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if your horse has/had a hairline fracture on the front leg, how long did it take to heal enough to work again?
what rehabilitation did you use and was if effective?
thank you
 
Look at my thread, 'will my horse get his life back?'

There are a few people who have had horses with broken/fractured limbs this year. My boy took 16 weeks x tied plus 4 weeks box rest, then sedated turnout before gradual ridden work in walk for 6 weeks.

There is hope at the end of a long, and upsetting time :)
 
My horse had fracture & was told it'd be 6 mths cross-tied and another up to 6mth box rest before even thinking off turnout work etc but I would say only do it if its in best interests of the HORSE not for owners sake -I made the very upsetting decision to have my mare PTS as she would not have coped with being in box for so long (previous abused/neglected so not gr8 2 handle!!) other health probs and at the end of a year the outcome would possibly have been PTS anyway and as many people on this forum have said before-better a day too early than a day to late
 
JadeyyBabeyy said:
if your horse has/had a hairline fracture on the front leg, how long did it take to heal enough to work again?
what rehabilitation did you use and was if effective?
thank you
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Where in the front leg? Radius in upper arm or cannon or elsewhere?
Is this a complete fracture or a "stress fracture"? Advice varies dramatically on where and how extensive it is to be honest.

Stress or incomplete fractures I generally advise are bandaged appropriately +/- cross tying (not common for them TBH) and re-xrayed in 6-8wks. A lot are completely healed and then rehab occurs from there.

More extensive fractures are treated similarly, but are often rexrayed at 6, 12 and 18wks - and then rest and rehab tailored to how the fracture looks.

Sorry to be vague but I'd consult your own vets for more specific advice on timings....
The good news is a good number of these horses go back into full work with no further problems :D

Good luck.
Imogen
 
I would follow vet's advice to the letter and expect less speed rather than more. With this type of fracture the wrong stress too early is catastrophic (I've seen one explode when reintroduced to work too early), so abandon all plans until the vets are absolutely confident that you can bring him back into work.

Sorry to be so bleak, but the alternative is worse :-( I hope your horse heals well.
 
i dont have a horse that has it, it is for an assignment and doesnt have an specific where abouts in the leg. but the information recieved is very useful.
thank you :)
 
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