel on the road she was 7 it took a whole year to diagnose as only 1/10 lame seemed to swap legs and it was only when ridden on a turn you could see/feel it i could always feel it but vet couldnt always see it she went to top vet at newmarket has xrays ultrasound and bone scan of whole hind end and back nothing was found aprt from lieelt arthrits in hocks which i new about and never had any lamness with.


my vet eventually re did ultrasound and nerve blocks and found tha she had infact done high hind suspensorys he said it was more a sprain so probly mild but she had almost a year on and off of work with lots of rest and hadnt come completly sound. had gotten worse with attitude as was clearly in pain no longer wanted to canter at all and if she did would buck in it and swap and change legs all the time.

i went for the operation do de nerve her nervectomy and fasciotomey spelling wrong probly she had that 10th nov o8 so nearly a year as of op she had a slight hitch to her step when bringing her back after op which is only 6 weeks boxrest with walking in hand after 2 and riding after 6. but has we did more and more she got so much better we had big issues with gtting her comfy as she was sore all over i think from boxrest and compensating for so long so had bowen like i was anyway before op and she then started to relaxe in to her work again. since then in the last month she was resisting to go as forward as she normally does we xrayed as her hocks had grwon a spur probly from the fall on the road aswel so she has since had cartphen injections and is doing fab touch wood have since won our first outing of a walk and trot test in sept and now going out to do out first prelim this month which is affilated would have a go at novice but her canter work isnt strong enough yet but thats more of a breed thing as she is friesian they struggle with there canters but since op she has had the best canter she has ever had.


i didnt realise how long it took to get over a op for the horse was heartbreaking the whole process or how scary the whole thing is but i would do it all again given the chance
has your horse got it ?
 
We think he has yes, we wont know for sure until he goes to the vets friday. Thankyou for replying, its good to hear of a good ending, fingers crossed my boy will be lucky too xx
 
My mare went to Andy Bathe at Rossdales & had the denerve & fasciotomy. She came back in to work & was sound. She competed affliated dressage & won classes. Sadly 3 years later she slipped in the field & went through the fence on her hind legs as the other liveries brought thiers in & left her on her own!
This resulted in tears again. we tried shockwave, box rest etc. But after 9 onths it was clear her fetlocks had dropped. As she was only 9 she was retired to stud where this year she had a lovley colt & is now in foal again.
 
I'm on this roller coaster for the 2nd time.
1st time was with Mac , his was Acute as in had been there a long time and had started to calcify so showed up on xrays. Advised to go straight for the operation which worked, with the box rest, then in hand walking , then ridden walking and increase from there. (Note they don't come out of box rest sound usually it's the careful strengthening work that helps as well).
He came back and did some elementary dressage with no comments from the judges about unlevelness, but unfortunately he got navicular in front and had to be retired. 3 years on and you can see his back legs aren't quite right but he's paddock sound and a very happy boy.
New lad had the operation on 19th October so is on box rest, fingers crossed hey. His didn't show on xrays and is very mild in the left but very bad in the right.
Good luck.
 
Between 2 and 3 both hinds

Showckwave and cortisone.HCL injections

Reduced work for 3/4 months

Outcome no better. Shouldve had op done in first place, but it was so mild, they thought they would try this route first, but that was a waste of time.
 
My 9 yr old was diagnosed a year ago - was 1/10 lame bilaterally lame behind. Scans showed ligament damage to approx 2/3 of width of ligament - foot x-rays showed pedal bone rotated downwards 4 - 5 degrees both feet. (looked fine externally!) remedial shoeing to corect foot balance ( ongoing) Adequan injections, shockwave therapy and 4 months box rest, followed by 3 months turnout in a round pen, then introduce gradual exercise (still turned out in pen) Now his left hind has calcification across the entire area of damage, whereas his right hind still has some damage but very minor. He is now marginally unsound only on a tight circle on hard ground and on his right hind only. I made the decision to not have the op - the risks outweighed the potential benefits in his case. He is now going to remain as a happy hacker which he seems perfectly satisfied with himself!
 
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