PLEASE CAN I HAVE SOME GOOD LUCK VIBES !!

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Hi,

Those of you who I have contacted and bugged since I started on here will be aware that my boy Freddie has an injury to his tendon and collateral ligament.

I have researched everything to try to make the best decisions for him and bugged the hell out of vet, farrier, oesteopath and nutritionist (and lots of you on here) in this quest.

What a bloody nightmare soft tissue injury to this extent is. It is like a roller coaster where you have good days, great days, and then terrible down days. I have watched the summer going by with everyone else competing and all I am wishing for is that my boy will get better in the end.

Anyway we had a terrible day the other day, when he hooled around his field (think it was a bot fly). He has been so good in the field and we had just started walking out in hand. Everyone was thrilled with his progress. Anyway he came in lame.

The only funny part about this is that I am actually pretty good with lameness but just assumed it was the same leg. Called the vet as I thought a cartrophen jab might help if he had just inflamed everything. Anyway imagine my embarrasment when I was trotting him up and realised it was the wrong leg. I think this must be better than the bad leg as he could have gone back to square one with it. The good leg was MRI'd at the same time and nothing at that time. I am hoping that he has just jarred himself a bit compensating for the bad leg.

I havent trotted him up since vet came on Wednesday. He seems fine in walk and turning etc. Tomorrow he goes for review at the vets and to get his feet x-rayed to see if his heel supports can be lowered.

Please can I have some good luck vibes - I dont want miracles, just hope that everything is going in the right direction.

Thanks
 
Good luck!!!! Could he have bruised his foot or be starting with an abscess? I hope it's nothing to do with the soft-tissue injuries.
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WELL IT WORKED - SO THANKS EVERYONE !!

Freddie went for his review today. He was sound in walk and trot and also sound on the lunge on hard ground in walk and trot (just tested for a little time). The vet said that the good leg had probably just got a bit jarred when galloping around the field and protecting his bad leg.

The vet was very pleased, he was also x-rayed and his feet were found to be completely balanced with his pedal bones at completely the right angles (big thanks went to my farrier who has worked very hard at this)!!

The vet is now happy for me to start walking in hand again, increasing 5 mins a week and when I get to 60 mins, if everything goes to plan, I can start ridden walking. (This works out as in 7 weeks time)
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To put things in perspective I was told in May 2008 I would not be able to ride this horse for at least 12 months if at all.
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I know that we still have a long way to go, but I'm thrilled with his progress at the moment.
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I'm so pleased for you and Freddie and hope some of your good luck rubs off on my boy - I too am looking at early '09 as a projected restart and would be ecstatic if that could be shortened.
 
Really pleased for you missed the vibes but know how you are feeling having missed two summers now.Lets hope next year is a better one
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Hi Hussar,

Thanks for your good wishes and will keep my fingers crossed for you. What is wrong with your horse ?

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9yo endurance Arab who tore his DDFT at the end of May - minor tear so initially the prognosis was good but 7 weeks' small paddock rest showed no healing, the prognosis worsened and he's now on 8 weeks' v expensive box rest at a local livery yard (my home facililities wouldn't provide him with company to keep him calm).

I posted about this several weeks ago trying to find out what therapies other people had used in these circumstances, especially cold laser. I did go ahead and try it but there was no noticeable effect. Some people suggested electro-magnetic therapy but the vet hospital wasn't enthusiastic.

So I'm following Fred's story with interest as his injury sounds worse than my boy's and if he's improved so dramatically then maybe there's hope for mine.
 
Hi Hussar,

As I said before we are by no means out of the woods yet.

If it does help though the turning point for us was Cartrophen injections. He had 1 a week for 4 weeks and came sound on week 3. He has remained this except for the minor blip (with the other leg). This is also now fine.

The other thing that seemed most important is the foot balance. If you havent had it done already then get his feet x-rayed (cost about £100) and get them to check the angles. Freddie is much better since he had the heel raises to correct his angles and the left to right balance made correct. (It takes the guessing out for the farriers).

The other thing I was recommended by a nutritionist is schindles minerals and MSM. This is made up especially for me and he has been on it for 2 months. I cant really say whether this has helped or not.

I by no means have all the answers but just wanted to share the above in case it helps you in anyway at all.

If you want anymore info please feel free to PM.
 
A big thank you to everyone who has posted about good wishes - It really does help to have the support

For those of us who are sitting on the sidelines and missing the summer riding - lets hope that next year we are all putting postings about where we have been and what we have been doing. (Maybe we will even all make it to the competition forum!!)
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A best turned out class would do me
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