Help me jog my memory-didn't listen properly to vet

[now_loves_mares]

I had the vet and remedial farrier out today as my horse has a bad crack in her hoof that wasn't healing. To help, they took x-rays in the week of both front feet. She has a bad twist on her near fore (not the one with the crack). I asked the vet out of interest what this one looked like, as I was concerned re the implications of the twist. He said it was not too bad but that there was <blank blank blank> which is where it got technical and my brain clearly blocked out what he said!

It was basically to do with, I think, the suspensory ligament of the navicular bone as he was talking about pedal bone, coffin joint, and saying "the ligament attaches here" and pointing to her short pasten. He mentioned some evidence of deposits/calcification. He wasn't unduly concerned as she wasn't lame on it, but basically said she would be better on flatter, more even surfaces (no more eventing

) and not doing lots of lunging and tight circles.

Ok that was about as much as I took in, sorry it's not very detailed or accurate. Does that make any sense? Can anyone shed a bit more light or have a understood all I need to, ie she won't stay sound for ever, but try to help by not galloping about on hard, rutted uneven ground?

Luckily she's a better dressage and SJ horse than a xc one, so she probably doesn't care

 

[eoe]

It could be any number of things he could have been saying that the ringbone was the problem by what your saying about no tight circles and flat ground, it shouldn't cause lameness if its managed. One of my liveries horses has ringbone problems and she gives her one Maxivita tablet a day and uses magnetic boots and these seem to work and also make sure you have a good blacksmith who shoes her correctly, pads are vey good between the hoof and shoes and tend too stop a lot of the impact.

It could be that she has changes in the Navicular bone which you can manage in the same way.

Ring your Vet and ask him to write down his diagnosis.

 

[Marchtime]

Don't hold me to this but wasn't anything to do with collateral ligaments? Only ask because they help stabilise the coffin joint and horses affected are advised to avoid lunging and tight circles.

 

[Birker2020]

I have that problem every time the vet comes out. No matter how hard I try to remember what he says I always forget half an hour later. I'm not putting it down to old age this time, I do genuinely think you tend not to listen so much when you are in a stressful situation and I find it very stressful when I have the vet to my horse. I am sure he wouldn't mind if you rang him back and asked him to explain his findings again- after all you are the client.