pointing ( as in foot pain!)

[shirley123]

hi everyone
i am just curious to know other peoples experiances on this. my horse damaged his collateral ligaments last november and had 2 m.r.i.'s and box rest/rehab. in november as you'd expect he was constantly pointing each foreleg alternatley, i would say 98% of the time. by march this had lessened abit , by may probably 70% of the time . in june when we were given the go ahead to canter in the school ( no circles, just large) it suddenly dropped to about 40% and is getting less and less as we speak!. its so nice to see him standing square in front alot of the time now. i expect its because its healing and maybe there was a sudden improvement when i started cantering because i was breaking addhesions down.
has anyone else experianced this? what do you think ??

 

[wjgfred]

Hi,

As you are aware my boy has injury to tendon and collateral ligament. This is all in one leg with other fine on mri. He has never pointed (maybe thats something to do with the fact that he has ddft injury as well). Having said that his ddft injury is near the navicular so I would think that would make it more likely not less.

I just wondered whether you had changed his shoeing or balance during your management program and that has made the difference.

Anyway what ever has made this lessen has to be a good thing !!

Glad to hear everything is going well xx

 

[shirley123]

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Hi,

As you are aware my boy has injury to tendon and collateral ligament. This is all in one leg with other fine on mri. He has never pointed (maybe thats something to do with the fact that he has ddft injury as well). Having said that his ddft injury is near the navicular so I would think that would make it more likely not less.

I just wondered whether you had changed his shoeing or balance during your management program and that has made the difference.

Anyway what ever has made this lessen has to be a good thing !!

Glad to hear everything is going well xx

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yes his foot balance has been altered, he has t/b feet - low collasped heels and prone to getting a long toe. in his favour he has the fastest growing hoofs ever!!

they need doing every 4 wks otherwise they are a mess. the farrier has tried to encourage heel growth by taking his toes back and putting an heartbar shoes on. he had equigel pads for 6 mths too on the advised of leahurst, but not now. this morning i have'nt seen him point once

, iam so happy as it must mean progress. last vet check, the vet commented that his feet looked a normal shape now!, although glad i did'nt think they were that awful in the first place i have seen far worst and i have always had the farrier at 4/5 weeks ( never negleted them). i think the damaged was done before i got him as his feet were bad then very flat and cracked and unshod and they use to chase him around a small indoor school to tired him out before they 'backed' and worked him as they said he was a very naughty boy, that was probably because he was hurting and he had a bad back as well

but hes sorted and well loved now hope you are making progress with your horse too xx

 

[wjgfred]

Hi,

Your story is very similar to mine in that my horse came over from France and his shoeing was apalling with long toes etc. I also believe that I inherited the problems from the previous owners who evented him like this.

It is great news that your horse has stopped pointing and I am so glad that things are improving so much. We are also doing well and have been given go ahead by vet to start very very slow re-hab program. walking in hand first adding slowly then ridden lots of walking (should be riding in 7 weeks at walk if goes to plan), so keep your fingers crossed.

Best of luck to you and your neddie.

 

[wjgfred]

It also sounds as if your horse should be very grateful that you found him and took the time to sort all his issues out.

It seems that alot of people dont.