Pippi's off to the horse-pital

[HollyhedgePippa]

She had been on boxrest for roughly 4 weeks due to a corn and issues with her feet, but just as I started riding her again she wen't lame.

Got the vet out and it isn't her feet any more, but something else She was sound being lunged on a hard surface, almost sound on the right rein being lunged on the soft ground and 2/10th lame on the left rein on soft ground on lunge. She will be fine for a couple of strides and then go bad, be fine, and then go bad. So she's booked in for the 21st to go to the 'lameness clinic' for x-rays, nerve blockers and potentially joint blockers. One thing I'm worried about is them riding her! I know they are capable, but the fact that she's in a totally different environment, hasn't been ridden properly in over a month, she will be in a 24/7(I presume) and she is genuinly grumpy when you first get on and warm her up anyway.

I just don't know what to expect when she goes in

However this may be the reason....

Her second day out after being on box rest, although this was over a week before she went lame

 

[be positive]

Have they said they will be riding her? usually they will start with an in hand assessment, walk and trot if she shows to be lame enough they should then be able to do a range of nerve blocks starting up higher in the leg then working down until they can hopefully pinpoint the area that is the problem. Depending on what they find they will then x ray and or scan to see if they can find the cause, there will be many possibilities obviously but they know what they are doing and will be trying to find and hopefully treat her lameness.
If she is not lame on the straight the next step is most likely lunging on a hard surface, the nerve blocks can then be done.

 

[HollyhedgePippa]

Have they said they will be riding her? usually they will start with an in hand assessment, walk and trot if she shows to be lame enough they should then be able to do a range of nerve blocks starting up higher in the leg then working down until they can hopefully pinpoint the area that is the problem. Depending on what they find they will then x ray and or scan to see if they can find the cause, there will be many possibilities obviously but they know what they are doing and will be trying to find and hopefully treat her lameness.
If she is not lame on the straight the next step is most likely lunging on a hard surface, the nerve blocks can then be done.

Yes, vet said something along the lines of 'name here' will ride her and she is very good at picking up when the nerve blocker has kicked in, if they're in pain & where it is ect.

She went from being 0/10th lame on the straight to 2/10th lame after a couple of trot ups

Thank you