Birker2020
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Anyone used PRP for a suspensory ligament injury?
Any views/experiences good or bad please.
Debating whether or not to do this for my 14 year old WB who is seventeen weeks into a slight sprain on the lateral branch suspensory ligament (n/f) and has received three shock waves, LW ultrasound and pulsed magnotherapy, three ultrasound scans have all shown no significant improvement. The last taken two weeks ago today showed a little better than previously with calcification almost gone, but lots of fibrosis present - ligament itself looks nice. Horse still sensitive to palpitation and unsound in flexion trot up.
Horse is now being brought back into trot work with LW ultrasound daily for a week every month. Trotted every other day for approx two - three mins total duration large, out of 20 minute ride in school. This video shows him on or around 17th October 2011 almost four months after first diagnosis of this injury. Note the slight hop on the right rein on a circle which is a compensatory for the injured near fore. However the view is impounded by the fact that he has moderate to severe arthritis in the n/f coffin joint AND bone spavin on the o/h both which have been/currently being treated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U93TkaYep0
The vet has said that PRP maybe beneficial in this case. Does anyone have any experience of this???? Do you think it is really necessary. Vet coming out again 2.5 weeks today to rescan. Need to make a decision by then really. Claim ends 24th June 2012.
For those that wish to watch this video was taken on or around the 19th September a month previous to the last video. So obvious improvement has taken place in the month following this first video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=G8VtwhyY6kk (apologies for me looking a pleb in my hat band) ha ha.
Any views/experiences good or bad please.
Debating whether or not to do this for my 14 year old WB who is seventeen weeks into a slight sprain on the lateral branch suspensory ligament (n/f) and has received three shock waves, LW ultrasound and pulsed magnotherapy, three ultrasound scans have all shown no significant improvement. The last taken two weeks ago today showed a little better than previously with calcification almost gone, but lots of fibrosis present - ligament itself looks nice. Horse still sensitive to palpitation and unsound in flexion trot up.
Horse is now being brought back into trot work with LW ultrasound daily for a week every month. Trotted every other day for approx two - three mins total duration large, out of 20 minute ride in school. This video shows him on or around 17th October 2011 almost four months after first diagnosis of this injury. Note the slight hop on the right rein on a circle which is a compensatory for the injured near fore. However the view is impounded by the fact that he has moderate to severe arthritis in the n/f coffin joint AND bone spavin on the o/h both which have been/currently being treated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U93TkaYep0
The vet has said that PRP maybe beneficial in this case. Does anyone have any experience of this???? Do you think it is really necessary. Vet coming out again 2.5 weeks today to rescan. Need to make a decision by then really. Claim ends 24th June 2012.
For those that wish to watch this video was taken on or around the 19th September a month previous to the last video. So obvious improvement has taken place in the month following this first video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=G8VtwhyY6kk (apologies for me looking a pleb in my hat band) ha ha.
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