Opinions please/past experience

[Na1998]

Hi
So my 13 year old warmblood went lame about 4 weeks ago, very mild to the point nobody could see it but I could feel her head nodding a bit, gave her a week off and got back on… she seemed sound enough so I took her for a steady hack, got on her in the school the next day and lame again… Decided to give her some danalon and 10 days off. Got on her last week and she was worse, then the next day for the the vet and she was the worse she had been. So moral of the story she seems to be getting worse despite having time off, now the weird thing is she is only lame in straight lines on soft surface, she is sound on tight circles and hard ground, she is most lame when going down the diagonal changing the rein right to left, vet thinks possible navicular but after much research it seems navicular is more noticeable on hard ground and tight circles. Had the farrier up to check her feed and no issues there…
I am going out of my mind thinking it’s something sinister based on her becoming worse despite the rest. Any past experience or possible causes would be greatly appreciated ?

 

[rabatsa]

Any chance that it is a bridle lameness caused by slight differences in rein pressure. My vet had me ride one handed for a while to correct this.

 

[Na1998]

Any chance that it is a bridle lameness caused by slight differences in rein pressure. My vet had me ride one handed for a while to correct this.

No don’t think so, she is hopping lame on the straight. Always been a very sound horse, vet asked me to give her a long rein while he did the examination so she was practically on the buckle

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

Abscess maybe? Lameness can be very odd and come and go have they hoof tested him?

 

[Na1998]

Yes farrier and vet both checked her feet, no pain or discomfort there

 

[Zuzzie]

So, was she sound on the Danillon?? Changes to the navicular bone can show up on a lame horse and also on a sound horse! I have had 2 horses with so called navicular who came sound after some time. I do believe that a lot of horses with so called navicular are actually suffering with soft tissue injuries which take a long time to come right - but that's my personal opinion. After eliminating all the obvious causes, rather than X-rays, I would ask for nerve blocks to try to pinpoint where the pain is.

 

[Lovely jubbly]

Get it checked out my horse went slightly lame in one front one foot. Farrier couldn’t find anything in foot. Got my vet out after trot up and flexion tests was lame in 3 legs…she was revered to hospital for tests came back with hind suspensory damage and she’d torn the collateral ligament in front foot I was shocked so were the vets as she should of been lamer than what she was. We are now 3 months into box rest and a year off ridden work.

 

[Na1998]

So, was she sound on the Danillon?? Changes to the navicular bone can show up on a lame horse and also on a sound horse! I have had 2 horses with so called navicular who came sound after some time. I do believe that a lot of horses with so called navicular are actually suffering with soft tissue injuries which take a long time to come right - but that's my personal opinion. After eliminating all the obvious causes, rather than X-rays, I would ask for nerve blocks to try to pinpoint where the pain is.

Thank you! I didn’t actually ride her while she was on danalon I just gave her some time, I’ve been doing some Google research and I’m think it’s more point towards suspensory ligament damage?

she is getting xrayed for navicular on Tuesday so I will ask if we can do some nerve blocks as well. It seems after a little bit of time of she gets better then as soon as I do the slightest bit of work with her she is terrible next day. But again only on straight lines and soft surface not hard ground

 

[Hollylee1989]

If she feels lame on a surface but not hard ground then it could be a soft tissue issue.

 

[RHM]

I think that with suspensory’s the more typical presentation is lame on a circle and sound in a straight line.
I echo others in that if it’s worse on a surface it’s often soft tissue.

 

[Na1998]

Thanks all, turns out she had actually done hind right suspensory and was compensating with left for, she’s had a fairly new PRP treatment medicated into damaged area and currently completing rehab

 

[Melody Grey]

Thanks all, turns out she had actually done hind right suspensory and was compensating with left for, she’s had a fairly new PRP treatment medicated into damaged area and currently completing rehab

Thanks for coming back to update us- always useful in learning. Good luck with the rehab

 

[Zuzzie]

Glad to hear you have an answer. There's nothing worse than having to worry about what is wrong. Good luck - hope she comes right.

 

[Andalucian]

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