Proximal suspensory ligament damage - help please!

[Holly Hocks]

My mare, Blue, is currently in Glasgow hospital with un diagnosed lameness on THREE legs. The vet phoned me last night as after the bone scan, he has discovered the cause of the lameness in one hind limb. It's something to do with the proximal suspensory ligament. He won't know how bad the damage is until later today when he scans. And he also has to find out what is going on with the front feet where heat was also shown on the bone scan!
Anyway, I was discussing the options of what to do with Blue. He said that the options were box rest, and shockwave therapy followed by controlled exercise, or a neurectomy. The idea of a neurectomy doesn't sit easily with me. This horse doesn't do box rest. She box walks, weaves and after about 24 hrs in her box will start rearing. I know this because she had box rest after a fetlock operation last year...she then went off to a rehab yard where she could safely do the walking on a huge walker and spent most of her time on there, bucking. Then when she can finally go out, she goes so mental, bucking, spinning and rearing that I'm worried that whatever is supposed to have been fixed will break down again.
Has anyone with this sort of injury just turned their horse away for 12 months to let it heal in the field? I have the option to do this, or the other option is to keep her where she is, put her in her box overnight and out during the day, weather permitting. Even on days that the weather is so bad, she would at least go out for an hour in the morning. But not actually exercise her as in ridden/lunging work. I am happy to give this mare a year off if it would work this way and it would be less stressful for me and her, although I realise that she would not be back in work as quickly.....
I lost my old boy on Friday night, I dont' want to lose this mare as well.
Yes, I know this should be in veterinary, but there are more responses in here! Thanks!

 

[stencilface]

Hi, mine had his lameness on his near hind, but the bone scans showed up things in his off hind fetlock and hock, sacro iliac and along the hear side of his back. I don't think the vet is too concerned with these as its likely all the hotspots are compensatory from the lameness - my horse has PSD in his near hind. The chiro is coming out next week, and he wear a magnetic rug at night which I am hoping will help.

He is now in at night and turned out in a v small paddock in the daytime with a companion horse in a larger paddock next to him. But my horse is reasonably sensible, and aside from a few mental moments on the lead rein is coping ok with the restriction, think we're6 weeks in now (normally he's in a herd of 5 on a field of 6-12 acres). I wish I could tell him to not be such a prat though, as I worry that these occasional explosions are undoing all my hard work

If your horse is stressy, it is likely better to have her in restricted turnout than completely box rested, as them exploding when they do get turned out does more damage imho, I'm sure there are people on here who have just turned their horses out.

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

If your horse really doesn't cope with box rest would she cope in a paddock the size of about 3-4 stables so it's big enough for her to move around but not big enough for her to be an eejit. If so then maybe go down this route - depending on what the vet says.