Ride_2_Live
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Its long and emotional, I do apologize.....
My horse slipped out behind whilst hacking in July last year and was diagnosed with a strained lateral digital extensor tendon in his right hind
Heart breaking and hard work, we went through the usual trauma of resting, cold and hot therapy, bute etc. Vet seemed positive and optimistic about the long term prognosis but we'd be looking at 6 - 9 months before he was right. He had a month off and then started a 12 week walking program, 8 weeks in and disaster. His left hind leg came in from the field sporting the exact same hard swelling and heat as had been seen with his right. Vet back out and sure enough, he'd done exactly the same in his left . Vet had never seen this, describing it as very rare and extremely unfortunate . Extensor tendons aren't a great weight bearing tendon, nor under a lot of stress and hence are unusual to strain, most injuries to them are seen as a result of direct trauma e.g wound. Back to square 1, upset, we went back to rest, bute, hosing etc. Have been so pleased with him recently, he's been back in work walking out and even started a bit of trotting, no heat and hard swellings had resided to almost unnoticeable .
Had a bad weekend just gone and he came in from the field with a big hard knot again on his right hind (original 1st injury) with heat, 6 months since he first did it, yet the left and more recent fine . Heat disappeared after a few days and hard swelling perhaps reduced marginally but tonight he's come in and its HUGE and hot, even bigger again and as bad as if not worse as when he very first did it. :'(
I'm so upset, just when we were getting somewhere everytime we get knocked back. These injuries appear so very uncommon and rare that I can't get any support or feedback from other that have experienced it.
I just don't know what to do, he's my old boy and my world
My horse slipped out behind whilst hacking in July last year and was diagnosed with a strained lateral digital extensor tendon in his right hind
Heart breaking and hard work, we went through the usual trauma of resting, cold and hot therapy, bute etc. Vet seemed positive and optimistic about the long term prognosis but we'd be looking at 6 - 9 months before he was right. He had a month off and then started a 12 week walking program, 8 weeks in and disaster. His left hind leg came in from the field sporting the exact same hard swelling and heat as had been seen with his right. Vet back out and sure enough, he'd done exactly the same in his left
. Vet had never seen this, describing it as very rare and extremely unfortunate . Extensor tendons aren't a great weight bearing tendon, nor under a lot of stress and hence are unusual to strain, most injuries to them are seen as a result of direct trauma e.g wound. Back to square 1, upset, we went back to rest, bute, hosing etc. Have been so pleased with him recently, he's been back in work walking out and even started a bit of trotting, no heat and hard swellings had resided to almost unnoticeable . Had a bad weekend just gone and he came in from the field with a big hard knot again on his right hind
(original 1st injury) with heat, 6 months since he first did it, yet the left and more recent fine . Heat disappeared after a few days and hard swelling perhaps reduced marginally but tonight he's come in and its HUGE and hot, even bigger again and as bad as if not worse as when he very first did it. :'(I'm so upset, just when we were getting somewhere everytime we get knocked back. These injuries appear so very uncommon and rare that I can't get any support or feedback from other that have experienced it.
I just don't know what to do, he's my old boy and my world
