Outcomes from SDFT injury?

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I just wondered outcomes for your horses who have injured their superficial digital flexor tendon? Have you ridden/competed again and if so to what standard? Could you ride your horse exactly as before and how long did it take? what precautions do you take now? Mainly interested in outcomes of mild injuries but would love to hear about all.
 
We are just bringing one back to work, he had a 40% lesion in his exactly 1 year ago, he was scanned 2 weeks ago and all has healed well and he is walking for the next 2 months, he will then do 1 month introducing trotting gradually increasing expecting to canter after that. He will be scanned again when cantering starts to see how the leg is holding up, if all is good he will continue to be fittened up with a view to returning to full work by next spring.
He will by then be 18 months post injury, he was turned away fully in December to recover following box rest and walking in hand for several months.
He is a racehorse so may not return to that but will be ridden as if he will, if not he will be aimed as a RC horse or hacking so he still has a job, the only real precaution is that the work will be done very, very carefully and he will walk for the 2 months to harden his legs up.
 
Thanks for the info. Glad all is going well :) so 40% is that a moderate injury they class it as and did you say you've just started on walks?
 
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Ive searched for their website and they do have recovery stories but its all about using their product from what I can see. Thanks for the info though as its very interesting. Does anyone else have any other great outcomes?
 
Do a search on here,quite a few of us using them, ive a mare with collaterall lig damage who is almost completely sound again, rested for a year and been using the AE for about 5-6 months
 
mine injured his SDFT in june 2011 and has just started eventing again in june this year , his treatment involved stem cell treatment , 6 months box rest and controlled walking first in hand then ridden building up to normal work over the course of a year

he was just about to move up to BE100 when he injured himself but ill not compete him any higher than BE90 now although the vets have advised that there is no reason why i couldn't still go on up the levels , he's currently enjoying trotting around some BE80's and has been placed a few times , were planning on moving back up to 90 next month :)

i have changed the way i get him fit and use a lot of hill work now instead of cantering for miles , i also consider road work very important and make sure i do it at least 4 times a week only in walk to try and keep his legs nice and hard
 
my older boy (21 at time of injury) did a hind sdft last year.
he had prp treatment and We followed a specific rehab program for 24 weeks.
He was back in normal work after about 30 weeks - I spent a long time building up his canter work because it was a hind leg he injured.
The vet said that it was likely that J would never jump again. He just doesn't have the power to push himself up over fences any more so he 'jumps' a max of 60cm and even then he's just cantering over the jumps and not really jumping.

His last scan (at 48 weeks) showed that the lesion had healed and the vet was happy for him to continue to be worked as normal.

Precaution-wise, he doesn't jump bigger than 60cm and only one or twice a month as a treat because he loves jumping. Other than that, I make sure to check his legs if he's done any fast work.
He's now 15 months post-injury and he feels better than ever.
 
Really interesting to see what you all have done. My. Friends horse has injured their SDFT however it doesn't need any treatment and, touch wood, that its made progress and is healing the next time the vet comes which will be 10 weeks since injury. As this injury seems more mild and you have gone back to competing and riding it's really interesting to hear your stories - my friend initially was distraught!
 
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