Kissing Spines and Shock Wave!!

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Can you please tell me your views on shock wave therepy and how u all think it works?? My horse has again been diagnosed with kissing spines but this time on his bottom, the vet has treated him with anti inflam injections and shock wave therepy, many thanks
 
You have got to be kidding me...cannot believe its happened to you again!!
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How many? Never heard of this in the bottom before

Shockwave doesnt seem to work well in general
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But it might work on some horses!
 
Thats my luck, apparently not so serious as before as between the sacral and the top of the tail, where he has the kissing spines the bones underneath are fused unlike vertabre in center of the back. However, in this case we need to stop the boney activity and heal the ligament damage to stop irritation. Hopefully it should work, Svend is poss he wont have to operate, many thanks
 
Oh no am really sorry to hear that, I don't know anything about the treatment except that if Svend is giving advice we both know that he knows what he is talking about, so you are already in the best hands possible.

I just wanted to wish you the very best of luck as you have done so billiantly with your horse, it has giving many KS ownerson this forum some inspiration and hope for their neddies. Please let us know how you get on and hugs to ned!
 
Hils had been competing at PSG when he was diagnosed with KS and our vets suggested Shock Wave therapy as well as injections.

He had a lot of time off being rested and naturally lost a lot of topline, following treatment and lots of phsio he then returned back to full work but was never quite the same. As an older horse I think the experience took a lot out of him.

He never went back to competing at PSG but he was being hacked and schooled (changes, pirouettes etc) and was definitely more comfortable and produced lovely work at home.

We took him one more time for a play in an Advanced Medium and although he loved the atmosphere while on the lorry and warming up he shrivelled up in the arena and we decided then and there to retire him from competitions.

Although it was a long road to recovery we were very grateful that he was happy and more much comfortable in his last few months as he broke his leg in a field accident and was PTS two weeks after his final competition.
 
omg disaster....well good luck and keep us posted with what happens! how does it affect your horses work...as in how did you notice it?

Worried1~very sad that your horse broke its leg in the end. did you not go ahead with the surgery?
 
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Worried1~very sad that your horse broke its leg in the end. did you not go ahead with the surgery?

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At 15 surgery was not really an option - we opted for injections and shock wave as it was relatively non-invasive and potentially could have a good chance of success.

We were devastated it seemed so unfair after everything he had been through
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my mare is 16 (thought she was 15 but looked at her passport last night..oops!) she just had the op last week.

I guess it doesnt matter now, very sad news though
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xxx
 
Mine has the same. Had shockwave and then injections. We are into week 6 of rehab work. He cant be lunged so I have to ride him and he has improved over the last 2 weeks, although not the same as before he had the time off.

Building topline is really difficult as I cant hack during the week so keeping schooling sessions to 20 mins in long and low walk and trot. He is tending to speed up and go on the forehand though, so we have some fights about him using himself properly.

It is harder for me because I cant lunge him for 3 months to get the topline and strength back. But my vet is confident that he should get back to the same level, if not better, after all the treatments. And again, surgery wasnt deemed the right choice.
 
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