Tazzydog
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Hi, My 14 year old mare has recently been diagnosed with a small hole and some fuzzyness by ultrasound on her medial suspensory branch about a cm up from where it connects to the sesimoid bones. she is 2 tenths lame and the area of injury was sore when pressed in that area about a week ago, but did not feel discomfort a week later when checked by my vet. The area of injury is thickened and is about twice the size of the same area on her other front leg. The injury was cold hosed for about 3 weeks with danilon given. She is on box rest with some in hand grazing twice a day close to the stable. The vet has said the time for cold hosing and danilon to be effective has passed and to stop them both. I have been offered PRP treatment, but my vet does not think there is much evidence that it works but will do it if I want. The advice is box rest for 2 to 3 months then a gradual introduction to limited turn out if healing well with the possibility of ridden work in 4-6 months. The injury occurred due to her running about in a wet field that suddenly dried up when the weather improved. The worst of the ruts were fenced off as I was concerned about the field, but there was nowhere else to turn out at the time. Has anyone had experience this type of injury and if so did you try PRP or stem cell treatment. A friend has successfully used shock wave therapy on the same injury and so I will be discussing this with the vet on Monday.