Clipperdown
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Hi all
Some much needed advice and experience needed.....
My horse has just been diagnosed with a Hind bilateral suspensory injury, the vet is 95% sure its this and is coming back Thursday to scan.
A little back ground information for you, Oscar is a 13yo ex racehorse. He retired sound in 2009, since then I have been re schooling him in the hope of doing Dressage. He is currently working at prelim/novice level and was this year was hoping to make the transition to BD.
Oscar hasn't been ridden since December 2013, he began bucking as I asked for the transition into canter in mid December, I got his back looked at and found he had pain over the wither area, he was rested for 3 weeks and as I suspected the bad back was due to the saddle. The fitter came out and fitted saddle again, which was found to be tight over withers (very high withered TB).
A couple of days after this on the 5th of feb 2014 he managed to cause a laceration to his right hind frog and bulb, he original trotted up sound (on hard surface). Vet came out to this injury and cleaned and dressed it, I followed all instructions they gave to me, however 3 weeks after the initial injury, Oscar was 2/10th lame on hard surface in a straight line. Vet back out and found that the wound had healed but left a Protruding mass of granulation tissue from frog. This was then excised, bandaged and antibiotics given, vet advised on putting hind shoes on to lift the hoof off the ground, this was done.
It is now 3 weeks after the shoes went on frog wound healed, but Oscar is still lame and not right in his gait and dosnt look right in his movement.
Vet came back out last night, Oscar sound on hard ground in a straight line and on a circle, lame on a surface. Nerve block carried out from fetlock down to rule out previous injury. Still lame after block, so blocked suspensory on right hind, he came sound on the right hind but then showed lameness on the left hind 1-2/10ths.
Vet coming back Thursday to scan and to make a plan, vet given me a range of options to consider including shockwave and steroid injection, Platelet-rich plasma treatment or Neurectomy.
Just wanting to hear of your experiences of horses that have had these treatments and if they recovered and/or the injury has reoccurred.
Thank you for taking the time to read and I apologise in advance for any spelling or grammar errors.
Some much needed advice and experience needed.....
My horse has just been diagnosed with a Hind bilateral suspensory injury, the vet is 95% sure its this and is coming back Thursday to scan.
A little back ground information for you, Oscar is a 13yo ex racehorse. He retired sound in 2009, since then I have been re schooling him in the hope of doing Dressage. He is currently working at prelim/novice level and was this year was hoping to make the transition to BD.
Oscar hasn't been ridden since December 2013, he began bucking as I asked for the transition into canter in mid December, I got his back looked at and found he had pain over the wither area, he was rested for 3 weeks and as I suspected the bad back was due to the saddle. The fitter came out and fitted saddle again, which was found to be tight over withers (very high withered TB).
A couple of days after this on the 5th of feb 2014 he managed to cause a laceration to his right hind frog and bulb, he original trotted up sound (on hard surface). Vet came out to this injury and cleaned and dressed it, I followed all instructions they gave to me, however 3 weeks after the initial injury, Oscar was 2/10th lame on hard surface in a straight line. Vet back out and found that the wound had healed but left a Protruding mass of granulation tissue from frog. This was then excised, bandaged and antibiotics given, vet advised on putting hind shoes on to lift the hoof off the ground, this was done.
It is now 3 weeks after the shoes went on frog wound healed, but Oscar is still lame and not right in his gait and dosnt look right in his movement.
Vet came back out last night, Oscar sound on hard ground in a straight line and on a circle, lame on a surface. Nerve block carried out from fetlock down to rule out previous injury. Still lame after block, so blocked suspensory on right hind, he came sound on the right hind but then showed lameness on the left hind 1-2/10ths.
Vet coming back Thursday to scan and to make a plan, vet given me a range of options to consider including shockwave and steroid injection, Platelet-rich plasma treatment or Neurectomy.
Just wanting to hear of your experiences of horses that have had these treatments and if they recovered and/or the injury has reoccurred.
Thank you for taking the time to read and I apologise in advance for any spelling or grammar errors.
