Hind limb PSD symptoms?

Lamesness with no other discernable symptoms. In other words no heat, swelling etc etc. I suspect your vet may start with nerveblocks to try and prove where the problem is. I think I'm right in saying that scanning the ligament will show any damage.

Fingers crossed for you. My big boy did both his hinds!
 
Long story! We started out with shock wave treatment and 6 months box rest with restricted exercise - an hour or so a day in walk. It does depend on how bad the lesions in the ligament are - and mine were very bad - as to what the vet recommends - and there are plenty of differing opinions! My boy came back good enough to do BD elementary before breaking down again and subsequently being denerved in both hinds and a further 7 months box rest/restricted exercise. I would point out that his agility and conformation, and the extent of the lesions, all allied against him.

I would say to you - please do not judge your horse's problem against ANYBODY else's as each one is going to be very different. There are plenty of horses out there who have had PSD and are now sound and competing. I would follow your vet's instructions to the letter and not be guided by anyone else's opinions! The outcome will depend on the lesions and conformation. I have my fingers crossed very firmly for you.
 
My friends mare had an op on both back legs about 6 weeks ago now. Symptoms, not over tracking in walk and struggling a little in lateral work, she wasn't lame but just not as expressive.
 
Mines done both hinds but we think he did it 2yrs ago but it was missed diagnosed as a pelvis fracture (don't even ask). He had box rest back then and eventually came sound. this time is about to finish shockwave but is out overnight. I'm almost certain I won't put him through the surgical option but it is on the table. Psd is easily misdiagnosed (not for a pelvic fracture mind you) for hock stiffness etc - wish I'd been firmer with the vet that I knew it wasn't his hocks but I've learnt a lot of lessons this time around - push for confirmed diagnosis, follow your instinct, shout loudly, and the one I've always followed; hug horse daily. Best of luck to you.
 
Thanks charmeroo. Sounds like you have had a really, really tough time of it. I hope your boy stays sound now.

Thanks Tiffany.

Thanks SuseP. Poor you and your poor horse! I had heard that PSD is easily misdiagnosed but not for a pelvic fracture! Hope he comes sound.

The reason I am asking is that R's symptoms are a bit odd and the vets here (south France) are not very experienced (there are more experienced referal vets further away, but I'll start with the local ones and see where we go from there). His symptoms are:

- he slips behind. Not on tarmac or hard surfaces but in the school - none of the other horses seem to have a problem with the surface (sand/fibre) and the way he slips feels like the whole leg goes rather than a slip of the hoof if you see what I mean.

- he is sound on the hard/straight line.

- he is short on the lunge/surface when the right hind is to the outside, and perhaps it twists a bit when it's in the inside.

Vet coming next week, let's hope for the best.
 
My PSD horse was 3/10ths lame on the straight/circle/hard/surface - no difference between them. Vet said PSD straight away, and blocks/scans confirmed. Horse did boxrest/shockwave and came sound before going lame again on the same leg - hock this time. He's now munching grass in a field until such a time as he decides to stop injuring himself :rolleyes:.
 
- he slips behind. Not on tarmac or hard surfaces but in the school - none of the other horses seem to have a problem with the surface (sand/fibre) and the way he slips feels like the whole leg goes rather than a slip of the hoof if you see what I mean.
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A tale of two horses :D Best buddies, who shared a field and played together very hard (they were both 4 and lived together for 4 years). First horse, large gelding, now 17hh. No noticable period of lameness, but does as you describe when ridden - it's like the whole back end disappears, but horse seems unbothered. It happens mainly in downward transitions from trot, and when walking steeply downhill out hacking. He has an intermittently upwardly fixating patella - i.e. there is a problem with the stifle joint, which is part of the "stay apparatus" - and is designed to catch to support the horse when he's asleep standing up - but when it doesn't work, it sometimes catches when he's moving. He is happy to canter but prefers the same side lead as the dodgy leg (i.e. he prefers not to use the dodgy hind leg to "power" his canter.

His pal has had bilateral PSD. Apart from being "not right" and starting to buck/bunnyhop a lot more, the most obvious thing looking back was that he started cantering with both hind legs coming under him together, quite odd action. He preferred trotting to cantering.

So I guess there are a few things that could lead to the problem you describe, and it doesn't need to be PSD :) Hope your vet visit goes well and the news is not bad.
 
Thanks for sharing Brightsbay. Unfortunately I have experience of bilateral lameness due to stifle OCD which presented with a fixating patela. As far as I can tell I don't think it's that in this case, although of course the vet will let me know what she thinks. He slips in walk which I find even weirder.

Vet is coming on Wednesday, will try to make it sooner if there is an opening and I hope it turns out that I am just a panicky idiot!
 
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