Mild cartridge changes and inflammation in stifle

[MGKIRA]

I recently started to notice my mare being slightly off in her hind legs, she didn't look lame as such but just didn't look right so I took her up to vets for a lameness exam. We had her stifles blocked and she looked a lot better and then had them x-rayed and an ultrasound scan to confirm. The vet said it was 'mild cartilage changes' and inflammation. She had her stifles injected with something - I was quite stressed at the time so didn't take much in and trying to get to speak to the vet over the phone is proving difficult, I've had her invoice through though, could any one help with roughly what she's had in her?

I had a week of ground work followed by a week of hacking as her recovery time. After this I tried her in the school and she felt amazing, fast forward to now (about 5 weeks post injection) and she feels off again and is struggling with transitions again and struggling to get the correct lead in canter again. Is this normal to see an improvement and then goes back to 'normal'?

I am booked in to go back to the vets in two weeks for a check up but if any one could share any experiences, that would be great

 

[ycbm]

Is this normal to see an improvement and then goes back to 'normal'?

I had this happen with kissing spines over 2 weeks. My understanding is that the meds that are intended to provide a long term solution to the problem are put in with an anaesthetic that will only have a short term action. So if the long term stuff doesn't work you're back to square one once the anesthetic and immediate relief of inflammation has completely gone.

I hope you can find a better solution. Has your vet considered whether arthramid might be appropriate?
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[MGKIRA]

I had this happen with kissing spines over 2 weeks. My understanding is that the meds that are intended to provide a long term solution to the problem are put in with an anaesthetic that will only have a short term action. So if the long term stuff doesn't work you're back to square one once the anesthetic and immediate relief of inflammation has completely gone.

I hope you can find a better solution. Has your vet considered whether arthramid might be appropriate?
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Thank you - that makes sense about the initial improvement in performance. We're back up again, I'm looking forward to going back so I can actually speak with them with a clear head and some questions about everything! When I initially went up they said there's about 4 things they can try so I just said to use what they thought would be best. Now I've got a better understanding of what her issue is, I can hopefully have a chat about the other options, it's just been a long road and was so happy to have her performing better and then deflating when she's gone back to how she was!