Hind leg lameness.

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Owned a lovely horse for over a year. No problems until recently when slight lameness noted in right hind leg. Everything checked. No swelling or heat, no obvious injury or problem in stable/field. Horse seemed fine in himself. Physio came out twice and noted reaction in hamstring but lameness more obvious on second inspection. Vet has been and he is booked in for nerve blocks this week. Have been told will need to stay overnight. Vet said he has an idea of what it is but didn't want to speculate. Horse is turning 11 and is an ISH, 16.3and has spent past year gradually improving fitness to start low level competing. Have read lots of older posts on here and am thinking all worse case scenarios. Any ideas or words of wisdom/ reassurances gratefully accepted.
 
It could be anything tbh but probably more likely to be spavin given his age and the fact his hamstring is tight and there's no swelling or heat.Which is in the most cases easily treated with medicating the joint with steroid in the first instance possibly followed by tildren or chemical arthrodesis if this is not successful longer term.
 
Thanks for your reply. I appreciate it could be many things but my gut instinct is something arthritis related. It will be his first visit to vet and although he is no bother for those he knows I'm quite anxious with how he will be while there. I have made situation worse by reading everything hind leg related and the success of steroids and hock fusion. I am probably jumping to conclusions but just hoping it's a good outcome for him.
 
Carkst said:
Thanks for your reply. I appreciate it could be many things but my gut instinct is something arthritis related. It will be his first visit to vet and although he is no bother for those he knows I'm quite anxious with how he will be while there. I have made situation worse by reading everything hind leg related and the success of steroids and hock fusion. I am probably jumping to conclusions but just hoping it's a good outcome for him.
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the internet can be quite soul destroying, in some ways it can be very useful, in others it can be terrible.
 
It could be a number of things. My advice would be to make sure you're there for the vets investigation, seeing the outcome of nerve blocks etc for yourself is very important. Also, make sure you understand their diagnosis, what the treatment they advise is and what effect it has and allow yourself time to decide on what action to be taken. Don't be rushed.

Good luck.
 
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